Ubisoft's DRM No Longer Requires Constant Internet Access on Some Titles
New games, however, may still ship with the always-on DRM, Ubisoft confirmed to Shacknews.
Users on Reddit are reporting that the PC versions of Assassin's Creed II and Splinter Cell: Conviction, previously infected with Ubisoft's always-on DRM, no longer require a constant connection to the Internet to be played (via PC Gamer)
Now, the games will supposedly only check legitimacy over the Internet every time the game is launched, but can then be played offline. It's not quite hassle free, but it's certainly better than having to maintain a constant connection or suffer an interruption in gameplay, especially in singleplayer campaigns.
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rottdcorpse
replyOf course, the much hated, draconian DRM. Only a watered down version now? Please.
Ubisoft are dead to me until they repeal this nonsense. Completely.
It says enough that in the article Brian Leahy uses the word "infected" to describe a game with the DRM.
Although inarticulate, I've said it before and I'll say it again :-
Fuck Ubisoft. Fuck them right in the ear.
Greedy Corporate Swine.
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Does it still require setting up a UPlay account? I'm guessing that it does.
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