The poorly-received 'always-on' DRM utilized by Ubisoft for Assassin's Creed II and other recent PC releases will not be enacted for the publisher's next title for the platform, as a company representative has revealed that the upcoming strategy game R.U.S.E. will instead use Valve's Steamworks service.
The previously-used DRM, which forced players of single-player games like Assassin's Creed II to keep an online connection at all times, found itself the target of derision from fans and attacks by hackers. G4TV has discovered a post from a Ubisoft representative on R.U.S.E.'s official forums stating that the company will use the Steamworks application programming interface to authenticate copies of the game. Owners of the game will be required to activate the game online, but will not face the constant authentication the previous DRM required. As a result, the single-player mode of the game can be enjoyed offline.
R.U.S.E. is due out on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in a little over a month on September 17. Strategy fans -- does the new DRM affect your intent to purchase the game on the PC?
SOURCE: R.U.S.E. will not use the Ubisoft protection [Ubisoft Forums, via G4TV]
Source: Daily News from GamePro.com
Wednesday, August 11, 2010