Ubisoft’s DRM Servers Break, no Assassin’s Creed For You [Update]

[Update #2] The servers are under attack for a second day.

[Update] Ubisoft, by way of a tweet, are claiming the server disruption was caused by attacks on their servers. They also say that 95% of gamers were unaffected.

If only we could have predicted that when a service requires 100% uptime of both the company’s servers and your internet connection the results would not be good. If only we could have told Ubisoft “no, this won’t work, you’re just putting your insatiable greed before any notion of customer care.” If only I could take this smug yet disappointed look off my face.

The Assassin’s Creed 2 forums are slowly filling up with angry Europeans unable to play their single player game. The cause? Ubisoft’s have-to-be-online-to-play DRM servers are having a bad Sunday. Within a week of the game coming out in Europe and with only two days until its North America release, the server issues could hardly have come at a worse time. Yet somehow, this all seems so predictable.

Still, it’s assumed that behind the scenes there are servers being kicked and swear-words being said, hopefully resulting in the servers getting back up to full capacity soon (quite a few people are reporting they’ve been able to connect). At the time this post was written the word from Ubisoft was that they’re “working on the problem”.

via: The Escapist