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Ubisoft's Draconian DRM Patched?

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 1, 2011 @04:50AM from the improved-to-terrible dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that Ubisoft's controversial DRM scheme launched last year that required players to have a permanent connection to the Internet has been patched to no longer stop the game when connectivity drops, though an Internet connection is still required when starting the game."

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Re:Reminds me of a UserFriendly comic by 0123456 · 2011-01-01 05:32 · Score: 4, Funny

I was thinking more along the lines of 'well mister, I ain't going to rape your butt no more, but you sure have a purty mouth'...
Re:Morons by noidentity · 2011-01-01 05:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Between games and hardware I spend over $100/month on gaming, of which Ubisoft has seen $0 this year.

Amazing, that's how much I've spent this year on electricity, Internet service, groceries, and rent!
Re:Morons by SleepyHappyDoc · 2011-01-01 05:56 · Score: 3, Funny

See, I just assumed he meant his parents' basement.

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