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Offline dirkformica

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Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« on: April 27, 2010, 01:11:03 AM »
Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked

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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.

So anyone who got burned on games like Assassin's Creed 2 or something, to the intarwebs!

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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2010, 01:53:22 AM »
It's great that someone did this. I don't know what Ubisoft is trying to accomplish but it pisses me off.

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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2010, 04:36:08 AM »
Meh~! Old news.
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Offline iindigo

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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2010, 05:36:21 AM »
If a human made it, a human can (and probably will) break it. Simple as that.


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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2010, 12:30:48 PM »
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.

Offline wolkec

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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2010, 01:22:58 PM »
damn, i hope they do splinter cell soon...

Offline TorturdChaos

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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2010, 03:46:38 PM »
I thought it was cracked a while back, like within a week of release....

Doesn't surprise me that Skid Row cracked it.  I have used a lot of high quality cracks made by them over the years, for both legit and non-legit games :P

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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2010, 05:01:42 PM »
I thought it was cracked a while back, like within a week of release....

Doesn't surprise me that Skid Row cracked it.  I have used a lot of high quality cracks made by them over the years, for both legit and non-legit games :P

it wasn't cracked, they were using offline servers to simulate connecting to the Ubi servers.

Offline wolkec

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Re: Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hacked
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2010, 08:19:08 PM »
I thought it was cracked a while back, like within a week of release....

Doesn't surprise me that Skid Row cracked it.  I have used a lot of high quality cracks made by them over the years, for both legit and non-legit games :P

it wasn't cracked, they were using offline servers to simulate connecting to the Ubi servers.
screw skidrow, razor 1911 made it in style