Ubisoft has officially revealed that they have abandoned their unpopular practice of insisting all PC games ship with always-on DRM.
In the past, gamers have only been able to play their Ubisoft PC games when connected to the internet, with progress regularly lost if the connection to the net ever went down.
Now Ubisoft has revealed that all games will now come with a one-time online activation, and after having been installed, they can then played on different computers. In fact, it was revealed that their DRM policy was abandoned a while back, obviously very quietly and without anyone noticing.
Stephanie Perlotti explained to Rock Paper Shotgun: ""We have listened to feedback, and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline."
Perlotti explained further, using Assassin's Creed III as an example: "Whenever you want to reach any online service, multiplayer, you will have to be connected, and obviously for online games you will also need to be online to play. But if you want to enjoy Assassin's Creed III single player, you will be able to do that without being connected. And you will be able to activate the game on as many machines as you want."