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by Brian Leahy, Jan 03, 2011 5:00pm PST

Oh boy! It's 2011 and it's time for gaming to ramp up again before the summer slump. There are a lot of great games coming out early this year and I'm definitely looking forward to LittleBigPlanet 2, Dead Space 2, and Marvel vs. Capcom 3. And that's just in the coming weeks!

Also, the first league of the 2011 GSL StarCraft II season has started with games already in the books and available as VODs. Access will cost you $10 with ads or $20 without.

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Did anyone else see this?

Ubisoft turns off always-on DRM!

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/etjzl/you_no_longer_need_an_active_connection_to_play/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/04/newsflash-ubisoft-turn-off-drm-of-legend/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RockPaperShotgun+(Rock,+Paper,+Shotgun)

"Yes! Weâ€™re receiving reports that Ubisoft hasnâ€™t simply dropped its fabled online authentication DRM from future releases, but has turned it off altogether. This Reddit thread shows screenshots of PC gamers playing both Assassinâ€™s Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction with no internet connection whatsoever following the latest patches. The only time you need an internet connection is now during installation. "

/Orders AC 2.

Jan 04, 2011 3:00am PST

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Did anyone else see this? Ubisoft turns off always-on DRM! http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/... : Dontdrop
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- Good news, everyone! : Hoax
- so stupid that they ever did this with games on steam in the first place. : TimeDoctor
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  Excellent. I think I'll buy the PC version of Conviction for my second playthrough. I can't say my boycott was successful, as I couldn't stop myself from buying a couple of Ubisoft games since they enabled this crap, but this is good news indeed. Now if only Activision would stop doing questionable shit every other week I could once again not give a fuck who publishes the games I want. :P
  
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  Excellent. I think I'll buy the PC version of Conviction for my second playthrough. I can't say my boycot... : ramshot
- Great news :D : Milleh
- That's fantastic! :D I might actually start buying Ubisoft games for the PC again! : Aldebrand
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  cool I probably would have bought AC2 if not for that shit : brewsterdog
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    Ditto... and possibly Conviction as well. Does AssBro have that stuff? : five_percent
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      not out on PC yet. i think the release date is feb 22 : dirge23
      
      Ah thanks, I hear good things about it too. : five_percent
  - Me too, I borrowed and played AC2 and Brotherhood on the PS3, and I was put off by the blurriness and bad... : donjuancarlos
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  Fuck you UBI, do this BEFORE the Steam sale next time. : MercFox1
- Aw yeah. I thought my buying spree was over with the steam sales... : CaptainSurly
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  Hmm, I picked up Settlers 7 on the Steam sale and it still had me login to their crap to run it. : Tripps
  - The only time you need an internet connection is now during installation [Edit- And each time you boot th : SilverSnake
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  I thought they just turned it back so it only demands a connection on first launch, and then doesn't poll... : the archvile
  - I missed the "during initial installation" part. That means it still has activation DRM, but it isn't do... : the archvile
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  that's a real improvement. : skryte
  - wait, no -- it's still a bunch of shit: [Edit- And each time you boot the game] : skryte