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posted April 15, 2010 02:32 PM |
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petition
There's a link at page one and links to other relevant stuff.
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lord_crusader
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UHU!! supreme!
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posted April 23, 2010 06:48 PM |
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Ubisoft DRM Completely Cracked
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, April 23, 2010 - 8:33 PM - 1 Comments
After heaps of complaints about their protetcion and DRMs Ubisoft's controversial digital rights management platform has reportedly been hacked, cracked and slashed by a consortium known as Skid Row.
According to CNET's Josh Lowensohn, the hack effectively removes the DRM 'entirely,' but requires users to download and install a modified .exe file:
The DRM, which now ships with every new PC game made by Ubisoft, requires that gamers have a constant connection to the Internet in order to play their games. The security feature caused a large backlash by users for its inclusion in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 title, which was released last month.
The hack itself removes the DRM entirely and is being claimed by a consortium known as Skid Row. It requires users to download and install a modified version of the game's executable file to their computers. These modified game files, alongside a crack that can be applied to a retail version of the game, were uploaded to various file-sharing sites late Tuesday evening.
Attached to the "readme" file that comes with the hacked content (which can be found here), Skid Row alerted other hackers that the group's methods were safeguarded against reverse-engineering in order to fend off competing hacking groups and Ubisoft itself.
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OmegaDestroyer
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Fox or Chicken?
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posted April 23, 2010 07:14 PM |
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I'm not too worried. Just means I won't bother playing any Ubisoft titles.
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tiltowait
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posted April 23, 2010 09:18 PM |
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I'm not too worried. Just means I won't bother playing any Ubisoft titles.
Exactly the sentiment of thousands of other loyal Heroes franchise fans. There are some really stupid suits running Ubi right now. How sad for everyone, especially the hard working employees of Ubi who may find themselves out of a job if the suits keep making poor decisions.
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Cepheus
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posted April 23, 2010 10:03 PM |
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Absolutely true. I believe even most of Ubisoft itself is against the DRM. All of this is reportedly down to some meddling bigwig who decided to force this policy into products, leaving the Ubi "underlings" with no say in the matter.
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Laz3456
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posted May 01, 2010 01:54 PM |
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I have just recently bought Heroes V gold edition (having been a keen fan since Heroes II) and I completely love it.
However after some horrendous experiences with other games that require internet connection to play I'm afraid I would not touch Heroes VI with someone else’s very long barge pole if it has this feature!
Cheers,
Laz
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karok
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posted May 28, 2010 05:44 PM |
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Just my 2 cents on this issue. I'm probably not adding anything new.
I would have bought both Assassin's Creed 2 and the new Prince of Persia had they not required constant internet access. Ubisoft's justification that the measure is meant to reduce piracy doesn't convince me. I'm against piracy but I also want to play single player games away from the internet and all that it entails. If Ubisoft introduced the measure to get more money out of the sales of the games it produces then we'll just have to wait for them to see if it really worked. From what little I've been reading in forums, I doubt there's anyone who approached this favourably to Ubisoft. This will definitely reduce sales.
Of course, the issue might not be income from game sales. I remind you that in the past other companies have tried to introduce periodic internet based activation for their games (bioshock?) which met with strong opposition and definitely impacted sales. Perhaps, this is the next step in a plan to move all games entirely online where the happy customer -me,you- will have to pay by the hour. I'm definitely against such "innovations" (I've never -for example- played World of Warcraft although from what I gather from reviews and descriptions it's a game I would definitely like, having played and enjoyed all three Warcraft incarnations before it). No matter how much I like a game I refuse to pay by the hour. Either I like the game I buy it and I own it and play it anytime I want to, or I don't buy it at all.
If you think about it, this whole move in game design towards real-time the past decade makes it easier and promotes online multiplayer gaming rather than single player offline gaming. This move has screwed RPGs and TB strategy games bigtime with a few happy exceptions, one of which is the Heroes of Might and Magic series of games. I understand that the money people want to find new ways to earn more money. It's up to gamers to let them know when they have crossed the line.
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