So, after slagging of Ubisoft before, and then partially retracting it, Ubisoft have provided me with some more ammunition to slag them off further.
It seems that Ubisoft have been found to have pirated a patch created by RELOADED in order to fix a problem with one of their own games. Oh the irony. It seems that after an recent update for Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, and disc check was implemented, but unfortunately they forgot to think about those who got hold of the game via digital download (no, not via Steam, it was through Direct2Drive - this sort of thing would never be allowed to happen via steam…). So, after a number of people complained, Ubisoft released a patch on their official forums, which turned out to be the said crack created by RELOADED.
This would all be very funny, but it just brings to light a few issues - firstly, Ubisoft should be using Steam. If they had, these issues would have been noticed before release and they wouldn’t have been made to look like idiots.
Secondly, it shows just how good these scene groups are, and how widespread their work has effect. Whether this is a good or a bad thing is down to your own point of view, but it certainly cannot be ignored.
Finally, it re-awakens my (and many others) feelings towards Ubisoft. I like a lot of the products they push out, however I can’t get them through Steam because I don’t live in the right place. It’s ridiculous, and this kind of mistake just goes to show how many problems they must have internally that they need to start sorting out.
Anyway, something tells me that Ubisoft (and any other game publishers that may be reading) won’t be making this kind of mistake again, but in this industry… who knows! Watch this space 
