Fri, Mar 19, 2010 | 12:58 GMT

Report – Steam drops Ubisoft DRM titles from line-up

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According to a report from CVG, Valve’s dropped titles on Steam from Ubisoft that’s gotten the firm’s ill-fated DRM software in its games, including Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter V.

Originally, both games were available here and here respectively, but they are no longer where they should be. A senior source told the site Valve doesn’t want to lose face over “its reputation for customer service, and these games have angered its user-base.”

Already, it’s angered quite a lot of people, including some attacking the DRM servers on aforementioned titles. And remember, big Gabe’s not down with the whole thing, innit.

Whatever happens, this ain’t going to go away for a while yet. We’ve emailed Ubisoft for comment.

23 comments

Freek
19/03/10, 12:37 pm

Go Valve! Awesome

Michael O’Connor
19/03/10, 12:37 pm

So Ubisoft has not only been owned by the consumer, who managed to DOS their servers in order to teach them a point about how retarded and archaic their DRM is, but also by digital retailers as well, who now refuse to stock their games on their virtual shelves?

…HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Maybe now they might get the goddamn hint.

blackdreamhunk
19/03/10, 12:38 pm

right on steam vavle rocks I hope they dumb all ubisoft drm garbage…if I was retail I would drop the price too.

DRM is nothing more than big cooperation’s trying to force people in buying consoles. where they can try and control you like in a dictatorship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l7v6nnJ2Uc&feature=sub

SunKing
19/03/10, 12:42 pm

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes.

Awesome, Valve. You rock my world.

f1r3storm
19/03/10, 12:42 pm

I can see both games on the Steam website.

blackdreamhunk
19/03/10, 12:43 pm

mircrosoft and sony doing their best to force pc gamers in to buying dumb over junk consoles!!!

ubisoft is their nice little puppet, goes show how much ubisoft vavles their fanbase!

Jockie
19/03/10, 12:54 pm

Good for Valve, was looking forward to playing ACII until this whole debacle started. Guess I’ll be missing out on Splinter Cell: Conviction as well.

NGCes26294BIV
19/03/10, 12:58 pm

Ironic, considering Valve were the first to do the ‘must be connected to the net to play’ with Half Life 2.

blackdreamhunk
19/03/10, 1:02 pm

publisher and game devs would have to use drm any way. Ubisoft’s drm is going over line. frankly the media and the gaming is going over the line!!!

at a least valve solution is respectable to it’s fans and not abusive!!

the media lies about pc gaming dying every year, I wonder why?

I wonder is to destory pc gaming?

So why should I trust them to bring any good creadable news about pc gaming.

lets try and force pc gamers into buy stupid consoles!!!!

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Bulk Slash
19/03/10, 1:11 pm

Nice work Valve! Maybe Ubisoft will wake up and take the DRM out now. There’s a guaranteed sale for Ass Creed II and Splinter Cell if they do.

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blackdreamhunk
19/03/10, 1:24 pm

One more thing ubisoft strikes me as company that does not care about it’s fans!

Your paying for a $60 game you don’t own. It’s full of drm. It’s a console port on top of that. on NG4 some said he is band from ubisoft’s site and can’t play his or her own game. I wonder is that really right.

the funny part is some of the gaming media supports this.
the very same gaming that says pc gaming is dying every year.

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Kamikaze_Tutor
19/03/10, 1:28 pm

I can still see the games on the program and webpage.

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NiceFellow
19/03/10, 1:29 pm

I hope they have. I’ll buy something new from Steam just to say thanks.

This kind of DRM stinks and deserves to be sunk by negative consumer reaction.

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Alakratt
19/03/10, 1:30 pm

Pirates win?

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