Ubisoft's DRM goes down

[Firis]

Ubisoft's DRM goes down

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March 8, 2010 - Ubisoft's DRM servers were overloaded over the weekend, rendering the recently released PC version of Assassin's Creed II unplayable for many legitamate owners of the game.

In an attempt to combat piracy, Ubisoft announced an extreme method of DRM whereby games required a constant internet connection.

Assassin's Creed II, released last week, was the one of the first games to support the policy, and its first weekend has been plagued by server issues with posters on the official forums telling of connection outages.

"Due to exceptional demand, we are currently experiencing difficulties with the Online Service Platform," said an official response on the forums, "This does not affect customers who are currently playing, but customers attempting to start a game may experience difficulty in accessing our servers. We are currently working to resolve this issue and apologize for any inconvenience."

IGN has contacted Ubisoft for further comment on the news.

UPDATE: Ubisoft has since made an official apology via its Twitter, stating that its servers were 'attacked' yesterday. It went on to say that "95% of players were not affected, but a small group of players attempting to open a game session did receive denial of service errors."

An official statement made to IGN expanded upon this, saying that "All players with an open session during the attack were not affected. We also confirm that, at this time, no valid cracked version of either Silent Hunter 5 or Assassin's Creed II are available."

 

[Tsuyu]

Re: Ubisoft's DRM goes down

Well done Video Game Industry!

You've manged to force loyal and law-abiding customers who would never have considered piracy into doing just that because of your idiocy. I seriously hate this type of "protection" as in the end it only punishes the person who bought the game legally; all pirated copies don't come with this crap.

 

[Firis]

Re: Ubisoft's DRM goes down

Amen Tsuyu, I hate it too.

 

[Steve]

Re: Ubisoft's DRM goes down

Apparently the game was cracked in less than 24 hours, so at least the pirates get to enjoy Assassin's Creed 2.

 

[Daemon300]

Re: Ubisoft's DRM goes down

I WANT MY GAME ALREADY.

 

[sfroggy1]

Re: Ubisoft's DRM goes down

Apparently the game was cracked in less than 24 hours, so at least the pirates get to enjoy Assassin's Creed 2.

No way ! :lol: Way to go Ubisoft

 

[Skotekal]

Re: Ubisoft's DRM goes down

Apparently the game was cracked in less than 24 hours, so at least the pirates get to enjoy Assassin's Creed 2.

Kind of cracked. You can't get past the first scene in the Animus apparently.

Why Ubisoft? You are just putting me off buying your game. :lol: I might just buy it and then use a crack. Is it still legal to buy the game and just use a crack?

 

[Skotekal]

Re: Ubisoft's DRM goes down

Well, more than a No-cd crack. I want one that will allow me to basically say to hell with needing to be online and store saves online. It probably won't be a problem, but I just wanted to be sure.