Ubisoft just lately introduced that it might be ending assist for the multiplayer facet of a number of of its older titles, together with Murderer’s Creed Brotherhood and Far Cry 3. The writer acknowledged the transfer will assist it focus its assets on newer video games. As of the time of publication, 15 video games are slated to lose their on-line options on September 1, 2022.(h/t: The Verge)
The full multiplayer sundown record consists of a number of Murderer’s Creed titles, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, and Anno 2070. Ubisoft is principally ending assist for multiplayer modes, however a number of the video games can even stop gamers from downloading and putting in DLC. Kotaku reached out for clarification on whether or not or not this locked gamers out of utilizing DLC they’ve already purchased, however didn’t get a response by the point of publication.
I get that Ubisoft isn’t doing properly, and so shutting down assist for on-line video games is sensible from a enterprise perspective. However there isn’t a great cause for the writer to stop gamers from downloading self-contained content material that they already paid for. It’s additionally potential that Ubisoft is preemptively saying the shutdowns simply in case it’s not in a position to maintain multiplayer options, for the reason that studio behind Anno 2070 is nonetheless working to make sure that the sport is playable previous the September 1 deadline. Which is nice, as a result of the final time that the gamers tried to assist multiplayer options on their very own, Ubisoft simply pulled the sport from Steam. Yikes.
This isn’t the primary time that Ubisoft deliberate to cease supporting multiplayer options for a lot of video games in its again catalog. This April, the writer introduced that on-line modes for 91 video games have already been shut down, or are deliberate to be shut down sooner or later. That sucks for anybody who’s fascinated by achievements, or has an curiosity in on-line video games preservation.
This case is at the very least a bit bit humorous for anybody who will get intense schadenfreude about Ubisoft’s unpopular forays into NFTs. The writer talked a giant sport about permitting gamers to purchase and promote NFT-based objects to one another, however will Ubisoft maintain an ecosystem that’s not worthwhile? The reply appears to be a clumsy “no.”
