Ubisoft's DRM Servers Attacked Again

[Andy Chalk]

Ubisoft's DRM Servers Attacked Again

Bad news for PC gamers looking to play some Silent Hunter 5 [http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Creed-II-Playstation-3/dp/B00269DX5W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1279052535&sr=1-1] today: Ubisoft has reported that its DRM servers are suffering from another "attack" and that people are once again having trouble logging in to play their games.

Gamers looking forward to taking on some Assassin's Creed 2 on the PC over the past weekend were in for a disappointment: The servers "attack" [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98927-Ubisoft-DRM-Authentication-Servers-Go-Down] instead.

The problem was reportedly solved with all the requisite apologies, but Ubi's Twitter feed [http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/4721051016], the company admitted that it was experiencing more troubles, writing, "Our servers are under attack again. Some gamers are experiencing trouble signing in. We're working on it and will keep you posted."

There's no way for us to verify the ongoing outages independently, since Assassin's Creed 2 is only available in Europe and Silent Hunter 5 is only of interest to unwashed military sim savants, so a more up-to-the-minute report from PC gamers living on that side of the Atlantic would be welcome. In the meantime, I think I speak for most of us when I say, nice work, Ubi. You've really set yourself apart from the crowd with this one.

via: VG247 [http://www.vg247.com/2010/03/08/ubisoft-drm-servers-under-attack-again/]


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[PhunkyPhazon]

Oh my god, I LOVE THIS!!! This is like watching a bad train wreck over and over again, with the conductor blaming his bad engineering on the passengers. I may not be able to play AC2 on my computer, but this sure as hell ain't bad entertainment either.

 

[Bretty]

I bought AC2.... I have now cracked it.

*Edited to avoid the possibility of a BAnhammer*

This is just horrible for those of us that bought these games.

 

[Outlaw Torn]

Must be Templars trying to censor AC2.

 

[dagens24]

... AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Serves them right. I hope someone gets fired for this one.

 

[ark123]

Lets see if the message sinks in this time

 

[Bruden]

This is hilariously ridiculous, sorry UBI but I'll never buy your PC versions with DRM hovering over them, especially after this hilarity.

 

[Robbob1508]

wow... just wow

At first I was angry at Ubi for creating such a stupid system, but now I just feel sorry for them and the fools who bought it ligit...

I wonder how long until they cave and admit their mistake

 

[HentMas]

hahahahahaha

oooohh... please, if the first few problems werent "attacks" now they are!!,

anywhay... lets hope it end´s up in being more of a liability than a safe keep to hold the DRM and ubi gets to close it...

 

[PhunkyPhazon]

I bought AC2.... I have now cracked it.

Alright, I'm caving into curiosity. Does the crack actually work fine?

 

[Sebenko]

Well, this is just icing on the cake, really. And my decision not to buy AC2 because of this DRM seems to have been a good one.

 

[Matt_LRR]

I am really on the fence about this. This is terrible for consumers - like, really terrible for consumers, and it's malicious users rather than ubi that are directly at fault for it.

At the same time, Ubi was just asking for this, and I kind of want to see it continue. The more consumers are negatively impacted by things like this, and the more outraged they get, the bigger a hit Ubi's bottom line will take, and I dare say scaling back the DRM and losing 10% of your player base to piracy is better than losing 100% of your player base because your game is unplayable.

-m

 

[fozzy360]

Ubisoft has no one to blame but themselves. They introduced an idiotic DRM scheme, and now it's coming back to bite them. Maybe now they'll get the message...but I doubt it.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Effiminate? I resent that coming from a Canuck.

At the risk of stating the obvious, these attacks are going to keep happening until the hackers have the information they need to properly crack the game. They're clearly probing for weaknesses or simply gathering data on when and how it works. Just the same way they beat anti cheats by spamming hacks and recording the bans, then basing the next hacks off that...

 

[DrunkWithPower]

Hmmm, it seems like the question to Ubi now goes, which one do you want, nobody playing or everybody? Of course there's no more money in the latter so nobody.

 

[Bretty]

I bought AC2.... I have now cracked it.

Alright, I'm caving into curiosity. Does the crack actually work fine?

I think this place bans peeps for discussing pirating. So you will understand if I dont go into detail.

Suffice to say I only pirate games that I feel have jilted me, and in the long run I ussually buy them anyway for the MP. But what I thought would be a tolerable DRM solution has ended up being a the freaking travesty of the year.

 

[Premonition]

I can't help but think that this is justice ...