Ubisoft-DRM cracked

Ubisoft's always-on digital rights management solution has apparently been circumvented by hackers. 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.

[BubbleSystemSuck]

DRM is a discrimination

[Jamie Foxx]

And how they literally try to control the consumer,we buy the game we should be able to do what the hell we want with it.

[ColdFire]

Yes the DRM was the most successful at stopping pirate so far. But it still failed, and has caused more lost sales and outrage than any other DRM.

[BubbleSystemSuck]

User:Im so bored in this fu&%ng forest... lets Plays Assasins Creed 2 on my notebook... What the fç54ck?
DRM: Do you have internet?
User: im in a f&%%$king FOREST! I WANT PLAY!
DRM: F%&%CK You

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User: mmm i forget to pay my internet suscriptio.. what can i do? Play Assasins Creed 2!
DRM: NO YOU DONT. NO INTERNET, NO GAME. GET THA F%$& OFF!

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User: oh.. no electricity. what can i do? Play Assasins Creed 2 on my Notebook!
DRM: NO YOU DONT.NO ELECTRICITY. NO ROUTER. NO INTERNET, NO GAME. GET THA F%$& OFF!

[ProjectVulcan]

Silly ubisoft :-) the higher profile the DRM and better publicised, the juicier the target appears for hackers. It was inevitable that something this intrusive was going to attract, shall we say, extra special attention from the hackers

[captain-obvious]

fu*k DRM

[Yi-Long]

DRM just pisses many MANY people off, so it just means they won't buy the game, even if they did intend to buy it.

DRM causes lost sales. And rightly so. I'll never ever buy a game that has DRM-restrictions.

[FragGen]

Reminder: These are the same douchebags who want to stop including hard copies of documentation with software you paid $60 for under the guise of "it's green".

[coldfoot]

If you're concerned about piracy, just don't bother releasing the game on PC. PS3 is the only 100% piracy proof platform for offline single player games.

[cpuchess]

As my computer science professor once said "No matter how high you build the fence it's always possible to build a ladder to go over it."

[Myst]

Honestly that is a good quote right there lol. Bubbles and agree for that one.

[BubbleSystemSuck]

I can not imagine the height of the ladder to go over the PS3 fence

[Gran Touring]

Can't say we didn't know this was coming.

[SKUD]

Nothing new to see here.

[Nihilism]

god bless the hackers

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Yes and No.

[HammockGames]

...then it's a resounding "HELL YES!".

This was the most poorly conceived DRM scheme yet.

It needs to die a very public and embarrassing death so that we don't see the likes of it again.

[t850]

currently play ac2 drm free version :P

[jkhan]

Ubisoft should ask themselves whether it was worth it or not. I mean they spent alot of money, building servers, maintaining them & as far as I know the offline server crack was available over a month ago. So all they did was delay the inevitable. People are going to pirate games, deal with it. Instead pissing over customers who actually bought your games, why not provide some incentives so that people don't pirate it.

[BeaArthur]

Isn't this old news? I thought this was cracked weeks ago.

[tdrules]

Dear Ubi,
spend more of your time making a game that we can enjoy, which will help build a community and we will buy more of your games.
Encasing your average games in DRM doesn't make it more desirable.
Focus on the games not the DRM.

Look at VALVe, sure they have DRM, but it doesn't punish the paying user, and VALVe have brought out features that make it WORTH buying their game instead of pirating it

[Colonel-Killzone]

lmfao good one bubbles for you

[Dr Face Doctor]

Oh SkidRow, you will always hold a special place in my heart. :)

[4sky]

"Touching from the Heart" good ballad. I just want to say thanks to the specials.

[despair]

wonder if the cracking method would hold true for splinter cell conviction. If so that may take a much shorter time to do.

I don't support piracy but what Ubisoft is doing with the DRM needs to be stopped so this one is good news for all legit users also.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Waiting the Cracked Version for Splinter Cell Conviction, few days for the release.

[MK_Red]

It feels GREAT to hear this. DRM is an insult to real and legit customers and Ubisoft's is among the worst cases. Hopefully this can teach Ubi to start respecting its buyers and releasing them without crazy and offesive always-online like DRMs.

The sad fact right now is that current owners of the legit copies are still bound by Ubi's DRM while pirates are enjoying a game without such problems.

[Pizza]

1. Some ppl pirated games probably will buy games later.
2. Some ppl pirated games will never guy games.
3. Legit ppl will buy games.

For UBI's new DRM, then it's simple:

1. None ppl pirated games will buy games.
2. Most legit ppl will not buy games.

[Xof]

I tried the crack. It doesn't work.
Still required an internet connection, and got a white screen crash w/ animus.