Ubisoft announced today that it will shut down the online servers of up to 15 games from September 1, and will no longer provide related network services, including Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed: Brothers “Meeting”, “Polar War Cry 3” and other classic works, but the single-player DLC expansion content of some games will also be disabled along with online services in the future, and players will no longer be provided for installation and play, which has attracted strong protests from many consumers.
Ubisoft inOfficial AnnouncementIt pointed out that the 15 games that will close the online server are:
- “The Great Voyage Century 2070”
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Assassin’s Creed III
- Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
- Assassin’s Creed III: Freedom Mission HD
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
- “The Soul of the Pole Car: San Francisco”
- “Polar Howl 3”
- Tom Clancy’s Hunt on Fire: Future Soldiers
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
- “Laserman Legend”
- Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic
- 《Space Junkies》
- “Across the Sea: The Blacklist”
- “Zombie U”
Among them, “Assassin’s Creed III” and “Polar Cry 3” remake are not affected.
The above games will close all Internet-related functions following September 1st, including PC and PS, Xbox home consoles. In other words, players will not be able to play multiplayer games, or access must be through online services. Among the functions that can be used, the VR game “Space Junkies” has the greatest impact, because it is originally an online game, which means that it will stop operating in the future.
However, in terms of the general perception of players, when the game is released for a period of time, as the boom gradually recedes, the number of people in the online mode will also decrease. Therefore, the official closure of related services and saving server resources are predictable scenarios. However, players did not expect that some games would also be unable to access the single-player DLC expansion content that was originally purchased.
According to the Ubisoft announcement, including “Assassin’s Creed III”, “Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood”, “Assassin’s Creed III: Freedom Mission HD”, “Arctic: San Francisco”, “Arctic Howl 3”, “Prince of Persia: Forgotten” In addition to being unable to perform multiplayer games, the download, installation and activation of DLC for 7 works including “Sand” and “Snorkeling 5: Battle of the Atlantic” will also be disabled following the online server is closed. Provoked player protests.
So far, Ubisoft has not responded to this, but the development team of “Grand Voyage 2070” hasexpresswill try to relocate and upgrade the online service functions in the game to the new system, but whether it can be successfully transferred is still not guaranteed to the players.