Ubisoft dates football game for May

By Robert Purchese Published 23 April, 2010

PC Forgotten Sands trickles to June.

Ubisoft's first attempt at a football game, Pure Football, will be released on 28th May.

This PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game takes football back to the park, where jumpers mark goalposts and rules are made up on the fly.

You'll still control famous players, but in five-aside matches and from an over-the-shoulder perspective. There's local multiplayer for four people and online multiplayer for two.

Ubisoft also revealed a 4th June release for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands on PC. That's two weeks later than the console versions.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • cianchristopher #1 2 years ago

    Ladle that shit with some rich, creamy DRM Ubisoft.

  • ignatiusjreilly #2 2 years ago

    So despite the DRM they're still releasing PC versions two weeks after the console game appears? I always thought it was to stop losing early sales to piracy. Have they lost faith in their DRM already?

  • doulema #3 2 years ago

    Their DRM has been fully cracked. SKIDROW managed to find a workaround with a single lil file of the size as small as 748kb. Ubisoft's DRM is officially dying already unless ofc they update the DRM by a lot. But from the looks of it it will always be crackable so they will give up on this nasty DRM.

  • Boomerang #4 2 years ago

    Yet again proving that NO amount of DRM will stop pirates. There's always someone somewhere more talented than the developers of these tools.

    So the only people it really hurts is legitimate paying customers.

  • ignatiusjreilly #5 2 years ago

    SKIDROW have said the crack won't be directly applicable to other Ubisoft games using the DRM, so Ubisoft will be hoping it can hold out for a few weeks at least. But I agree the chances of a day-one crack are now much higher, and Ubi are probably right to have lost a lot of confidence in their system.

    What a mess.

  • sneetch #6 2 years ago

    @ignatiusjreilly
    SKIDROW have said the crack won't be directly applicable to other Ubisoft games using the DRM, so Ubisoft will be hoping it can hold out for a few weeks at least. But I agree the chances of a day-one crack are now much higher, and Ubi are probably right to have lost a lot of confidence in their system.

    From my understanding of the Ubisoft DRM, they (the pirates) will have to obtain the code fragments that the server sends to the clients during play to add to their server implementation and these fragments will vary from game to game. It may take them a week or two to get all those fragments if it's an more open or sandbox game, if it's a linear game then they should probably be obtainable through a single play through.
    Edited by 1 at 23/04/10 @ 15:29

  • Mkwone #7 2 years ago

    Is pure football a full retail game then? it just sounds a little...well basic.

  • bad09 #8 2 years ago

    Pure DRM with that Pure Football means I'll stick with FIFA for my football thanks Ubi.

  • Boomerang #9 2 years ago

    Trailer is here.

    Seems we're back in the 90s. Looks utter toilet. Supply and Demand, Ubisoft! You're trying to give us what we don't want! Again.
    Edited by 1 at 23/04/10 @ 15:39

  • Macdory #10 2 years ago

    Must be good for Ubi to hold the pirates off for a few weeks - but on the flip side, having nobody buy your product due to the shitty DRM must really suck nuts ...

    Drop the DRM, price fairly and just watch those sales ... Pirates will always pirate games, and impeding on your legit customers (punishing the many for the fews indiscretion) is not a business plan worth the time of day.

    Surely Ubi realise that sales are well below where they should be, and they can't blame piracy as they publically announced that the DRM hadn't been cracked - so it's either their shitty games, shitty price or shitty DRM - take your pick!

  • laharl80 #11 2 years ago

    Hmmm...this crap or pro evo...decisions decisions.
    Why didn't Ubi just save themselves a lot of trouble and burn a load of their money.
    The result would have been the same.

  • Eurolamer #12 2 years ago

    Pony.

    FIFA Street lite. And that's like saying diet Ryvita.

  • Machetazo #13 2 years ago

    That game runs the gamut from uninspiring, to plain grim. What's with all the castles, horrific lighting, and the other wraparound scenery that looks like it's been nicked from a nearby theatre and tacked up? There's no smoothness in the animation, and the gameplay looks so very slow.
    Yeah, it's godawful.
    I was looking for a soccer game, without all the trappings and guff of Premier, Champions and whatever, and I didn't need (or want) official or licensed player names...So, I thought this might have an answer. But no, it just looks shit.

    I gues I'll have to hope for a sequel to Sega Soccer Slam, or something for my "just plain soccer", kicks? :(
    Edited by 1 at 23/04/10 @ 17:46

  • immateriaux #14 2 years ago

    "This PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game takes football back to the park, where jumpers mark goalposts and rules are made up on the fly"

    Just how many parks are there with always available internet connections?

  • nemesisND1derboy #15 2 years ago

    I see no "jumpers" in that trailer... Looks utterly woeful... IMHO there does need to be DRM in some form but certainly not the way Ubi are going about it, its just not fair to the real consumers, but then again these companies have to be strict to try and reduce piracy no matter how futile it is, they just need to find an effective way that wont alienate fans who will buy their games. Piracy FTL

  • Merlinho #16 2 years ago

    Wow, that trailer looks terrible. The way they players run reminds me of a 90s football game. Actua Soccer was probably better.

  • thesonglessbird #17 2 years ago

    Looks crap, but at least they're trying to be innovative instead of copying the PES/FIFA mould. I'lld happily welcome a football game that offered a new way of doing things, but this looks garbage.