Suck it ubisoft, no ones going to buy shit with this ridiculous scheme, I for one, even if I bought it legitimately would pirate it because it has a system worse than spore.

Ubisoft = epic fail anyway i wouldnt even take their games for free.

So when do we get a response form Ubisoft about this one I wonder?

I do not pirate games and rarely by used games but, I'm happy ubisoft draconian anti-consumer drm has been cracked. This proves like gun restrictions that you can't stop criminal activity only restrict the legitimate user. So why then should I or anyone else be an ubisoft customer?They need to realize that its more important to build a relationship with the customer. If we like your company, if we like your game, we will buy a legitimate copy.Treating legitimate users as potential pirates turns us off. I am one person, I won't pirate assassins creed II or any other ubisoft game that uses this kind of restrictive drm but, I also will not buy any games that do. It's my hope that pirates circumvent all anti-consumer approaches ubsioft and any other game publisher implement.

YEAH! FCK U Ubisoft! Am not a pirate but I will not buy a single product with this STUPID DRM protection. ! Go crackers !

Is anybody surprised by this...everybody knew this was gonna happen

I have legitimately purchased this game, however I will be cracking my copy as I feel that the DRM is draconian, overbearing and unreasonable for legitimate owners.

oooh, and all those thick ppl saying that this drm "might work" or "might last months" now get to eat their own words, nice

[...] Fonte: InfoAddict [...]

LMAO...... Ive been burned WAY too many times by software companies in the past to care anymore.. DRM.. Shoddy Programing.. Games that are not even finished.. Etc..Listen up Ubisoft and anyone else making games.. You want my money? Produce and SUPPORT decent products... THE SUPPORT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF IT !!!!!!You know why so many people crack etc? Its because the CRACKED versions don't have your stupid DRM crap in it. Wake up.. People are trying to tell you something and your not listening. Just a FYI also.. There is a good portion of pirates who would never have bought your game anyways. You claim this as a lost sale.. But in reality you would NEVER have gotten that sale anyways. In reality people who pirate do it for many reasons .. One of those reasons is to see if the game is any good. (demo's are NOT a good example of a game)The public has spoken .. Are you going to listen? Or are you going to continue loosing money buy keeping up with the ever increasing stupid DRM?

this is not the first time ubisoft has pulled this crap, back in the day when i bought prince of persia the 2 thrones, their active protection was a program called starforce, and all this program did was hurt the people who actually bought the game, this program was so bad that it actually corrupted the computer u installed the game on. so wtf ubisoft?

I was going to buy Silent Hunter 5, seeing as I've bought all the others, but you know I'd rather not be treated as a pirate so might aswell just pirate it and get round the stupid DRM.

[...] Ubisoft’s new DRM cracked in under 24-hours [Infoaddict, thanks to Michael for the tip!] [...]

Where does the pirated AC2 store the saved game file?

Internet. Heroes.Honestly, do these companies think that *any* DRM will survive ingenuity like this? All they're doing is making pirates more determined to break it, and pushing informed users away from legitimate copies.

[...] Ubisoft’s new DRM cracked in under 24-hours [Infoaddict, thanks to Michael for the tip!] [...]

[...] Ubisoft’s New DRM Cracked in Under 24-Hours [...]

[...] Ubisoft’s new DRM cracked in under 24-hours [Infoaddict, thanks to Michael for the tip!] [...]

omg, ubisoft says uncracable to anyway, end of pricy! i cant believe that

omg, ubisoft says uncracable to anyway, end of pricy! i cant believe that, now ps3 - Go crackers !

[...] od Ubisoftu pokořeno. Čím víc si někdo myslí, že jeho systém je nepřekonatelný, tím víc sám sobě škodí. [...]

"I'm happy ubisoft draconian anti-consumer drm has been cracked. This proves like gun restrictions that you can't stop criminal activity only restrict the legitimate user. So why then should I or anyone else be an ubisoft customer?They need to realize that its more important to build a relationship with the customer. If we like your company, if we like your game, we will buy a legitimate copy.Treating legitimate users as potential pirates turns us off."This.

Rumor control: any gamer who downloads and plays a cracked version of #AC2 and #SH5 will find that their version is not complete

[...] Quelle: Infoaddict: Ubisoft’s New DRM Cracked in Under 24-Hours [...]

I'm really happy for this. I too, like the poster Matt, would crack my game if I bought a real copy.I'm not a pirate either, but I've already done this with one game that I bought from steam. I reason that I paid for the game, so I want it on my own terms. If someone stands against this, answer me: who loses? The company? They already got my money. Me? I definately am winning since I get what I want.DRM should die a swift death.

Back in the 90s, long before the big market chains started selling computergames, I ran a games shop. I worked my arse and my health into the ground to sell the games of Ubisoft and all the other companies.Then the big chains started selling games too. And how did the game companies support small shops like mine with employees that actually knew the stuff they sold, could give customers support and all that? Why, by selling the stuff to the big market chains much cheaper of course, so one gamer-shop after the other had to close down, cause we couldn't afford running a price-war, and the customers of course only came to us for the support now, having bought the games where they were cheaper...I'm not even mentioning the draconian contracts you had to sign, agreeing to sell specific games not before a certain release date (even if delivered earlier), just to see your (ex-) customers walk out of a supermarket with those games *before* that date...In mid 1999 I closed my shop, flushing about 100.000 Euros down the drain.When I see how the game companies today treat their end customers and how those - imho rightfully - react I can't help laughing.A lot.Ubisoft, EA or whoever else: Fuck you, fuck you right in the ear! :D

Good. Eat this UBI, i allways buy games, even now i could buy legite copy and just copy the crack...but i will not!!! Just to manifest what I feel about beeing treated like potential criminal with Your oppresive ridicoulous DRM...Yeah i will download it and You don't get a cent for treating legite users like some subjects in home arrest program......Maybe if UBI remove it , apologize fans, and give us a DLC as reward, then i rethink this...until then...screw you....

SKIDROW - RESPECT!

[...] via infoaddict. [...]

Way To Go Skidrow !!!! I Love Your Releeases And Am Happy To see Ubisoft Getting Screwed Up !!!!Playin with internet acess all the time Suck !!!Thanks ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !Hooray For The Boobies !!!!!

[...] d'Ubisoft toute récente qui a été crackée en même pas 24H, par une équipe dénommée SKIDROW, ce qui permet de jouer au jeu sans Internet ! Alors amis éditeurs à quoi bon payer une fortune [...]

it isnt cracked fools! it you download and try it you will realise this, its only the first tutorials that are playable! ROLF!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Env4IbSHSlc

LMFAO, what an epic fail, these companies seem to think they run the show here..... how wrong can they get, its the consumers that run the show.... companies seem to forget without the consumers they wouldn't be here today and damn they soon wont be if they keep this rubbish upI see the Headlines now: Ubisoft Bankrupt After Getting Too GreedyHey its amassing what one guy can do from the comfort of his bedroom and a facebook account

[...] reported by InfoAddict: Well, Ubisoft’s master plan has collapsed in under 24-hours, as infamous cracker group Skid-Row [...]

Great Job Skidrow you doing great job

I have a much simpler solution. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE, PIRATE, COPY, OR EVEN CONSIDER PURCHASING A UBISOFT GAME EVER AGAIN.I no longer am a customer in any sense to EA GAMES, UBISOFT, ACTIVISION, ATARI, and SONY thanks to their desire to enslave me when I decided to purchase their products.When they pull this DRM crap, they lose a customer for life with all the money that the customer would spend on their products. They can pull their DRM crap all they want when they are penniless and begging for spare change on the sidewalk.

I will actually buy the game now that I can play it on airplanes on my laptop. Ubisoft should thank these guys.

I seriously don't even know why these companies try.

[...] cracked within 24 hours of the release of Silent Hunter V. There’s more details and links at Info Addict, Rock Paper Shotgun, and Destructoid if you’re interested. Ubisoft claims that it really [...]

Damit i downloaded and isntalled english on AC2 but i get this white screen after i get into the ANIMUS!

[...] Ubisoft’s New DRM Cracked in Under 24-Hours O_O __________________ [...]

fuck yeah long live pirates.

Guys it's not totaly Cracked. get exited but not to much, through some trusted sources (and unfortunatly i am going to by this game even with it's terrible DRM sorry! don't hate me i just love Silent Hunter series)it's been cracked in the sense no internet needed, and you can play with out contact to server. but here comes the punch, not only are your save games stored online with them (although this has been worked around) the game when sold in the box or as digital download is not complete. ie some goes for pirated version. unless they find out what the files are and play the whole game thru to intercept them, save them and force the game to find them on the hard drive rather than ubi's servers. They have left out several important files from the game that u must contact there server to get. at least this is true with SH:V.so pirate you want you only going to get a demos worth of game play out of it!! which i think is good. cause i see posts all the time of pirates saying "i download to try before i buy" and whilst this concept is good. majority of people who say this are lieing. and if there not, this DRM will surly give u enough time to make ure decision. then u can decide to spend ure money or not, or just boycott due to DRM, up to you i guess. me, i want to a part of the wolf pack, and if that costs me $80 AUD then so be it. my connections always on anyways.

Fucking stupid people who say there going to buy the game, then pirate it. Piracy means you do not pay for it, someone cracked it and shares their copy with you.DON'T FUCKING BUY THIS. IF YOU BUY THIS IT MEANS YOU SUPPORT UBISOFT AND YOU SUPPORT THIS DRM.By all means pirate it though, as long as Ubisoft doesnt get your money all is good.

[...] 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 [...]

[...] Ubisoft's New DRM Cracked in Under 24-Hours – Updated! | InfoAddict [...]

who cares about ubisoft's response? if they really believe that somebody is "stealing" from them, their only possible response is "we're working with law enforcement to rectify the situation". the game is out, and you can download and play it, what can they say? "no you can't"? the only reason to care about their response is for the comedic value

I sympathize with Ubisoft. They're in a no-win situation. They spend lots of money to create a game and then watch as significant portions of the playing population choose to download the game and play it illegally. If you're unhappy with the purchase price, don't buy it! My old roommate always proferred the argument "I wouldn't have ever paid anyway, so they're not really losing any money." I thought this argument, which seems to be a common thought for all pirates, conveys an unbelievable amount of entitlement. The only point at which anybody is entitled to play a game is when they have paid for a license to play. No matter how glamorous this community might consider those who crack DRM, such individuals are simply enabling and perpetuating illegal activity, plain and simple. Ubisoft's attempt to employ DRM, however misguided, is just an attempt to secure what they are rightfully owed.

Dan said, "Ubisoft's attempt to employ DRM, however misguided, is just an attempt to secure what they are rightfully owed."Dan, please realize that while Ubisoft may be fully entitled to this to their own software you must understand that Ubisoft needs to be more competitive. Corporations now days think that they are obligated to get 'x'-amount of dollars from a particular product. The 'suits' at the top tell the project managers, "I want to see 'x' amount of dollars from this and you budget is x-y." The problem is that the budget is too small and the willingness to support the product after release is nearly none.These companies do NOT deserve to have their game paid for if they are going to play screw their customers out of every last dime they paid for simply because "it's not in [their] best interest to continue to support [the game]."What the people posting to this article are trying to relay is not related to their entitlement to the product, but their entitlement to the product AFTER it has been released. An eye for an eye, so to speak.

DRM isn't a problem, DRM is just fine. Look at Steam.The thing that Valve has that Ubisoft doesn't? Connection to their customers. Valve >>>>>>>>> Ubisoft, even though both use DRM. Some Steam games require you to be online to play the singleplayer. How come nobody has complained about this? Oh yeah, because Valve is godlike and is on a level with their customers.

[...] my eye this week the first has to do with Ubisoft’s new DRM software, which was cracked in about a day. The other had to do with a security firm that gives you a 4096 bit RSA key that you have to print [...]

Frankly I'm happy I was wrong. That the DRM system has been eliminated so quickly will sadly mean that things will get worse for legitimate customers, but for now people still have the option of playing the game untouched, or relying on the "black-hats" who have given them the courtesy to save locally and play offline that the publisher denied them.

[...] where might we find some information to see how that went for them? Ah… here we go: Ubisoft’s New DRM Cracked in Under 24-Hours. Yep. That’s right. Their much lauded DRM lasted less than a day. How much do you suppose [...]

@Del: You're missing something. While Valve does have better support, better customer/community involvement, and better quality games. They also realize that Steam won't be online all the time. That's why they've included a nice little feature called OFFLINE MODE. You need only install and start the game up once in order to activate it and boom, you can play online whenever you want.Now, I'm sure others have had trouble with offline mode, I haven't, but it's nice to know that if my internet goes out, or I go on a trip or something, I can play my games without being tethered online.Oh yeah, "Valve is godlike and is on a level with their customers." <- The truth.

If your going to post an nfo, please render it properly.Here are the nfo's in their true beauty.http://nfomation.net/release/Silent.Hunter.5.Battle.of.the.Atlantic-SKIDROW and http://nfomation.net/release/Silent.Hunter.5.Battle.of.the.Atlantic.v1.1.Update-SKIDROW

If your going to post an nfo, please render it properly.Here are the nfo's in their true beauty. Silent.Hunter.5.Battle.of.the.Atlantic-SKIDROW NFOand Silent.Hunter.5.Battle.of.the.Atlantic.v1.1.Update-SKIDROW NFO

I wonder who made the decision with this DRM. Do they not live in the real world? It's such elementary common sense that DRM is bad for business because it pisses off legitimate customers. Having a crack in UNDER 24 hours is a total and complete joke and makes Ubisoft look like such moronic idiots. If I owned a brick-n-mortar store selling some widget, it would be very bad for business if I treated everyone that walked in the door as a potential thief by requiring them to be searched when they left. Ubisoft is so immensely stupid because they are doing that analogous thing. If they quite simply created cool games, there are more than enough people that would be happy to pay for the game legitimately. Sure, there will always be pirates just like there will always be shoplifters, but stores simply can't go around treating everyone like a criminal because if they did, they wouldn't last as a business. I hope to God Ubisoft gets a clue that even a 4 year old can understand and get rid of this DRM crapola. If they don't, I hope they eventually go out of business. I refuse to buy anything at all from this stupid, moronic company because I don't want to be punished for something someone else does. Do these MORONS think that they're the only game company in the world? Are they that arrogant and have delusions of deity? For God's sake, I'd like to think that most people are honest, hard-working, and legit rather than making the assumption most people are not!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This moronic company is so insulting to me it's like someone taking a crap on me. These people all need to just go play in traffic.

While I'm thrilled to see the primary aspect of this 'DRM' quickly and effectively bypassed, I actually believe that Ubisofts spin has a touch of truth to it. We've seen several situations with cracked games where disabling the DRM system caused errors within the game itself. Lets wait a couple days and watch the support forums for Ubisoft before we start too much back patting. Personally I find it truly hilarious when pirates go to the official for support with bug caused by bypassing DRM.Just don't buy the shit if you feel that their DRM choices are excessive and unreasonable.

[...] Ubisoft’s New DRM Cracked in Under 24-Hours - Updated! [...]

I buy a first tier PC title every other month. I will never buy another Ubisoft game no matter if they pull all DRM on all their tittles for all time. This crap was the last damned straw.Bioware is pushing it as well. Their All we have is a CD check but we have all this DLC at time of release that you have to log in to get is not fooling anyone.

This is wonderful news, as for you idiots who exclaim that you'll be cracking your retail copies, you fail, you paid money to the company, that's positive feedback for their DRM system, it doesn't matter that you circumvent that drm after purchase, Ubisoft's horrendous anti-consumer tactics haven't been enough to dissuade retards like you from buying into their products... If you want these games, pirate them out-right, don't confuse the sales figures.

Reminds me of the 'unbreakable' copy protection of putting a dead track on a disc so a CD couldn't be burned/ripped. Kid with a Sharpie took care of that little gem. :)Up the bung for Ubi. Get it through your heads fucktards, we don't need you, you need us.

I'm Glad I live in the UK, as if UBI's servers go down and I can't play the game I can claim money back under the "fit for purpose" act.

[...] DRM di Assassin Creed 2 per PC è stato craccato in 24h… EPIC FAIL! Articolo qua: http://www.infoaddict.com/ubisofts-new-drm-cracked-in-under-25-hours fail (7), merda (2), ubisoft Commenta 0 [...]

its its its its

[...] LINK HERE [...]

RESPECT to SKIDROW!I love buying original games with pretty boxes to display (mmh the smell of freshly opened box and its manual..) .. but when they deploy this software spyware onto fully legal-paid games, then goodbye.Piracy 4 Life

Yeah fuck you Ubisoft , I never usually pirate games ... but guess what I'm gonna get cracked copies of every game you have ever released after this bullshit ... stupid fuckers ... oh and Ubisoft if you get the chance get the fucker or fuckers who came up with this Bullshit ... hang em all upside down , cut their balls of and tell them they cant have their balls back untill they are re connected to the internet !! lol :p

[...] March 5, 2010 When you flaunt your new and improved DRM system in the face of the pirates, guess what happens? [...]

Lol Ubisoft , looks like your gonna be nominated in the " Stupidest Fuckers of the Century " Awards ... lmao you deserve your games to be pirated. stupid fucktards

Do these Ubisoft idiots have a phone number ? I would like to ring them up and tell them they are stoopid lol.

[...] 2] Según leemos en los últimos comentarios, la medida antipirata de Ubisoft ha sido crackeada, la empresa simplemente no lo [...]

[...] 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 [...]

I'm so glad Skid Row cracked it, I knew they would it was just a matter of time Skid Row is amazing. Seriously though where I live very few people have high speed internet to stay connected all the time. My friend who loves the Silent Hunter Franchise couldn't even play it if he wanted to because hes on dial up. I mean come on even if it did work on dial up and you like 2 hours into the game and then BOOM it goes out because I'm sure a lot of you know how reliable dial up is. Then what you lose the game you where in, you probably cant even save it, so theirs 2 hours of playtime down the drain. SO FUCK YOU UBISOFT YOU FUCKING PRICKS. I hope you come to your senses and get rid of your stupid DRM shit or i hope your company goes down just like whats happening to Activision Blizzard or EA where there trying to pop out as many games as possible and there getting worse and worse!

That serves you right ubisoft !! I would NEVER BUY a game with this DRM shit hope you learn to bring more trust to your customers.You have to do a lot effort before I will even think about buying your games again.

FUCK THE PIRATES THAT MAKE COMPANIES REVERT TO THINGS LIKE THIS. SUPPORT THEM BY BUYING THEIR GAMES, YOU CHEAP BASTARDS!

Well done Skid-Row, well done.

@FUCK THE PIRATES ......... stupid prick lol , why dont you go down to Ubisoft and let the Fuck you up the Ass personally ... lol

I love this Ubisoft/DRM/patent application discussion. There are different ways of preventing software piracy, including the one applied for below. No points for guessing why I love writing about it. It is effective antipiracy without the overreaching DRM.Patent title: PREVENTION OF SOFTWARE PIRACY USING UNIQUE INTERNAL INTELLIGENCE WITH EVERY SOFTWARE APPLICATION COPY USPTO Application Number 11678137Basically, each and every copy of a protected program gets it's own internal intelligence, interpretable only by itself, which includes time of program creation, etc., etc.. Each copy of the program gets compiled or otherwise created at the time of purchase so that it can incorporate the unique intelligence. The maker simply keeps track of each set of special information in case the user emails in that he needs to reinstall. Perhaps even the purchasers name would be encrypted and included as part of the intelligence. The number of permissible occurrences of requests for new key codes, say, 5 times, can be controlled by the program maker. If a pirate cracks the code for that single copy of the program, still, it will work only for that copy, and only installable in the time frame that the internal intelligence says it can be installed.The upshot is that program maker gets money, the purchaser can own it, install on more than one computer in his home, again within a day or so, and new key codes can be obtained in case of needed reinstalls, a reasonable amount of times.

I don't play games any longer, but this is funny as hell. Hey UBISOFT! If you can't write decent DRM, then go buy yourself a senator. It will be cheaper in the long run.

[...] 5, 2010 in Technlogy, W-e-b | Tags: cracked, drm, infoaddict, online game, ubisoft, whatthehell Infoaddict reports Ubisoft new DRM scheme has been cracked (in a [...]

gogogogfail awards 2010 go to ubisoft

games are for idiots

Hi all. Used to be an Ubisoft fan here but no longer for reasons you can probably gather. I am just glad that SKIDROW is able to punish Ubisoft for treating their very own paying customers this way.Ubisoft, why punish PC gamers and not console gamers? Oh thats right, console piracy doesnt exist......much

[...] compañía de videojuegos Ubisoft presentó una supuesta solución para prevenir que sus juegos sean descargados de la web. ¿Cómo? Un nuevo sistema DRM que obliga a sus usuarios a estar online a la hora de jugar. Ya [...]

@fuckthis, you obviously don't have the brains to realize who is at fault, DICKHEAD!

[...] compañía de videojuegos Ubisoft presentó una supuesta solución para prevenir que sus juegos sean descargados de la web. ¿Cómo? Un nuevo sistema DRM que obliga a sus usuarios a estar online a la hora de jugar. Ya [...]

[...] juegan con cualquiera de sus títulos. 4 de marzo de 2010: Skid-Row ya ha crackeado el nuevo DRM (InfoAddict), con lo que los usuarios que sufren restricciones para jugar son quienes son propietarios legales [...]

[...] InfoAddict.com AKPC_IDS += "3437,";Popularity: [...]

Economic model of Ubisoft is pretty dense.First they release games to cheaper and larger Walmart FIRSTLY thereby robbing the smaller mom-pop game stores of both of their profit margin.I think Ubisoft needs to pay their development team decently too.DRM only goes to alienate the consumer base as well.

Rumor control: any gamer who downloads and plays a cracked version of #AC2 and #SH5 will find that their version is not completeYeah - it doesn't have the fucking DRM! LOL

DRM ultimately costs the companies their users. I have stopped buying games like Spore etc, and just wait for the cracks. Why should the illegal copies be the only good copies???

[...] (infoaddict via boingboing) [...]

@FUCK THE PIRATES ... Dont forget to take your own vaseline too ;) ... you'll need it at Ubisoft offices, I've heard there are alot of Huge Pricks there lolzers .... "DICKHEAD"

[...] | Infoaddict , Boing [...]

Rumor control: any gamer who downloads and plays a cracked version of #AC2 and #SH5 will find that their version is not completeYeah – it doesn’t have the fucking DRM! LOLHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHits unreasonable to SELL a game and to play u need an always on-line computer 2 play... if i PAY for a game i want to PLAY the game.. not go out and sign up for internet services just to play.. its double the expense

This DRM is ridiculous. I'm glad it was cracked.

Felicidades al equipo que burlo el DRM siguan asi.No me gustan esos juegos, ni los pienso descargar.Pero me alegra que le enseñen a esas corporaciones que no necesitan seguir desperdiciando esos millones de dolares, en algo que caduca de forma casi inmediata.

DRM can kiss my mother fucking ass. Fuck off you cunt. I'm a pirate, a dirty pirate. LOL !!!! I'm also a dirty pervert. But at least I don't try to rape gamers. LOL !!!

Its just a mater of time...Original Copie download the mission files missing in the pirate or "free demo" copies, put all the file together + skidrow crack = DRM total epic failure....

I have supported Ubisoft for many years by buying their titles--even during the Securom saga. As a paying and once loyal customer I can not see why THE CUSTOMER IS TREATED LIKE A COMMON CRIMINAL while the pirates run off with a fully working free copy in the end.I will stop supporting UBi and any other company who presses DRM measures against their customers and not the pirates. I will uninstall, and physically destroy every single title in my collection that carries a Ubisoft logo--their games is definitely not worth my time.

I wasn't planing on buying the game, or pirating it, because i don't play games much anymore. i've downloaded a few 'pirate' games over the years but never finished any of them, and eventually i stopped because they are missing a key element, i think it's called 'fun'.I'm really happy that the drm is broken though, because that stuff is so lame, what a pie-in-the-face embarrassment drm is. I avoid drm devices (xbox360/iphone/ipad/pspgo/itunes) like the plague, and I wouldnt even buy this game if i was a huge gamer.But out of spite, when these new ubisoft games are fully cracked and working, i may just download them just to seed the torrent for some folks around the world.Jus' doing my part :)

I think this is hilarious. Ubisoft has not only challenged the warez scene and lost horribly, they have forced regular customers to use this skidrow patch or suffer with their retarded DRM. gamers actually get a better product from the warez scene. you want people to pay, give them something that is worth it. let's face it Ubisoft. a multi-million dollar corporation has lost to a couple of hobbyists who take/use no money at all. but you stay classy ^_^.

[...] parjattu uusi DRM kaatui [...]

[...] company of video games Ubisoft presented a supposed solution to prepare that his games are unloaded of the web. How? A new system DRM that forces his users to be online at the time of playing. Already from the [...]

[...] me repeat: Ubisoft’s anti-piracy tool has exactly zero effect on pirates (it was cracked shortly after release), but as of right now is preventing every single paying customer from playing.  Ubisoft, does that [...]

So where can you download this crack?

Hahahahha at broken authentication servers. Everybody that paid dont play

[...] Une solution supposée a présenté la compagnie de jeux vidéo Ubisoft pour prévenir que ses jeux sont déchargés du web. Comment ? Un nouveau système DRM qui oblige ses utilisateurs à être online à l’heure de jouer. Déjà depuis le moment un zéro est un grand FAIL parce que si tu n’es pas dans Internet tu ne vas pas pouvoir jouer et cela l’unique qu’il fera est de lui ne pas permettre d’utiliser le software aux personnes qui ont acheté la permission quand, par exemple, ils seront dans sa maison du bois et voudront passer un petit peu en pervertissant avant de dormir. [...]

BaconMushroomMelt: Probably find the crack on a bit torrent site such as isohunt.com. You'll need a client program, recommend uTorrent. Get uTorrent set up and then go looking. With uTorrent, you can download separate files from the torrent, i.e. you can download just the crack and not the whole game and crack.I d/l a cracked copy of BioShock to try, liked it so much I bought it. If ya download and like, support the programmers and buy!

Kudos to UBI ! They encourage piracy all over the world.

[...] games to use this new DRM were released, Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin’s Creed 2, and the DRM was hacked within a day. There’s apparently a patch available on the web that entirely bypasses the requirement that [...]

When I heard ubisoft going for this DRM bullshit, I knew it would be like playing russian roulette with semi-automatic pistol.And I'm happy to watch this darwin-award worthy company to blow it's heads insides all over the nearest wall. :Doh and just FYI.Downloading (possibly) cracked copy of Silent Hunter 5 as we speak. And as a fan, I was about to purchase this title, but quite honestly dear ubisoft, your own dog bit you. Not me... the DRM. for I AM NOT YOUR DOG... Do not try to treat me that way.

[...] und sich an einem einwandfreien Spielerlebnis erfreuen konnten. Silent Hunter V wurde bereits wenige Stunden nach Release geknackt und der Crack scheint wunderbar zu funktionieren. Ubisoft behauptete, dass [...]

I think some of you people on here are really stupid. Can you not see what is happening. Do you really think ubisoft give a shit. Do you know how much money they make off the ps3, and other consoles ??? can you people not see what is happening to the pc games community or are you 2 young and stupid to remember. I personally would not buy one of their games but ubisoft will be laughing in a couple of years when you can only buy decent games on a console of which you have to buy the original. It is happening now (look at mw2 for instance) everyone moans but look at the games chart. Stop being fucking morons and wake up to what is happening around you. It used to be a port from pc. Now its ports from consoles to pc (and bad ones gta4) and you will see these slowly fade away.The pc games industry will be dead soon so live it up while it lasts.

[...] 24 hours after it was released. [...]

[...] within a day of Assassin’s Creed II’s launch in Europe, tech blog InfoAddict reported that Ubisoft’s new DRM system had already been cracked. Ubisoft quickly responded to these [...]

[...] within a day of Assassin’s Creed II’s launch in Europe, tech blog InfoAddict reported that Ubisoft’s new DRM system had already been cracked. Ubisoft quickly responded to these [...]

Carper, this is how you should have said it "IN MY OPINION the pc games industry will be dead soon". There's no need to be rude to a whole bunch of people. In real life, would you walk into a into a crowd of people and tell them they're stupid? Respect someone else's opinion, never think you're right without a doubt.

[...] within a day of Assassin’s Creed II’s launch in Europe, tech blog InfoAddict reported that Ubisoft’s new DRM system had already been cracked. Ubisoft quickly responded to these [...]

[...] Ubisoft’s New DRM Cracked in Under 24-Hours – Updated! Well, Ubisoft’s master plan has collapsed in under 24-hours, as infamous cracker group Skid-Row has tackled the new DRM and rendered it useless, meaning the only people now suffering with this ridiculous DRM are legitimate owners. [...]

[...] within a day of Assassin’s Creed II’s launch in Europe, tech blog InfoAddict reported that Ubisoft’s new DRM system had already been cracked. Ubisoft quickly responded to these [...]

[...] within a day of Assassin’s Creed II’s launch in Europe, tech blog InfoAddict reported that Ubisoft’s new DRM system had already been cracked. Ubisoft quickly responded to these [...]

In this case, I'm all for the pirates. This is retarded DRM. I have an internet connection that's on all the time but what happens when Comcast takes a shit and I can't connect? Guess what people do when they can't surf the fucking net? THEY PLAY GAMES THAT ARE INSTALLED ON THEIR HARD DRIVES!!! What was Ubi thinking with this one?The fucked up part is that shit like this encourages pirating and is going to kill the PC gaming scene. Its bad enough that people are being dumbed down with stupid console FPSs. The PC is where its at because of the real games and sims. DRM=piracy=death of pc gaming. I haven't bought a game in a brick and mortar store in ages. Steam is just fine for me and I've purchased many digital titles. Wake up devs.

To Baconmushroommelt. Yes i probably would. The pc games industry is dying and thats FACT. Its harder for console players to play cracked copys etc so who do you think the games manufacturers will be releasing and putting more of there time and money into. Its IW aswell . There all jumping on the bandwagon and making games for consoles and then porting them pc . Take MW2 for instance"To sum it upWe thought the lack of dedicated servers was bad, but now we can add the lack of console commands, the inability to have a say in who hosts the game, a lengthy pause while the game migrates to a new host if the currently selected host quits, no leaning, no option to record matches, and no way to kick or block trouble players, hackers, or cheaters.You have to wonder if there are any actual PC gamers working at Infinity Ward, as it will be a challenge to find any member of the PC gaming community that will stand up for any of these omissions, not to mention all of them bundled together. At launch, this will be one of the most locked-down, inflexible, and gamer-unfriendly game ever created."and mw2 was supposed to be the best game of all time. Can people not remember cod4 and the ability to do what you wanty and control the game how you liked.Get used to this people

And if you dont beleive me take a walk into any computer shop ie GAME, HMV, GAMESTATION and look at the sections . Even the PSP and Nintendos ds sections are bigger and have more games than the PC section. Now what does that tell you ?????

so well done pirates you keep up the good work and spoil the pc community so there will be no pc games :)

I recently bought Battlefield Bad Company 2. After installing it asked me to choose either continue using the dvd each time playing or activate the game once and the dvd is not required for playing. I activated it online and now I'm playing a legitimate AAA game while the DVD is safe in it's box. I AM HAPPY.I ordered DCS Blackshark the other day but it was discontinued and the shop asked me to replace it with another game. Browsing through their website, some of the latest titles were Assassin's Creed 2 and Silent Hunter 5 and if I wait for another couple of days, Splinter Cell Conviction. All of them are games are I wanted to play but I've read about the new DRM so didn't pick any of them. Silent Hunter is one of my favourite franchises and I had to buy Aliens VS Predator over it. I AM SAD.

[...] Gesellschaft der Telespiele Ubisoft hat eine vermeintliche Lösung vorgestellt um zu vorbereiten, dass seine Spiele vom Web entladen sind. Wie? Ein neues System DRM, [...]

www.silenthuntermods.com/forum/index.php?topic=403.0IM LEGAL USER - DRM WORKAROUND

Is Carper a troll or a shill?They claimed the PC gaming was dead before Bioware came out with Baldur's Gate.When they cancel Mass Effect 3 I will start listening to idiots blaming pirating for the abominable actions of some game publishers and hold a wake for PC gaming. B&M stores not carrying PC titles is why B&M stores don't carry PC titles. So PC game makers switched to more direct marketingCLICK and you have your game. Which is what most lazy ass people want. :) I prefer a nice solid disk I can make copies of and store the originals for backup to play again in 10 years.Don't own a single console. Never have probably never will.

@Carper The reason why PC games aren't found in stores anymore, is simply because people buy them online now, and comparing PC to a PSP or a DS collection at the store is stupid. Handheld games are the most prevalent in gaming today.

[...] also been covering Ubisoft’s newest DRM strategy here on our sister site InfoAddict where we first broke the news that it had been defeated in less than [...]

Now all we need is an open source gui installer. It would not be that hard, and I say open source because with if you create an open source program, it will only die if everyone loses interest, including the developers. And I tell ya, something that install an anti-drm is not going to die.

nice, great job Skid-Row ! haha Ubisoft !!now wait for AC2..

MY SPECIAL WORD TO U.B.I, GO FUCK THEY STUPID DRM!!!

ummm...where can i download the torrent??? :D

UBCrap, you idiots!!!! While you may think this is cool, we live in a dumb ass 3rd world country where we are screwed by our Telecoms company, Yes, the wonderfull South Africa, Soccer World Cup 2010 blah blah blah. The truth IS!!! Our internet here sucks, and cost a fortune as we are screwed by the ISP's, and now we are screwed by UBSoft again!!! As we are working on a paralyzed infrastructure, with very small internet caps, we cannot play your games. You suck! You only think about your 1st world people. Hell, I paid just as much as the next guy, yet I can only play your game in the beginning of every month!!! GO TO HELL!!!!!

Crackers to create a virtual server that supports OFFLINE PLAY..]]using a crack that is currently available does not support to load a mission... The mission does not load by downloading content from the internet connection available, but it get link where and which to load from the connection..So cracking needs to be effective such that a virtual server that is able to support all the things without internet connection....To the UBISOFT:: DRM WILL BE GOING DOWN EVEN IF THEY FIX IT.... SO PLZ STOP DRM ANDGIVE OFFLINE SUPPORT FOR GAMERS WHO CANNOT HAVE INTERNET CONNECTION IN A LAPTOP WHEN THEY ARE IN A CAR..UBISOFT DONT SPOIL YOUR NAME IN THE PC GAMING.... SUPPORT GAMING BY REMOVING DRM ... AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OFFLINE GAME.....DONT EVER IMPLEMENT DRM IN YOUR FUTURE GAMES ALSO....

It's been a few days now since the attack on the Ubisoft servers and there's been no new attacks since then. Can't they do it again to teach them a lesson? Why stop, just keep doing it until they give in.

[...] for, which is reasonable. Their response is unreasonable, given the fact that pirates have in fact, cracked the [...]

@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg

@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg

Please all Retweet this to ubisoft@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg

You can Retweet this to ubisoft -- > @ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer until u stop the DRM shenanigans, ur DRM give much technical problem, we will stop buy ur game..lol http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/6171/skidrowr.jpg

@ubisoft Please soften ur Draconian DRM or u will get no more transferred of cash on any platform from ur gamer (cont) http://tl.gd/jvpck

Drm is a load of bullcrap i support crackers nuff said

they never cracked it fully, you are only allowed to do stuff like free roam, and your unable to save the game etc etc.

i played cracked version of silent hunter 5 n it was fully cracked who is saying that it is not fully cracked skidrow already fucked ubisoft fully

Try do play not legaly at least SILENTLY. You haven't crack this game by yourself, so you are poors leechers. When you say "fuck", you destroy the engineers who made this game. Poor world... If you have the cracked version of this game cool... but please, shut up...

That asshole company will not able to make a game again for next year, I pray!.. Coz' they don't have enough money after fooling many customer in the world = bankrupt.. I honestly always respect all game company works, masterpiece, and also their staff and his/her families, with purchasing a legal game.. But why this Ubisoft don't replied their customers respect?, Are they trully don't realize how many angry customers in this forum, and some other forums? If in the next Splinter Cell release they don't make a difference, let's us take a sit and coffee, then watch their company burned down to the ash with their own fire.

Actually, fyi; it's been fully cracked for quite a while now.I'm playing it myself, all you need it to copy some files and a crack.The only thing left to say is:If I buy a game it's mine, not Ubisoft's. So in relation to the new drm which practically means that the game ain't mine.So, Ubi. Up yours!

HI i´m portuguese and any game for us is very expensive only the crap , crapy games are cheap. If they start to sell the games cheaper like ( 20 € ) i would pay with no dificulty , but paying 50€ it´s alot it´s 10% of the minimum work pay , for a game , to much . and they you see the game sucks ( like spore ) and you play just 10 Hours , it´s fucking mind killing losing that much money wirthout enjoing it . i tank the pirats for not making ous lose so much money .

WoooH !!! Hackers Rock !!! keeep goin guys :D

I think we can all agree that this DRM is one hell of a bumblefuck, however you must understand these guys are dicks and want to have most of their games on consoles it seems like their are more and more console games and less PC games if we arnt careful we will have a whole bunch of unmodifiable games on our hands and we cant have that happen, the real solution is to make ubisoft take it up the ass by not only bypassing their DRM (perhaps with the use of dll files) but to also be an even bigger ass and mess with their servers that they store all this shit on, im not sure who would have the balls to do that but ill be the first to shake their hand.

I WILL NEVER BUY ANY GAMES FROM UBISOFT FROM NOW. ONLY DOWNLOAD! UBISOFT GTFO WITH UR DRM SHIT.

[...] it. There isn’t a clear picture of when Assassin’s Creed II was cracked – some say in the first 24 hours of PC launch, although it appears it took over a month fo comprehensive crack to appear. Regardless, that timing [...]

The number one rule in business is to make a profit, though it should be the second rule with customer care being number one, don't blame the company, you want to blame someone then make it those who support cheap inferior hardware such as consoles, the worst crime in my opinion is people purchasing cheap plastic boxes and settling for inferior graphics, I saved hard for my pc so that I may have both performance [strong]and[/strong] quality, something which a console does [strong]not[/strong] deliver, you get what you pay for, someone once said [strong]"When console's become as good as pc's they will be pc's"[/strong]; a sentiment I fully agree with, so long as people settle for the cheap route then cheap inferior is what you will get, it's my opinion the company knew what the reaction would be to this DRM, it was a gamble to force more people over to consoles, for me, when they stop making games for pc, that's when I will stop purchasing games.

I JUST LOVE IT.. SKIDROW / RELOADED YOU ROCK !