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Hackers Find A Way To Download Games For Free On Ubisoft’s uPlay

Last night, footage of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon broke out (it’s now been removed). It’s likely the work of Russian hackers who found a way to trick the uPlay game launcher into thinking that they already own certain games according to Eurogamer — even if, in this case, the game isn’t out yet.


Ubisoft Wants ‘To Improve [Its] Relationship’ With PC Gamers

Ubisoft’s name has been mud with PC gamers for a good long while. Ending always-on requirement to play games and other DRM restrictions helped it somewhat, but it is still widely perceived as a publisher most interested in Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles — and for good reason, as Rayman Legends fans might say.


Ubisoft Bringing EA’s Games To Its Uplay Service

Well I can’t say I saw this coming, but it makes a whole lot of sense. While EA is still restricting the sale of its games on Steam, it’s now allowing Ubisoft to sell certain games on Ubi’s Uplay service. According to a statement from Ubisoft, games from Warner Bros and a handful of other publishers, will also be made available.


Why Ubisoft’s Two Big Holiday Games Are Better On PC

The last couple of weeks have given us two of the biggest games of the fall, both from Ubisft. Assassin’s Creed III continues the historically focused swashbuckling adventure series, and Far Cry 3 lets players loose on a violent South Pacific island paradise.


Ubisoft Launches Their Own PC Gaming Client, And Is Selling Some Games For $1 To Get You To Try It

Not one to be left behind by the likes of EA , Ubisoft officially launched their uPlay client for PC today.


Ubisoft Denies Including A Rootkit In Uplay Service, Blames Security Exploit On A ‘Coding Error’

A major security flaw in Ubisoft’s Uplay service for launching their PC games was not a product of devious programming nor part of the company’s DRM strategy, the publisher of Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry 3 said in a statement released this evening.


How To Fix The Ubisoft uPlay Security Hole

Ubisoft has caught a lot of flak from PC gamers over their uPlay system, online-authentication DRM that most recently came to attention for being unavailable at exactly the wrong time.


Ubisoft’s uPlay Down For Everyone, Not Just You

Ubisoft’s uPlay, the online service largely used for validating the digital rights management on PC games, has been down for much of the day. If this is planned maintenance, Ubisoft didn’t do a great job of communicating that to its users, who are ripping the publisher a new one on its official forums.


PS3 Gets Exclusive Assassin’s Creed Revelations Multiplayer Beta

In a sign that either the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin’s Creed Revelations needs more public beta testing than the Xbox 360 version or that Sony and AC publisher Ubisoft are — gasp — using a beta as a marketing stunt, the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations multiplayer beta will launch next month only on PS3, initially to a subset of PS3 owners.


Used Copies Of Ubisoft’s Latest Games Will Require $US10 ‘Passport’ To Play Online

Ubisoft today confirmed rumours that they will begin locking out free online multiplayer modes to anyone who buys their games used.


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