People who picked up Sonic Mania yesterday may have noticed quite the problem when attempting to play. A bug was preventing people from playing offline, even though it was supposed to be playable offline. Its product listing also didn’t mention the game uses Denuvo antipiracy. Fortunately, a patch has come through today that fixes the issue.
Sonic Mania released on PCs on August 29, 2017, two weeks after the console release. Almost immediately, people began reporting that they couldn’t play if they were offline, due to Denuvo performing its check-ins during play. Sega immediately issued an update via Steam saying it was aware of the error. Within 24 hours, an update on Twitter announced a patch fixing the problem was immediately available. The Steam product listing now also has a notice reading, “Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper.”
Sonic Mania is available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
