Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced DRM Causes Misery

Key Points:

• Ubisoft Connect experienced an outage on July 11, preventing legitimate PC players from launching Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and other Ubisoft games, while pirated versions without the Connect requirement remained playable.
• The game’s FAQ states that after a one-time internet connection to download the game, the main campaign is playable offline, but live content requires an online connection, highlighting confusion and frustration during the outage.
• The outage, though brief and occurring early in the morning, sparked significant backlash online, with a Reddit thread about the issue gaining over 15,000 upvotes.
• This incident underscores the risks and inconveniences of DRM systems that require constant or intermittent internet access, especially concerning the long-term availability of games if Ubisoft discontinues support for its servers.