From Dust

The Xbox 360 game broke record digital sales after launching on 27th July.

It had the highest first day sales of any Xbox Live Arcade game that Ubisoft has ever released, with sales approximately 45 per cent higher than Ubisoft's previous best-selling XBLA release - a game the French publisher failed to disclose. Was it Beyond Good & Evil HD, or perhaps Scott Pilgrim vs. the World?

Ubisoft today said pre-orders of the PC version of From Dust, which goes on sale on 17th August, are "tracking very well".

The PlayStation Network version "will be available soon", Ubisoft said.

As detailed in full over on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, users have taken to the game's official forum with a long list of grievances about the port.

First and foremost is the game's DRM. The publisher had originally pledged, via a message board post, that users would only need to sign in once to register the game. However, the released version actually demands you sign in at the start of every play session.

The initial statement was later removed from the forum, then re-posted today with an update stating "Details of the following post are being checked - expect an official statement shorty." A new post has since clarified that you will need to log-in every time you boot up the game.

On top of the DRM brouhaha, users are reporting a litany of technical issues with the PC port, including start-up crashes, a locked 30fps framerate, no anti-aliasing, no graphical customisation settings and all manner of bugs and glitches.

A message from the forum manager advised anyone having a problem with the game to get in touch with customer support.

"Reporting the issues to them is the first step to them creating a patch, so please make sure you are reporting it directly to them.

"I have alerted the team about the issues people are facing, however these forums are not designed to offer support - so if you need help, please contact them directly."

The Xbox Live Arcade version of Eric Chahi's ambitious god game won a glowing 9/10 from Eurogamer last month. A PlayStation 3 version is due out next month.