Hackers crack Ubisoft always-online DRM controls

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Hackers have overcome Ubisoft's controversial DRM system that relied on constant connection to the internet for games to function.

A crack for Ubisoft’s anti-piracy system published by a group called Skid Row allows gamers to circumvent the controls for games such as Assassin's Creed II. A message from the group on a gamers' forum sets out the group's agenda: allowing legitimate copies of PC games to be played without an internet connection, rather than facilitating piracy. Skid Row cheekily thanks Ubisoft for posing an interesting intellectual challenge.

Thank you Ubisoft, this was quiete a challenge for us, but nothing stops the leading force from doing what we do. Next time focus on the game and not on the DRM. It was probably horrible for all legit users. We just make their lifes easier.

This release is an accomplishment of weeks of investigating, experimenting, testing and lots of hard work. We know that there is a server emulator out in the open, which makes the game playable, but when you look at our cracked content, you will know that it can't be compared to that. Our work does not construct any program deviation or any kind of host file paradox solutions. Install game and copy the cracked content, it's that simple.

Chris Boyd (AKA PaperGhost), a security researcher at Sunbelt Software and a long-time gamer, Told The Register that Ubisoft's controls were fundamentally misconceived.

“In general, it seems DRM restrictions in gaming are becoming more intrusive and creating problems for genuine customers, rather than the pirates who happily bypass these measures every time," Boyd said. "PC gaming should be about portability - what use are games you can't play at the airport or on a train if you can't get online?

"We already see layered DRM in gaming - for example, the Ubisoft DRM is used if you buy certain titles on Steam, the PC content delivery system which also ties games to user accounts. Eventually we could see games with so many restrictions and requirements needed to play that they would be all but unusable to everybody but the pirates. This would clearly not be a good situation for either the consumer or the games publisher.” ®

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/28/ubisoft_drm_cracked/

[Bebe1911]

da.. au crackuit Assassin's Creed II si The_Settlers_7-Razor1911.. n`as da bani pe jocuri in veci

[wildchild]

Bravo lor!

Errare humanum est!Cat mai exista vorba asta,mereu se vor gasi oameni care sa bata sistemul facut de ceilalti oameni.

Desigur,ne bucuram de chestiile gratis insa daca privim prin prisma fanului inrait ,intelegem ca platind jocul stimulam compania si ca o sustinem pentru a face alte jocuri.

Tare mult stress pe capul ubisoft,au habar ca majoritatea jocurilor sunt crackuite insa ar trebui sa fie constienti si de faptul ca altii cumpara cu placere pentru ca le plac,prin urmare,nu ar trebui sa faca atata haz.

Ideea asta a lor cu sistemul DRM imi pare mai degraba un act disperat din partea lor.HAIL Skid Row!

[strike]

da.. au crackuit Assassin's Creed II si The_Settlers_7-Razor1911.. n`as da bani pe jocuri in veci

Tipic romanesc;)

[Shinny]

Tipic romanesc dar sunt foarte scumpe pentru noi.Gandeste-te ca un roman care are salariul mediu pe economie(cred ca e undeva pana in 600 ron) poate cumpara 4 jocuri.Cine isi permite sa dea un sfert din salariu pe un joc ?

[Fitty]

Atitudinea e romaneasca, adica e munca omului, de ce sa fie gratis... dar nici eu nu as da bani pe un joc pentru ca sunt foarte al dracu. Entertaining stuff should be free dudes.

[wildchild]

si da si nu baieti.de exemplu,mie mi-a placut gothic gold edition asa mult incat m-am decis sa il iau in original.de ce sa nu ii sprijin pe cei ce mi-au facut zilele mai faine?cu problema banilor,fiecare cum poate.daca traiesti cu un salar minim pe economie,asta e,se intelege.

[Fitty]

Da, unele jocuri le cumperi numai sa-i rasplatesti pe producatori. Eu am toate GTA-urile originale, sa aibe Rockstar ce pune pe masa =). Atat si numai atat.

Repet ceea ce am scris mai sus: Entertaining stuff should be free.

@wildchild: fan Gothic?

[prodil89]

Fuck That....Download'em all...... Chestia e cu multiplayer-ul

[Fitty]

Sa revenim la Ubi...ce jocuri v-au placut de la ei, except SC?

[prodil89]

Prince of Persia....toate....ultimul cel mai mult

[wildchild]

da omule,fan Gothic:D

Ubi:Assasin's creed-versiunea pt psp

Dark messiah of might and magic

Downtown run

Prince of persia - Sands of time

Splinter cell - pandora tomorrow

Morrowind(desi abea l-am inceput)