In an interview on rockpapershotgun.com today, Ubisoft explained that they will no longer use their controversial 'always-on' DRM. Apparently it was actually scrapped months ago, but now it's official. Ubisoft has pledged that from now on they will only require a single online activation after installing, with no activation limits, nor limits on how many PCs it may be activated.

Ubisoft's worldwide director for online games, Stephanie Perotti, explained that always-on has actually been gone for quite a while.

We have listened to feedback, and since June last year our policy for all of PC games is that we only require a one-time online activation when you first install the game, and from then you are free to play the game offline.

The 'always-on' DRM meant you could not launch titles published by Ubisoft without a constant internet connection, something many players did not approve of.

Whenever you want to reach any online service, multiplayer, you will have to be connected, and obviously for online games you will also need to be online to play. But if you want to enjoy Assassin's Creed III single player, you will be able to do that without being connected. And you will be able to activate the game on as many machines as you want.

You can see the rest of the interview here: rockpapershotgun.com.