Assassin's Creed: Revelations drops always-on DRM; world rejoices

Dancing in the streets of the world's major cities ensued today as Ubisoft announced it would be forgoing always-on DRM for this year'✨s Assassin's Creed Revelations. The developer has announced it won't require users to retain a constant Internet connection under threat of being booted even from the single-player game, as had earlier been threatened; instead, players will perform a one-time activation upon starting the game.

Ubi's notorious DRM last reared its arguably-counterproductive head with the September release of Driver: San Francisco, which required users to log on every time the game was launched. This step b♐ack to a single activation represents a further loosening of policy, and hopefully shows the direction Ubisoft is⛄ planning to take with future releases. You'll get your chance to experience (and subsequently be unhindered by) Revelations' DRM protection when the game launches on PC November 29.