Tag: ubisoft
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Ubisoft’s idiotic DRM strikes again!
If you were planning to buy Anno 2070, you should know that it is limited to only 3 activations and if you replace your, say, graphics card more than thrice, you can say goodbye to the game. What exactly is Ubisoft’s thought process behind such a strategy for the PC market? Yes, we know they…
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Ubisoft: I Am Alive cancelled on the PC; “so few people are paying for the PC games”, “there’s so much pirating”
I Am Alive will probably not be coming to PC, the game’s creative director Stanislas Mettra claims. The problem with releasing a PC edition is that piracy makes profitably uncertain. Ubisoft is aware of the fact that PC gamers want the game too so here’s Mettra’s official statement regarding a PC release: “We’ve heard loud and…
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Ubiweek in Steam 23rd – 30th May
Looks like somebody doesn’t have enough money. Spend some more! :) Presenting – Ubisoft week – every day one special deal, and all Ubisoft games 33% off (excluding IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs f Dover and Assassins Creed Brotherhood). Ubisoft is known as evil DRM distributor, so beware :) And also known with very bad geo-restricted pricings,…
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Ubisoft sale on GetGames!
Some great deals on some Ubisoft titles. You can visit this page: http://www.getgamesgo.com/catalogue/browse/SALE Including: Anno 1404 for £7.99/14.99€, Call of Juarez 2: Bound in Blood for £4.99/7.99€, Assassin’s Creed for £9.99/14.99€, Settlers 5, 6 & 7 bundle for just £19.97/27.97€! This week also sees the release of Sid Meier’s Civilization V. They are selling it…
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R.U.S.E. will not utilize Ubisoft PC DRM
Good news, the PC version of R.U.S.E. will not use Ubisoft’s 24/7 always online DRM, instead it will use Steamworks. Aymeric Evennou, Ubisoft senior community developer, stated on the official R.U.S.E. forums: “When R.U.S.E. is released in September, it will benefit from Valve’s Steamworks API to offer the best community experience to players. Consequently, a Steam…
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Rayman Origins to be released on the PC?
The remakes of classic 2D games are getting really popular these days, Ubisoft announced that they will release yet another Rayman game but this time it will be in 2D with Full HD. hand drawn graphics (thanks to Ubi Art Framework). They’ve said that the game will be available pretty soon on PlayStation Network and…
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E3 2010: New games from major publishers leaked?
Here’s an E3 2010 line up list. It was supposed to be confidential… Click to enlarge. Source Update: Here’s more thanks to Dragoon – http://abstract360.com/2010/05/rumor-e3-2010-line-up-leaked/ Update 2: Confirmed fake! http://twitter.com/jeffgerstmann/status/13410527050
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Uplay – it’s all about you!
Ubisoft is launching their new service called Uplay. I gotta say that the presentation on their website is stunning! What is Uplay? It’s just another service like Games For Windows Live or Steam Community. Basically you have so called Uplay Win which has accomplishments (achievements), points and other unlockable stuff that is synchronized with your…
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Assassins Creed: Lineage
Tired of waiting Assassins Creed II? Here is a first episode of miniseries Assassins Creed: Lineage by Hybride Studios (movies 300, Sin City, SpyKids) for Ubisoft.