Ubisoft Axe Draconian DRM

Avinash Bali • January 3, 2011, 16:30:33 IST

Ubisoft drop annoying DRM that required players to be connected to the internet 24/7.

Remember that annoying DRM Ubisoft had forcefully implemented with their PC games? The one where you had to stay connected to the internet 24/7 to save your game’s progress? You’ll be glad to know that they’ve finally decided to drop it from their games since it ended up being a lot more problematic for legit customers – as expected.

It turns out that most of Ubi’s games that shipped last year with the Draconian copy protection like Settlers 7, Assassin’s Creed II and Splinter Cell Conviction were pirated to no extent totally negating its presence. It in fact turned out to be a real pain in the family jewels for customers who didn’t have a stable internet connection as they weren’t able to save their games in peace.

U-b-soft while we go hard

And now according to PCGamer , it seems Ubisoft have learnt their lesson as their forthcoming games will require an internet connection, but only during boot up as part of a validation process. Once that’s done, they’ll work just fine offline.

At the risk of sounding politically incorrect I’m going to send out major props to all the guys who pirated Ubi’s PC games last year.

Written by Avinash Bali

Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now. see more