Editing Ubisoft (section)

=== Ubisoft Connect ===
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Ubisoft Connect, formerly Uplay, is a [[digital distribution]], [[digital rights management]], multiplayer and communications service for PC created by Ubisoft. First launched alongside ''Assassin's Creed II'' as a rewards program to earn points towards in-game content for completing achievements within Ubisoft, it expanded into a desktop client and storefront for Windows machine alongside other features. Ubisoft then separated the rewards program out as its Ubisoft Club program, integrated with Uplay. Ubisoft Connect was announced in October 2020 as a replacement for UPlay and its Ubisoft Club to launch on 29 October 2020 alongside ''Watch Dogs: Legion''. Connect replaces UPlay and the club's previous functions while adding support for [[cross-platform play]] and save progression for some games. It includes the same reward progression system that the Club offered to gain access to in-game content.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-21-ubisoft-games-getting-cross-play-and-cross-progression-via-new-ubisoft-connect-service |title=Ubisoft games getting cross-play and cross-progression via new Ubisoft Connect service |first=Matt |last=Wales |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |archive-date=2 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102063837/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-10-21-ubisoft-games-getting-cross-play-and-cross-progression-via-new-ubisoft-connect-service |url-status=live}}</ref> Some games on the UPlay service will not be updated to support these reward features that they previously had under the Ubisoft Club; for those, Ubisoft will unlock all rewards for all players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-unlocks-over-1-000-club-rewards-as-uplay-phases-1845439795 |title=Ubisoft Unlocks Over 1,000 Club Rewards As Uplay Phases Out |first=Ian |last=Walker |date=21 October 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |website=[[Kotaku]] |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123200811/https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-unlocks-over-1-000-club-rewards-as-uplay-phases-1845439795 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Uplay/Ubisoft Connect serves to manage the digital rights for Ubisoft's games on Windows computers, which has led to criticism when it was first launched, as some games required [[Always-on DRM|always-on digital rights management]], causing loss of save game data should players lose their Internet connection. The situation was aggravated after Ubisoft's servers were struck with denial of service attacks that made the Ubisoft games unplayable due to this DRM scheme. Ubisoft eventually abandoned the always-on DRM scheme and still require all Ubisoft games to perform a start-up check through Uplay/Ubisoft Connect servers when launched.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/02/18/assassins-creed-ii-pc-requires-constant-internet-connection |title=Assassin's Creed II PC Requires Constant Internet Connection |last=Reilly |first=Jim |date=18 February 2010 |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[IGN Entertainment]] |access-date=21 April 2016 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507203724/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/02/18/assassins-creed-ii-pc-requires-constant-internet-connection |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ubisoft-assassin-s-creed-drm-protection,9807.html |title=Ubisoft Patch Makes its Internet DRM Less Painful |last=Yam |first=Marcus |date=5 March 2010 |website=[[Tom's Hardware]] |publisher=[[Purch Group]] |access-date=21 April 2016 |archive-date=5 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105013402/http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ubisoft-assassin-s-creed-drm-protection,9807.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="The Escapist">{{cite web |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98935-Ubisoft-Blames-DRM-Outage-on-Server-Attack |title=Ubisoft Blames DRM Outage on "Server Attack" |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=8 March 2010 |website=[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]] |publisher=[[Defy Media]] |access-date=21 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051626/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98935-Ubisoft-Blames-DRM-Outage-on-Server-Attack |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Eurogamer">{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ubisoft-drm-was-attacked-at-weekend |title=Ubisoft DRM was "attacked" at weekend |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=8 March 2010 |website=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=21 April 2016 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320185116/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ubisoft-drm-was-attacked-at-weekend |url-status=live}}</ref>