Oof.
Ubisoft has ceased online services for 91 games, the published has recently announced.
As spotted by Kotaku, a range of titles across mobile, GameCube, PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and OnLive are affected by the announcement.
Titles include the likes of the original Beyond Good & Evil, Just Dance 2014 and 2015 on Xbox One and PS4, Just Dance 2018 and earlier on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and Wii U, a range of titles across the Rainbow Six and Settlers franchises and many more.
“The online multiplayer services for the titles listed… have now been shut down,” Ubisoft said. “The offline features for each game remain available.
“In-game news and player statistics have also been disabled.
“For games that used Ubisoft Connect services, Units and Challenges will be disabled, meaning you will no longer be able to earn Units by completing Challenges for the game.”
Update [27 April 2022]: Ubisoft has provided Stevivor with a statement that addresses Kotaku’s original report.
“Some of our games (Anno 2070, Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed 3, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Driver San Francisco, Far Cry 3, Silent Hunter 5 and Splinter Cell Blacklist) were taken offline for a short maintenance and services have been restored” Ubisoft said.
“We will provide advance notice before shutting down any online services for our games and have updated our support article to reflect this.”
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