Jan 3, 2011 20:51 GMT  ·  By

Two recent games from French company Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction, have seen a decrease in the security measures of the company's strict DRM software system, which ensured that the copy of the game was genuine on the PC.

According to reports from around the web, players no longer require a constant Internet connection in order to play the two games, as they did before.

Instead, the security system only does an online check at the start of the game, and won't be connecting to Ubisoft servers all the time, so the experience won't be affected if you interrupt your Internet connection.

As of yet, the games that have received this updated DRM are Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Ubisoft took some heavy heat in recent times due to the new DRM (Digital Rights Management) copyright software, which required players to have an always-on Internet connection, even if they bought single-player games like Assassin's Creed 2.

If the connection was to drop, the games would exit, and all progress after the last save point was gone.

People that bought games were extremely upset because this measure practically persecuted those that followed the law and paid for their entertainment.

Meanwhile, PC pirates who were supposed to be beaten by the software, still found a way around the DRM system, and were having a much better experience than those who paid for the games, as it didn't rely on their Internet connection.

Ubisoft is showing signs that it has learned its lesson, however, as last summer's RUSE strategy title didn't have the tight DRM system on the PC edition.

Let's hope Ubisoft will do the same or at least implement this simpler security software in the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood PC edition, which is set to be launched around February or March, this year.