Ubisoft Ditches DRM Requirement

<p>Ubsioft&&num;8217&semi;s always-on DRM &lpar;digital rights management&rpar; requirement for PC titles&comma; has been given the ol&&num;8217&semi; heave ho&excl; DRM&comma; which required users constantly be connected to the internet in order to start games and play them&comma; has always been a source of irritation for gamers&period; Losing your connection during play meant you were no longer able to continue and any unsaved data would be lost&period; Now&comma; all that is necessary is a one-off activation online in order to play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stephanie Perlotti&comma; Ubisoft&&num;8217&semi;s worldwide director for online games&comma; stated in an interview with <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;rockpapershotgun&period;com&sol;2012&sol;09&sol;05&sol;ubisoft-scrapping-always-on-drm-for-pc-games&sol;">RPS<&sol;a> that the always-on requirement had no longer been in use since last year&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We have listened to feedback&comma; and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game&comma; and from then you are free to play the game offline&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Using <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed III<&sol;em> as a reference&comma; she continued her explanation&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Whenever you want to reach any online service&comma; multiplayer&comma; you will have to be connected&comma; and obviously for online games you will also need to be online to play&period; But if you want to enjoy <em>Assassin’s Creed III<&sol;em> single player&comma; you will be able to do that without being connected&period; And you will be able to activate the game on as many machines as you want&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What are your thoughts on this&quest; Good riddance&quest; About time&quest; Where did the cheeseburger go&quest; Let us know&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;366512&sol;ubisoft-abandons-always-on-drm-for-pc-games&sol;">CVG<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;