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Ubisoft: PC Piracy Levels 95%, and 95% of Free-To-Play Users Do Not Pay

In recent years games company Ubisoft have hit the headlines not only for creating some great games, but also having some of the most intrusive DRM schemes the industry has to offer. For...

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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

Google Engineer Discovers Vulnerabilities In Ubisoft’s DRM System

Tavis Ormandy – engineer for Google – stumbled upon what seems to be a serious vulnerability in Ubisoft’s DRM system. After purchasing an Ubisoft game, he found out that its Uplay browser plugin...

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Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Ubisoft DRM Lets In Remote Attackers, Google Engineer Reports

Digital Rights Management (DRM) software is seen as an essential part of life for many games developers. It allows them to control who and who cannot copy, install and otherwise operate their software,...

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Monday, July 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Ubisoft Blames Piracy for Non-Release of PC Game

Ubisoft’s highly anticipated adventure game ‘ I Am Alive ‘ is expected to be released on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace this winter. The first demos of the game were well...

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Thursday, November 24th, 2011 Net News No Comments