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Gamer Rights Management – Ubisoft drops ‘Always-On’ DRM, uPlay PC launches

According to Rock Paper Shotgun, Ubisoft have ditched the ‘Always On’ component of their uPlay Services platform, instead moving to a one-time activation system. About time consarnit!

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Driver: San Fran PC Clusterf*ck – No Demo, DRM, Delays

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…

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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 […]

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DRMageddon continues *UPDATED*

We said it would certainly happen… They claimed it wouldn’t… It has!

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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 […]