Ubisoft's R.U.S.E. ditching DRM

[Guild McCommunist]

Ubisoft's forthcoming real-time strategy game R.U.S.E. won't use Ubsisoft's contentious perpetual digital rights management system, the publisher announced today.In a post on the Steam forums, Ubisoft declared that the delayed R.U.S.E. will use Valve's Steamworks API instead of the French publisher's proprietary system.

According to Ubisoft, this move was made so as to "offer the best community experience to players." Per Valve's policy, gamers who play R.U.S.E. on Steam will need to activate their game via Internet connection. However, after the initial establishment, gamers won't need an Internet connection to play offline.

R.U.S.E. won't U.S.E. Ubisoft's D.R.M.

The subject of great controversy, Ubisoft's Online Services Platform system requires gamers to be constantly connected to the Internet during their entire play session. It was established after rampant piracy plagued the original Assassin's Creed PC. The enabled-Internet requirement is necessary across all game modes, including single-player and multiplayer options. If players lose their connection during a session, the game will pause and resume once the Internet is restored.

Following the launch of the greatly anticipated Assassin's Creed II for PC, many gamers suffered through DRM technical difficulties that made the single-player game impossible to access for an unspecified number of users. Ubisoft responded by citing "exceptional demand" as the root of the snafu, later noting that the servers were crippled by denial-of-service attacks by disgruntled gamers.

R.U.S.E. was delayed without explanation in January, and then again in April citing a need for more time to properly incorporate feedback earned from the game's beta. The World War II RTS is currently slated to arrive on September 7. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's hands-on preview.

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Depending on how well sales do in contrast to piracy estimates (although piracy estimates are usually wildly inaccurate), we may see Ubisoft's future PC games no longer using DRM. Or even better, re-releases of DRM titles without DRM.

 

[Wombo Combo]

Ugh having to be connected to the internet 24/7 to play a games single player is just retarded, Ubisoft just use Steam like everyone else.

 

[Raika]

lolUbisoft.
They shouldn't have implemented DRM in the first place. Now they realize their stupid move. Heh.

 

[trumpet-205]

Well, it is a good thing that Ubisoft went for a change. Not good enough for me however.

 

[Advi]

lolUbisoft.
They shouldn't have implemented DRM in the first place. Now they realize their stupid move. Heh.

Every game company is going to make this stupid mistake at some time or another. They may as well learn early on.

 

[shakirmoledina]

man the DoS attacks were so (angrily) planned tht it made an impact... i still think this is going to be hacked but atleast it will attract the true gamers

 

[superrob]

Finally they realize that most people doesnt mind how steams DRM works because its not just DRM but a platform with great service.