LeetPirate Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Ubisoft's controversial 'always on' PC DRM hackedSource.Ubisoft's always-on digital rights management solution, dubbed the "Online Services Network," has apparently been circumvented by hackers. News of its arrival on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks began circulating in places like social-news site Reddit Wednesday morning. The DRM, which now ships with every new PC game made by Ubisoft, requires that gamers have a constant connection to the Internet in order to play their games. The security feature caused a large backlash by users for its inclusion in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 title, which was released last month. 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. These modified game files, alongside a crack that can be applied to a retail version of the game, were uploaded to various file-sharing sites late Tuesday evening. Attached to the "readme" file that comes with the hacked content (which can be found here), Skid Row alerted other hackers that the group's methods were safeguarded against reverse-engineering in order to fend off competing hacking groups and Ubisoft itself. Skid Row also left a note for Ubisoft directly, telling the company to spend less time on its DRM and more on the actual game play: "Thank you Ubisoft, this was quiete [sic] 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 [sic] easier." Prior to Skid Row's release, there has been a hack that emulated the back and forth of Ubisoft's DRM servers to the game. However, it did not work for all users or localizations of the game. In the readme file, Skid Row claimed its new solution "cannot be compared to that." All I have to say to this news is: bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha, SkidRow FTW!!!:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Ubisoft got what it deserve ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted April 23, 2010 Administrator Share Posted April 23, 2010 Yup I read it on CNET. Happy to hear about it. Although SKIDROW has not always satisfied me by their work. But they have ability to do great things quite often. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 @DKT27:Well, great things come in small packages ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 baaawhahawhawhawhawhba, WIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESET Freak Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Ubisoft is actually doing nothing more than scaring off their customers really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suguru Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Mwahahaha xD. Ubisoft should concern spending money on some extra cool stuff for buyers of collector's edition, not DRM... SkidROW FTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtmulc Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Good, Maybe now people will be able to play the damn game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spootnack Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Mouahahahaha the clash ! DRM suxxx !GG SkidRow ! :lol: ++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyblair Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Thanks LeetPirate to bring this information here to our knowledge.I love this game. Now I found the link to the content in rapidsh.. I hope getting all the files (34 x 200MB) in a good condition (not corrupted). :fear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyblair Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 The game works perfectly. :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcade Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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