1.0Kotaku Australiahttps://www.kotaku.com.auHeather Alexandrahttps://www.kotaku.com.au/author/heatheralexandra-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zgiqNopcdH"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/08/sega-lets-sonic-mania-pc-fans-play-offline-after-drm-backlash/">Sega Lets Sonic Mania PC Fans Play Offline After DRM Backlash</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/08/sega-lets-sonic-mania-pc-fans-play-offline-after-drm-backlash/embed/#?secret=zgiqNopcdH" width="600" height="338" title="“Sega Lets Sonic Mania PC Fans Play Offline After DRM Backlash” — Kotaku Australia" data-secret="zgiqNopcdH" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/31/mnziv1mzqv920tsj7ghe.png?quality=75859478Sonic Mania released on PC yesterday, bringing its colourful levels to even more players. However, many of them were inconvenienced by protection software that prevented them from playing offline. Sega has responded to concerns and fixed the issue following outcry from players.