Ubisoft "Borrows" from Pirates (again)

IvanV · Mar 16, 2011, 12:26 PM

A couple of years ago, there was quite a bit of fuss when it was discovered that Ubisoft's "fix" for Rainbow 6 Vegas was in fact a crack for that game originally made by pirates.

This time, it's one of the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Deluxe Download Edition exclusives. After the extras were made available for download to pre-purchasers on GamersGate, a fellow gamer pointed out to me, and I was able to confirm, that the "exclusive", "official" game soundtrack was actually a pirated mp3 version which still comes with errors in ID3 tags and the comment "Encoded by arsa13":

comp_ali · Mar 16, 2011, 12:31 PM

This is probably the third time for them, so it is a habit I think

saving additional ---> more profit

IvanV · Mar 16, 2011, 12:36 PM

Or the employee who had the task to rip the CD from the Codex Edition wouldn't bother with spending 15 minutes on that.

Judas · Mar 16, 2011, 03:24 PM

i'm not at all surprised.... if someone else is smart enough and took the time to encode it.... why try to do the same thing and spend the time...

what i do wonder though is if the guy hired to crack it... at ubisoft... got paid for the guy that actually cracked it..

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Mar 17, 2011, 01:34 AM

Lack of business ethic... complain and try to prevent piracy yet you engage in it yourself? Ubisoft has been releasing shit after Chaos Theory IMO. Vegas was cool, but the game felt like a money grab. Ain't getting far.

**kris23** · Mar 17, 2011, 07:48 AM

this is pretty funny, you'd think that they would at the very least clean up the pirate code and make it look more "official"

this just shows that the company is getting more and more half-assed when it comes to their games...

OldBuzzard · Mar 18, 2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kris23

... this just shows that the company is getting more and more half-assed when it comes to their games...

You don't know the 1/2 of it.

The Il2 Sturmovic flight sim guys have been waiting for YEARS the the new sim, and it's finally 'supposed' to be released later this month.

BUT, no one really knows in what countries, at what time, or in what format (D/L, DVD, Steam), nor on what date, and it may be available in some countries at one time and not in other countries until as much as a month or more later.

Also there is/was supposed to be a special "Collectors Edition", which a lot of folks all over the world have pre-ordered, but now it appears that it either won't be available, or it will only be available in certain countries. Which, UBI has remained almost silent about.

All in all it's been one big cluster****

Mar 16, 2011, 12:26 PM	#1
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,912 Rep Power: 333 System Specs	Ubisoft "Borrows" from Pirates (again) A couple of years ago, there was quite a bit of fuss when it was discovered that Ubisoft's "fix" for Rainbow 6 Vegas was in fact a crack for that game originally made by pirates. This time, it's one of the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Deluxe Download Edition exclusives. After the extras were made available for download to pre-purchasers on GamersGate, a fellow gamer pointed out to me, and I was able to confirm, that the "exclusive", "official" game soundtrack was actually a pirated mp3 version which still comes with errors in ID3 tags and the comment "Encoded by arsa13": __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever). Last edited by IvanV; Mar 16, 2011 at 03:58 PM.

Mar 16, 2011, 12:31 PM	#2
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,469 Rep Power: 339 System Specs	Re: Ubisoft "Borrows" from Pirates (again) This is probably the third time for them, so it is a habit I think saving additional ---> more profit __________________

Mar 16, 2011, 12:36 PM	Thread Starter #3
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,912 Rep Power: 333 System Specs	Re: Ubisoft "Borrows" from Pirates (again) Or the employee who had the task to rip the CD from the Codex Edition wouldn't bother with spending 15 minutes on that. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

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Mar 17, 2011, 07:48 AM	#6
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Re: Ubisoft "Borrows" from Pirates (again) this is pretty funny, you'd think that they would at the very least clean up the pirate code and make it look more "official" this just shows that the company is getting more and more half-assed when it comes to their games... __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!