An Ubisoft spokesperson told Polygon that no personal information was compromised, and that uPlay will be "unavailable until the problem is fixed however all other uPlay services remain available.
Update: Polygon reports that Ubisoft has shut down its uPlay download and DRM service in wake of the exploit.
We have contacted Ubisoft for comment on whether the issue has now been resolved and will update should we receive a response. The leak of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon' will do little to reverse the decisions of those already considering such a move, frustrating those that download their games via legitimate sources. The security issue comes at a time when games publishers are debating whether to employ "always-on" DRM inside games in an effort to reduce piracy.
While Ubisoft has been working to limit the damage, forum members (which we have not linked, for safety reasons) indicate that the hole in Ubisoft's games management tool has been open for a number of weeks, silently allowing users to download any number of the company's PC titles. Users have been able to download 'Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon,' which has yet to be releasedĬopies of the game have been shared to Bittorrent tracking sites and video walkthroughs of the game have been uploaded to YouTube and other video-sharing websites.
According to Gameranx, the software tool is able to fool Ubisoft's uPlay into recognizing a user is authorized to play games they do not already own, which has enabled some users to download copies of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon for free and without DRM, even though the game is due for release on May 1st. 'Wises Bermban ass destruction will challenge these abilities. it wont record time spent on the main menu though, only in-game time. add the saves together time spent playing. not all I'd hoped for.An exploit shared on a Russian gaming forum has allowed users to bypass protections on Ubisoft's uPlay games distribution platform, offering access to the company's complete line-up of PC titles, including those that are yet to be released. Far Cry 3 is an open world, action-adventure first-person shooter video game developed mainly by Ubisoft Montreal in conjunction with Ubisoft Massive, Ubisoft Red Storm, Ubisoft Shanghai, and Ubisoft Reflections, published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. you can look in the save menu in-game, it will tell you how much time you have played on that save. I've asked Ubisoft to comment and will update when I hear back. Rock, Paper, Shotgun wrote an account of the problems.īut there appears to be a simple workaround: set Uplay to offline, according to a thread on Reddit. Cue cries of "it's DRM in disguise!" and "I love you Ubisoft!", err. Is there a way to start the game without using it I'm looking into settings for such a configuration, but i found nothing at the moment. I already have steam and uplay is just pointless. Uplay runs in the background but because the servers have gone tits up so does your single-player experience. I recently bought far cry 3 and i don't want to use uplay. Original story: Beloved Ubisoft online service Uplay is causing problems with the PC version of Far Cry 3, out today.
"We're very sorry for the server issues affecting Far Cry 3 on PC and are working as fast as possible to restore the service." Update: Ubisoft is "very sorry" and working "as fast as possible" to sort things out, according to an official tweet. "Dear #FarCr圓PC players, thank you for your patience, our servers are back up & running," tweeted Ubisoft, careful not to confuse dear and deer. Update 2: Shazzam! It's all fixed, according to Ubisoft.