Rocksmith is now available in the UK, but Ubisoft has mistakenly shipped a batch of PC editions without activation keys, much to the anger of fans. The publisher is offering compensation to those ...

Ubisoft has partnered with UK tech firm Genba Digital to change the way it sells PC download titles through third-party stores. The two companies have worked on a new process called silent key ...

Ubisoft is trying to prevent illegal resales of its games with a new method of selling digital PC game keys. Teaming up with third-party digital games distributor Genba Digital, a company based in the ...

Oh, Ubisoft. Just when you thought it was safe to play one of the publisher's PC games - in this case, the delayed PC version of their delayed Rocksmith music game - they've only gone and 'pulled a ...

Ubisoft is doubling down on efforts to prevent grey market PC code sales with a new process called silent key activation. Rather than give a stack of keys to an online retailer, instead the new silent ...

New light has been shed on Ubisoft's crackdown of grey market PC game codes, with the publisher revealing that the games it has deactivated were purchased with fraudulent credit card information. Now ...

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UPDATE 2 -- 12 Noon PDT, February 2: Ubisoft has now issued a new statement on the matter. "After further investigation into the matter of keys that were fraudulently purchased on EA's Origin store, ...

Ubisoft has scrapped its always-on and start-up verification DRM requirements for PC games, stating that its new policy as of June 2011 is to only require a one-time activation. Given constant delays ...

UPDATE 16.17 28/01/2015: There's been a new development in the ongoing Ubisoft key deactivation saga, with third-party key seller Kinguin claiming an unidentified Russian is to blame. This afternoon, ...

Update Jan. 27, 3:00 p.m. PT: Ubisoft issued the following, updated statement in response to the story below: "We strongly recommend that players purchase keys and downloadable games only from the ...