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Ubisoft gives Starforce the finger
Posted: 2006-04-13 05:56pm
by Davis 51
From
Kotaku
Ubisoft Ditches Starforce… Thanks Gawd!
In a fitting comeuppance for the nexus of evil known as Starforce, Ubisoft has wiped Heroes of Might and Magic V free of the malware and won’t use it in future copy protection. The bad, bad, bad anti-piracy system is pimped by Russian gangsters, so unscrupulous that they offer nay-sayers free knuckle sandwiches in some Moscow warehouse. A $5 mil class action lawsuit was brought against Ubi for using loathsome Starforce DRM in their games back in 2004 and continued to be publicly berated for using it. The company took a hint. Do we hate Starforce? Yes, and now so does Ubisoft.
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It's about fucking time.
Posted: 2006-04-13 07:16pm
by Netko
Couldn't have happened to a nicer company.
Posted: 2006-04-13 07:38pm
by Stark
Everyone hates Starforce. Has anyone played a game with the newer, 'encrypt the shit out of the datafiles' Starforce version? I'm curious what kind of performance hit that creates.
Posted: 2006-04-13 07:53pm
by Alyeska
So is Ghost Recon 3 going to have Starforce or not?
Posted: 2006-04-13 08:51pm
by Davis 51
I believe in their press release they stated no future releases will use Starforce, so, AFAIK, the answer is no.
Posted: 2006-04-13 09:49pm
by Alyeska
And what about people who bought Starforce protected games which prevent play on 64bit systems?
Posted: 2006-04-13 09:53pm
by SirNitram
Alyeska wrote:And what about people who bought Starforce protected games which prevent play on 64bit systems?
See if someone's made a 'Nuke Starforce' kit.. If not, nuke the site from orbit, as MS says...