Anti-piracy measures have always been a bind; CD keys, online registration, having to be logged in to your special account. Then the money men started getting vexed with the shops selling pre-owned games at a profit the publishers saw zilch of, so they invented Online Passes because God forbid they miss out on a few extra quid.
Not content with that, however, many publishers have implemented a new system which could spell doom for those of you with unreliable internet connections; a DRM that needs a constant feed to the net, like a foetus. Assassins Creed creators, Ubisoft, have been trying their luck with it since Assassins Creed 2 hit Windows and are gearing up to stick it in the PC version of the upcoming Driver: San Francisco. Is it good or bad? Why is this crazy system being implemented?
Insider Gaming - "Ubisoft has cancelled yet another game, this time ending development on the Animal Crossing-inspired title Alterra."
HALIFAX (April 14, 2026) – Laid-off Ubisoft workers in Halifax have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a settlement with the video-game giant. The terms of the settlement, including the compensation employees will receive, is confidential.
I can't sit here and act like I know these workers financial situations. And I'm sure nobody wakes up WANTING to go to court. But for the sake of the industry, I wish some of these types of cases made it to trial.
Settlements allow companies to continue to do whatever abusive practices they do. While the trials (should the company lose) would actually force real changes for the better.
But again, I'm not in these workers shoes and I can understand them not wanting to risk it.
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I just don't buy any game from Ubisoft anymore for the PC, and mow for the PS3, as I was playing AC2 the game kept crashing near the end thought it was the disk ,so I borrowed a friends copy to finish the game guess what would'nt recognize my saves and insult to injury you cant back up your saves. F**k you Ubisoft
This pathetic stance on DRM that Ubisoft has makes me want to download a pirated copy of their game. Not to play it, yet to help distribute it via torrents.
Oh, that's illegal? Bring it you damned Frenchie bastards