Ubisoft's PC DRM hacked on Assassin's Creed 2
The game's copy protection has apparently finally been cracked, months after release
Ubisoft's always-on digital rights management solution has apparently been circumvented by hackers. News of its arrival on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks began circulating Wednesday morning.
The DRM, which now ships with every new PC game made by Ubisoft, requires that gamers have a constant connection to the Internet in order to play their games. The security feature caused a large backlash by users for its inclusion in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 title, which was released last month.
The hack itself removes the DRM entirely and is being claimed by a consortium known as Skid Row. It requires users to download and install a modified version of the game's executable file to their computers.
Attached to the "readme" file that comes with the hacked content, Skid Row alerted other hackers that the group's methods were safeguarded against reverse-engineering in order to fend off competing hacking groups and Ubisoft itself.
Skid Row also left a note for Ubisoft directly, telling the company to spend less time on its DRM and more on the actual game play:
"Thank you Ubisoft, this was quiete [sic] a challenge for us, but nothing stops the leading force from doing what we do. Next time focus on the game and not on the DRM. It was probably horrible for all legit users. We just make their lifes [sic] easier."
Prior to Skid Row's release, there has been a hack that emulated the back and forth of Ubisoft's DRM servers to the game. However, it did not work for all users or localizations of the game. Another game that uses the always-online DRM Silent Hunter 5 has been allegedly cracked earlier by the same group. [Via CNET]
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