Skidrow Claims to Have Cracked Ubisoft's DRM

[Shawn Zipay]

The Ubisoft DRM seems to be a bit of a hot button item lately amongst piracy groups. One group claims to emulate the DRM servers that the game periodically checks with. Another group, Skidrow, claim that they don't need any emulation of any servers and that their method does indeed permit the games to work.

We know that there is a server emulator out in the open, which makes the game playable, but when you look at our cracked content, you will know that it can’t be compared to that. Our work does not construct any program deviation or any kind of host file paradox solutions. Install game and copy the cracked content, it’s that simple.

Thank you Ubisoft, this was quite a challenge for us, but nothing stops the leading force from doing what we do. Next time focus on the game and not on the DRM. It was probably horrible for all legit users. We just make their lives easier.

We will not link to anything piracy related here. However if true, it just goes to show that even the most troublesome DRM can be worked around by those determined enough. It just begs the question if DRM is effective in the slightest or if we should just do away with it entirely.

[GeneralPatton]

Re: Skidrow Claims to Have Cracked Ubisoft's DRM

This is indeed true. Sources I know have told me that Skidrow has indeed successfully cracked Ubisoft's DRM for Assassins Creed II.

I believe the point here should be that game developers shouldn't base a games creation on something to stop piraters. If you design something, it will be hacked/cracked. It will be like this till the end of time. Game makers should focus more on the game itself instead of trying to defeat the inevitable.