Shut down was initially deliberate for this month
- by Liam Doolan
Again in July, Ubisoft introduced it might be shutting down multiple online services for a number of its older video games on 1st September. This included the Wii U variations of Assassin’s Creed 3, Rayman Legends and ZombiU.
Effectively, we’re now previous that date – and Ubisoft has issued a brand new discover stating the way it’s “moved” the decommission date from 1st September 2022 to 1st October 2022 (aka the beginning of subsequent month).
Whereas single-player DLC will now not be out there to obtain for a number of video games on PC, on console, gamers will nonetheless be capable to obtain and play them after 1st October 2022. And when the companies are shut down, Wii U gamers will now not be capable to hyperlink Ubisoft accounts in-game or use on-line options.
This is what Ubisoft needed to say in its newest replace:
“Decommissioning on-line companies for older video games is one thing we don’t take frivolously, however it is usually a necessity because the expertise that drove these companies turns into out of date. Over the past month, our groups have been laborious at work exploring what is feasible to cut back disruption. Because of this, we moved the decommission date from 1 September 2022 to 1 October 2022, and the single-player downloadable content material (DLC) of a number of video games on PC – Murderer’s Creed Brotherhood, Murderer’s Creed III (2012 launch), Far Cry 3 and Splinter Cell Blacklist – can be out there to obtain and preserve earlier than that date.”
In its unique publish, Ubisoft talked about how the choice to close down these on-line companies was made so it might focus all of its assets on delivering nice experiences for gamers who had been having fun with “newer” and “extra common titles”.
As beforehand famous, the identical record of decommissioned on-line Ubisoft companies additionally covers video games on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. And it is price mentioning how Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered and Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition (up to date variations of two of those video games) are each out there on the Swap.
Ubisoft additionally ended on-line companies for a bunch of Wii and Wii U video games earlier this 12 months:
Have you ever performed any of those Wii U video games not too long ago? How do you are feeling about this information? Inform us beneath.
[source ubisoft.com]