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Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2012 by | Comments 7 Comments


Picture from Ubisoft games to go dark next week

If you have set aside your February 7 to relax with your favorite Ubisoft games, you might want to rethink your plans. According to Eurogamer, most of the developer’s games will be unplayable or otherwise impacted when the company starts the process of moving its game servers. Some of the games that will go totally dark include HAWX II and The Settlers 7 (PC), and Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell: Conviction (Mac). Console games and certain PC titles (Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Driver: San Francisco) will be unaffected by the move, but all games that require Uplay authentication will be unplayable. No word was offered on how long the work will take to complete.

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Vapus | February 3rd, 2012 at 3:16 PM Permalink to this Comment

Yet Another reason Ive Boycotted this Company. The DRM they use is retarded . The funny part is it hasnt made them a DIME more money, quite the opposite, as legitmate paying customers like myself buy elswhere.. Meanwhile, the scene groups and hackers do what they always do and play All titles, whenever they want.

Alaric | February 3rd, 2012 at 6:10 PM Permalink to this Comment

SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adam | February 3rd, 2012 at 10:28 PM Permalink to this Comment

Now all you have to do is crack your legal copy of the game like everyone that pirated the game. It hasn’t caused me to personally boycott Ubisoft but that does’t mean i don’t think it’s asinine. Board of directors has to have the warm fuzzies that the company is doing its part to keep things in the black. Even if it’s only a token effort. Of course all companies lose money to piracy (though not to the extent they claim), and it’s an excellent scapegoat for execs to blame for slipping sales. Oh well, at least the folks at Paradox have it right. Pocket the cash you’d spend on DRM which will only delay pirates a few days (or hours) and keep your loyal fan base happy.

Vapus | February 4th, 2012 at 11:26 AM Permalink to this Comment

I Find it Infuriating to have to use a crack to get a game to work properly. The latest best example I can think of Is Stalker , Call of pripyat. The starforce drm literally broke the game. You would show up at a local spot that is {usualy} full of npcs, and then have to wait up to 4 minits for the Dvd to spin up, check itself and BAM npcs would just pop in out of nowhere..
Using the nocd crack Eliminated this completely .. Yet another form of DRM that did nothing to stop pirates, and did a lot to frustrate Paying customers..

Jason Pitruzzello | February 4th, 2012 at 8:08 PM Permalink to this Comment

To be honest, what makes always online DRM so stupid is that, at least if you are playing an MMO you pay for every month, they have an incentive keep the servers going and minimize outages. You get nice messages about how long the downtime is and whatnot. But for you guys Uplay, it’s “will be done when we’re done.”

I’d prefer all PC games to be MMO with subscriptions than have DRM like this become ubiquitous.

Atomic.Bitch | February 6th, 2012 at 5:59 PM Permalink to this Comment

Sorry dudes – the bitch has to speak out in anger – all agreed – DRM and all these anti-piracy things added in. Why not go to the why source! CEO Greed. The CEO’s want their 80% greed driven profits and force the blood of every employee talent to dance. Stop this sheet mang! – do the right thing – Neutralize the CEO greed – bring it down to equal the world – make the world a 10% gain by profits – if it be over 10 million allow the people a 10% profit salary increase in financial gain. Allow the CEO the 11%. No more no less. He didn’t write it – so what value should he get. He’s the director the stimulator the guy bringing in the donuts and twinkee’s. Nice keep’m coming buster. Greece us we Greece all. Share alike and everyone wins. Take away all this stuff – make your games scott free of any sheet and see how people sooner or later equalize in wanting to simply purchase let alone pi8 your hack’n'slash protection. The world is our domain our home and our play field. Stop this domination over card board fantasy and get a real life – life that all humans on this earth rule this earth equally. No one has any dominion over anyone. Get it!! . Now go get sum! Share and share all – inside your cave is home – out side is our living room. Protect it and it will provide return benefits. Remember God Code – equalized action for every cause and effect. Do something off balance it bites Simple! Give more it eventually comes back in greater magnitude ! Try it you might like it !

Alaric | February 7th, 2012 at 9:07 PM Permalink to this Comment

Say “NO” to drugs.

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