Ubisoft recently implemented a new form of DRM into its PC games, requiring constant internet access to play titles such as Assassin's Creed II. Today, a hacker group known as Skid-row claims to have circumvented the system, less than 24 hours after the technology hit store shelves.However, the publisher denies that hacking attempts have been truly successful, revealing that anyone overcoming the DRM system won't have access to the whole game. On
Twitter, Ubisoft officials wrote; "any gamer who downloads and plays a cracked version of [
Assassin's Creed II] and [
Silent Hunter 5] will find that their version is not complete."
According to Ubisoft, using the controversial piracy prevention is the only way the company can continue to make games for the PC platform. UK Marketing Director Murray Pannell told
MCV that "The impact of piracy on the PC market is enormous and working to thwart it is crucial to our future ability to continue developing for this platform."
It makes us wonder if the data that 'completes' the game is stores on Ubisoft's servers, or already on the disc but simply locked out. Either way, we don't think this war on DRM is quite over yet.