Ubisoft officially dumps Starforce - I'm very happy now

#1 17-04-2006

Citing "complaints," the publisher ends its relationship with the copyright-protection provider.
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.

Ubisoft's decision caps weeks of controversy surrounding Starforce. In mid-March, an employee of the Russian-German-Chinese-Cypriot company was accused of posting a link to a site where users could illegally download Stardock's space sim Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. Shortly, thereafter, Aspyr Media decided to sever its relationship with Starforce and remove its software from its forthcoming game, Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars.

Ubisoft's motivation for ending its agreement with Starforce was more personal. At the end of March, the company was slapped with a $5 million lawsuit by gamers who claimed that Starforce's DRM system compromised the security of their PCs. "We are currently investigating complaints about alleged problems with Starforce's software," said the Ubisoft rep.

They are Switching to Macrovision i think

I'm very happy because starforce stupid protection with orginal games too

#2 17-04-2006

aye, unfortunately it takes millions of complaints to finally get a software developer to drop a certain protection.

Kinda like to see companies "test" products thoroughly before committing to using it :/

NITROUS SYSTEM · #3 18-04-2006

finally....Starforce down....

DuffMan · #4 18-04-2006

Nice find Devilz_108

This is a positve step forward for gamers around the globe, people who purchase games with thier hard earned money can now finally play some upcoming titles from UbiSoft without having any issues with the copy protection system.

#5 28-04-2006

they are using now SecuROM