Ubisoft is denying claims that their new (and controversial) DRM technology has been breached by crackers.
[URL=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=237648?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-General-RSS]CVG[/URL] (via [URL=http://kotaku.com/5485502/ubisoft-sinks-drm-piracy-claims]Kotaku[/URL]) received a message from Ubisoft, which was responding to rumors that their just-released Silent Hunter 5 PC game had already been hacked. “You have probably seen rumors on the web that Assassin's Creed II and Silent Hunter 5 have been cracked,” wrote the company, continuing, “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.”
The message was also echoed on Ubi’s [URL=http://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/9968383494]Twitter feed[/URL].
Cracked versions of the submarine game on torrent and file-sharing websites appear with instructions that users must only “Install game and copy crack, it’s that simple!”
Ubisoft’s DRM technology requires a constant connection to the Internet and has been the [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/02/25/soldier%E2%80%99s-war-drm]object of scorn[/URL] from [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/03/01/another-drm-victim-details-woes]gamers around the world[/URL].
Additionally, while Ubisoft’s Assasin’s Creed 2 won’t be available to PC users until March 16, [URL=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62628]ShackNews[/URL] already has an [URL=http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/17456/Assassin%27s+Creed+2+Patch+1.01+-+US]update for the game available[/URL], one that alters files to enable gamers to pick up where they left off in the game in the event of an Internet disconnection. [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/02/18/ubisoft-drm-tested]Previous reports[/URL] on Ubi’s DRM tech indicated that any disconnection from the Web while playing would result in a player losing all current progress and see them forced to pick up playing from their last save file.
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