Ubisoft has announced the discontinuation of online services for several older games before January 2024, many of which are Assassin’s Creed titles.
Unfortunately, the list of titles that will be taken off air includes iconic games such as Assassin’s Creed 2, Assassin’s Creed BrotherhoodAnd Reveals from Assassin’s Creed. While more recent additions to this old series remain untouched, such as Assassin’s Creed Mirageit’s still sad to see these iconic games go down.
The Assassin’s Creed series aren’t the only games on the cutting board. There is also Ghost Recon Future soldier, Splinter cell: beliefAnd LISTwhich will be taken offline in the not too distant future.
All of these games will no longer allow players to use multiplayer modes, link Ubisoft accounts in-game, or use other online features. In addition, any Ubisoft Connect rewards will become unavailable.
While it’s sad to see all of these games starting to die a slow death, in reality many of these titles are incredibly old and on last generation platforms like the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. article posted on Ubisoft’s homepagetells the publisher more about what it means to retire so many games. “Retiring the online services for older games is not something we take lightly. However, it is also necessary as the technology behind these services becomes outdated.”
This isn’t the first time Ubisoft has shut down online services for older games. Last July, the publisher announced that 15 games were being deactivated. This included Far Cry 3, Splinter Cell: BlacklistAnd Rayman Legends. The only game spared was the city building and economic simulator game In 2070. However, the developers promised to “spend some of (their) development resources on upgrades In 2070‘s outdated infrastructure for online services to a new system’.
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