Ubisoft officially dumps Starforce

> Following several days of rumors, Ubisoft has officially confirmed that it will no longer use the controversial digital-rights software from Starforce. “Ubisoft has decided to use an alternative copy-protection system to Starforce for upcoming releases,” said a rep for the company. The announcement means that Starforce software will not be included in Heroes of Might and Magic V, the publisher’s much-anticipated forthcoming PC role-playing game.

Good for them. StarForce is a behemoth which breaks users systems, refuses to uninstall, and reboots the system when it thinks you’re trying to do something nasty. I run Linux and don’t play many games these days, so luckilly it doesn’t affect me at all either way.

Published April 14, 2006

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