arstechnica.com — A new patch broke some legally downloaded versions of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and Ubisoft made a quick and slightly embarrassing decision: officially use an illegal crack as a work-around. The situation is a troubling reminder of what's wrong with PC gaming.
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twigboyJul 21, 2008
Wheres the Blizzard love? =(
horatiohellpopJul 21, 2008
PC Gaming will die in the Year of the Linux Desktop.So don't hold your breath.
eganjJul 21, 2008
If you created a NOcd crack for one of Ubi's games would you take them to court if they used it?
nydwarfJul 22, 2008
This is a story straight from the Bizarro Universe.
anagamiJul 22, 2008
don't you know that iTunes was one of the first online stores to sell DRM-free songs?
gamocJul 25, 2008
Says the guy who just announced he pirates games - AND burns DS CDs. Interesting.
gamocJul 25, 2008
It tells me that the games that are buggy on consoles can be patched and fixed afterwards. There have always been buggy console games. Now there's a way to repair them.
gamocJul 25, 2008
Yes, but when was the last time you had to patch a DVD film? The article is specifically about the patching of a game f**king up the game. This is specifically about PC gaming.We know that DRM is found in other formats and systems, but this is about PC games.