Tagged: Ubisoft
Hot on the heels of confirmation of there being no planned PC demo and the presence of their malignant ‘Online Services’ platform, Ubisoft have now pushed the PC release back by a month, despite promising a true cross-platform release…
Ubisoft tone down PC DRM **UPDATED**
Rumours, coupled with some screen shots as dubious proof, are coming from Reddit (via PCGamer) that Ubisoft may have relaxed some of the DRM restrictions on their PC games.
A trip into one of 2010′s least desirable moments after the cut…
Update
Shacknews have official confirmation from Ubisoft that Assassin’s Creed 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction now only authenticate on first load. Other games will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, so if you’re steadfastly against this clusterfuck of a PR disaster, you won’t be adding Settlers 7, Silent Hunter 5 or H.A.W.X. 2 to your collection any time … Read More…
DRMageddon continues *UPDATED*
We said it would certainly happen…
They claimed it wouldn’t…
It has!… Read More…
In other news, Ubisoft are scum.
Back in the mists of time (or 2006, whichever happened first, I forget), Ubisoft used this anti-piracy aberration called Starforce (or however it’s spelt).
It pissed off everyone under the sun and, some people say, nearly caused Ubisoft to go bankrupt (after all, who’s going to buy a game that might break your PC, burn the cat AND eat your first born, all during the install procedure?).
The system was finally binned and, in a startling show of goodwill, Ubi started releasing games with either simple disc-checks or no protection what-so-ever.
Roll on January 2010 and history looks … Read More…