Yesterday we reported that Ubisoft’s much publicised always on internet DRM had been cracked by infamous cracking group Skid-Row.
The company has responded with an official comment, stating that “despite rumors and the retail iso copies circulating on the net, our SH5 and AC2 games which were released this week, are not cracked.”
The statement reads a bit oddly, as in one sentence they seem to acknowledge that the games have been cracked and are circulating on torrent sites, and in the next they claim they have not been cracked. However, the publisher goes on to say that “any gamer who downloads and plays a cracked version will find that their version is not complete.”
Either Ubisoft saw the crackers coming, and have built their games so that certain parts are not present in the cracked version, or they are bluffing. Claiming that the pirated version is missing parts of the game is a good way to make sure that eager fans of their games buy legitimate copies.
Similarly, Batman: Arkham Asylum possessed built in gameplay glitches which only affected the cracked version. This was enough to put off many would be pirates, and was a good example of an anti piracy measure which inconvenienced pirates, and not legitimate customers.
Assassin’s Creed 2 and Silent Hunter 5 both hit local retail shelves today.
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