Archive: october 16, 2008

Yep, Far Cry 2 Has DRM [Ubisoft]

EA boss John Riccitiello totally hates DRM, but the company uses SecuROM DRM for Spore to fight piracy. Publisher Ubisoft is also using DRM for shooter Far Cry 2, but slightly different DRM. According to the game's official forum:
• You have 5 activations on 3 separate PCs. • Uninstalling the game "refunds" an activation. This process is called "revoke", so as long as you complete proper uninstall you will be able to install the game an unlimited number of times on 3 systems. • You can upgrade your computer as many time as you want (using our revoke system) • Ubisoft is committed...

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Tags: DRM, Ea, Ubisoft, far cry 2, news

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Sep 10 All Ubisoft in-house titles will now include subtitles

Nov 11 Studio Get! Ubisoft scoops up Massive Entertainment

Jan 7 Rumortoid: Ubisoft to reveal new Clancy and Rainbow titles this year

Aug 19 Ubisoft is kicking ass, possibly splitting stock

Jul 20 Ubisoft used pirate's code to fix game

Jul 2 Ubisoft bringing Catz and Dogz to a Mac near you

Mar 17 Haze is never coming to Xbox 360: PS3 fanboys rejoice!

Nov 17 Ubisoft planning 'significant' Prince of Persia DLC

Nov 6 Ubisoft dodges a bullet, drops plans for Heroes game

Jun 27 Ubisoft announces 4 new "Games for Everyone" DS titles

Oct 28 Ubisoft trademarks 'Rabbids Go Home,' perhaps you were thinking the same thing

Nov 21 Ubisoft announces 'Fortune's Pack' DLC for Far Cry 2

Dec 9 Ubisoft claims to have 'learned a lesson,' will not be rushing sequels

Aug 5 Ubisoft and Paramount inject Rainbow Six Vegas 2 with ad-tastic minigame

Dec 6 Win some free stuff from Ubisoft and Intel

Sep 23 Ubisoft to publish Tenchu 4 for the Wii in North America and you will like it

Aug 14 Ubisoft getting sued for at least $26 million

Sep 16 Ubisoft has a death wish: Puts Endwar up against Gears and Resistance sequels

Apr 15 Haze demo featuring single-player and four-player co-op coming to PSN this May

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