As we reported a couple of days ago, players started to spread the word how an active Internet connection isn't required to play Ubisoft games. The news arrived from story published by PC Gamer UK, but we didn't get any official word on it.

Now, Ubisoft officially corroborated that they have indeed made some changes to the DRM used in games like Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter: Cell Conviction (thanks Shack). Games will check legitimacy over the Internet every time when you launch them, but you may then play them offline. Okay, so it's not perfect. Still, it's better than the previous system.

They do remind, however, that new games may still ship using the always-on DRM, as a company rep. clarified in a statement (oh bugger!).

Well, that's Ubisoft for ya. Do they have any idea what they are doing at this point? They really screwed things up with the whole scheme. Hope they learned a valuable lesson.