According to a report published yesterday by Eurogamer, submarine sim Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic, and the day one patch that fixed many fundamental bugs, were immediately hacked, with the game appearing on torrent sites and Usenet. The anti-piracy system was apparently circumvented by replacing an executable file with a patched replacement. The piracy group responsible said that a user turning off their internet connection or not using Ubisoft’s game loader was enough to get the game running DRM-free.

Ubisoft denies that its new anti-piracy measures were cracked for Silent Hunter 5, and remarked that the versions currently being hosted on torrent sites are incomplete. “Please know that this rumor is false and while a pirated version may seem to be complete at start up, any gamer who downloads and plays a cracked version will find that their version is not complete.”

Users seem to disagree with Ubi, however, with some saying that they are playing a pirated version of the game without an internet connection and by saving offline.

Source: Games Industry Biz