A couple of months ago, Ubisoft announced through its website that starting September, it would be decommissioning the online services of specific titles. As harsh as this sounds, Ubisoft declared that this decision was “necessary as the technology that drove those services becomes obsolete.” Unfortunately, we’re on the last day of August, and tomorrow 15 games will go offline forever.
That being said, Ubisoft disclosed to IGN that "only DLCs and online features will be affected by the upcoming decommissioning. Current owners of those games will still be able to access, play or re-download them. Our teams are working with our partners to update this information across all storefronts. They are also assessing all available options for players who will be impacted when these games’ online services are decommissioned on September 1st, 2022. Our intention has always been to do everything in our power to allow those legacy titles to remain available in the best possible conditions for players, and this is what we are working towards."
Many of these titles are less than ten years old, and the ones that have been around longer than that aren't much older either. Here is the complete list of decommissioned games:
- Anno 2070
- Assassin's Creed II
- Assassin's Creed 3 (2012) - The remastered version of the game will remain unaffected.
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
- Assassin's Creed Liberation HD
- Assassin's Creed Revelations
- Driver San Francisco
- Far Cry 3 (2012) - The remastered version of the game will remain unaffected.
- Ghost Recon Future Soldier
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
- Rayman Legends
- Silent Hunter 5
- Space Junkies
- Splinter Cell: Blacklist
- ZombiU
It’s crazy how Space Junkies just came out in 2019, and it will be unplayable after tomorrow. Quoting VG247, “it sucks for those who have an affinity towards the games on this list, have paid for DLC, or have simply plugged hours into earning items that they'll now be locked from use.” However, far from just sharing the list of games, this announcement also comes with something to reflect on. Is this how the video game industry should work? Should every company remove old titles that don’t match the latest technology and innovations? If so, are they just selling instead of sharing a passion? This puts things in perspective, right?
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