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Ubisoft Authentication Servers Go Down, No One Can Play Anything

By Laura Northrup March 7, 2010
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Hey, remember a few weeks ago when we posted about Ubisoft’s draconian DRM measures that keep players from saving their progress if their Internet connection goes out? Today, players found out what’s even worse than that: the authentication servers going down. [The Escapist]

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