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Author Topic: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2  (Read 9,765 times)

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We had a feeling this might happen and what do you know? We were right. While the PC port of Assassin's Creed 2 is not yet available here in the US, Ubisoft's SINGLE PLAYER ONLY open world action game is available in Europe. And it looks like Ubisoft's DRM servers, which were supposed to protect against the game being pirated, have instead kept legit consumers from playing the game across the pond.
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http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/03/07/ubisoft-drm-servers-down-europeans-cant-play-assassins-creed/

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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2010, 01:16 PM »
well, this has always been a tinderbox waiting to explode..

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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2010, 03:43 PM »
My Captain Sparrow -version works thou  8)

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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2010, 04:58 PM »
That Jack's not a bad guy - Sticking to the code as he does... *Snicker*

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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2010, 06:02 PM »
UbiSoft lied about the reason for DRM Servers being down...
http://bit.ly/aKEbCg

This gets better and better...

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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2010, 06:06 PM »
I hope anon will keep on banging the DRM servers :)
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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 12:57 AM »
My god this is satisfying. I saw this story earlier today and couldn't wait to come on to DC and update the other thread with this, shouting my glee. This is not a good feeling for Ubi to be inspiring in its customers. I should not be thrilled that they're getting screwed! But I am. :P

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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2010, 02:57 PM »
I'm loving this too. The call prior to release that gamers should vote with their wallets was never going to happen, people are too stupid. So I'm glad to see someone else has stepped in to vote for the sheeple.
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Re: Ubisoft DRM servers down; Europeans can't play Assassin's Creed 2
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2010, 03:23 PM »
I hope anon will keep on banging the DRM servers :)

There's apparently a new attack going on...

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