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Ubisoft's New DRM Cracked In One Day
Colonel Korn writes "Ubisoft's recent announcement that upcoming games would require a constant internet connection in order to play has been discussed at length on Slashdot ('The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work'). Many were of the opinion that this new, more demanding DRM would have effectiveness to match its inconvenience, at least financially justifying its use. Others assumed that it would be immediately cracked, as is usually the case, leaving the inconvenience for paying customers and resulting in a superior product for pirates. As usual, the latter group was right. Though Ubisoft won't yet admit it, Skid-Row managed to crack the new DRM less than a day after it was first released."
Part of it was released by Skid-Row. Specifically, the part that made it so you don't have to be constantly connected to the internet.
The patch UBI Soft was talking about included the fix that Ski-Row made, as well as the server-side save files and game content files that you still need to get from connecting constantly to unlock the majority of the game.
All SR has done so far is given parts of game the ability to be played without internet, the same way some games can be played without a CD using a no-CD crack. They haven't cracked the game such that you can play the FULL game without still having to connect to the internet.
For that, they'd need to get UBI Soft's serverside files.
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