New Ubisoft games unplayable due to DRM server downtime

Posted on Monday, March 08 2010 @ 12:02 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
The Escapist reports gamers are unable to play Assassin's Creed 2 as the DRM servers required to authenticate the game went down. This game has a new pesky DRM scheme that requires you to be online at all times, this means you can't continue to play when your Internet connection is down, but it also means you're totally screwed when Ubisoft's DRM servers go down. This is another great example of an anti-piracy scheme that totally backfires and only hurts the people who actually bought the game, as people who pirated the game reportedly aren't affected by the issue.
Well, as it turns out, when the Ubisoft severs go down, no one can play their games and Ubisoft customers get very upset. At around 8am GMT, people began to complain in the Assassin's Creed 2 forum that they couldn't access the Ubisoft servers and were unable to play their games. Fast forward ten hours and it seems that the problem still hasn't been resolved, despite the assurances from a Ubisoft representative that the servers were 'constantly monitored'

"I don't have any clear information on what the issue is ... but clearly the extended downtime and lengthy login issues are unacceptable, particularly as I've been told these servers are constantly monitored," said 'Ubi.Vigil', adding, "I'll do what I can to get more information on what the issue is here first thing tomorrow and push for a resolution and assurance this won't happen in the future."


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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Re: New Ubisoft games unplayable due to DRM server downtime
by Anonymous on Monday, March 08 2010 @ 13:17 CET
Believe very firmly in paying folks for their work, but this system is pretty tyrannical and full of real and potential problems.

Ubi should remove it. It's way too over the top.