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Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
dirkformica:
Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
--- Quote ---Ubisoft's always-on digital rights management solution, dubbed the "Online Services Network," has apparently been circumvented by hackers. News of its arrival on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks began circulating in places like social-news site Reddit Wednesday morning.
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.
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So anyone who got burned on games like Assassin's Creed 2 or something, to the intarwebs!
Scudworth:
It's great that someone did this. I don't know what Ubisoft is trying to accomplish but it pisses me off.
vuzedome:
Meh~! Old news.
Heh he... get it?!
iindigo:
If a human made it, a human can (and probably will) break it. Simple as that.
Stsin:
I remember Skid Row all the way back to my Amiga days. Many games cracked by them.
It's not can it ever be cracked, but how long will it take. Sooner than they thought, it seems.
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