The digital only chickens are coming home to roost.
As games get older and their playerbases drop, it’s hard for companies to justify keeping online servers running for a small number of people. It’s only natural. What isn’t reasonable is when the cessation of online services also takes away all the DLC you paid for. So anyway, here’s all the titles that Ubisoft is pulling the plug on the online services for, and additionally all that DLC you bought:
| Anno 2070 | PC | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. |
| Assassin’s Creed II | PC PlayStation 3 | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. |
| Assassin’s Creed 3 (2012 Release)* | PC | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. Additionally, the installation and access to downloadable content (DLC) will be unavailable. |
| PlayStation 3 Wii U Xbox 360 | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. | |
| Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood | PC | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. Additionally, the installation and access to DLC will be unavailable. |
| PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. | |
| Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD | PC | You will be unable to link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. Additionally, the installation and access to DLC will be unavailable. |
| Assassin’s Creed Revelations | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 | You will be unable to play multiplayer or use online features. |
| Driver San Francisco | PC | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. Additionally, the installation and access to DLC will be unavailable. |
| PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. | |
| Far Cry 3 (2012 Release)* | PC | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. Additionally, the installation and access to DLC will be unavailable. |
| PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. | |
| Ghost Recon Future Soldier | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 | The multiplayer for the game will be unavailable. To play the solo campaign, you will have to set your console into offline mode. |
| Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | PC | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. Additionally, the installation and access to DLC will be unavailable. |
| Rayman Legends | PlayStation 3 Wii U Xbox 360 | You will be unable to link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. |
| Silent Hunter 5 | PC | You will be unable to link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. Additionally, the installation and access to DLC will be unavailable. |
| Space Junkies | PC (HTC VIVE, Oculus) | As a multiplayer only title, you will be unable to play the game going forward. |
| Splinter Cell: Blacklist | PC | You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. |
| PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 | You will be unable to link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. | |
| ZombiU | Wii U | You will be unable to link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features. |
As Ubisoft themselves puts it:
Closing the online services for some older games allows us to focus our resources on delivering great experiences for players who are playing newer or more popular titles.
And, in a stunning twist, the players most affected seem to be PC users; they’re the ones losing access to DLC in this case. For reasons unknown, console players will still be able to access DLC, at least going by that table Ubisoft put up.
Of special note, however, is Space Junkies. Not only is it the most recent release on the list (2019 for the HTC VIVE and Oculus), it’s also the only one that will be completely unplayable going forward. All due to its online-multiplayer-only structure. As an added kick to the nards to anyone that paid $40 for it, the Steam version seems to be staying up, with no sign that it will have its online services decommissioned anytime soon (as a matter of fact, its 75% off right now).
So, remind me; is there a reason people shouldn’t go all Assassin’s Creed 4? At least, with their soon-to-be-lost DLC? You know, that they paid for?
Source: PC Gamer
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