![]() We are also working with our partners to update this information across all storefronts, so players will be fully informed about the removal of online services at the point of purchase as well as via our support article where we shared the news.” “We don’t take the decision to retire services for older Ubisoft games lightly, and our teams are currently assessing all available options for players who will be impacted when these games’ online services are decommissioned on September 1 st, 2022. When I reached out to Ubisoft for comment, they came back with the following: ![]() This didn't just entail closing down long-empty multiplayer servers for ancient shooters, but co-op features that should have been playable via LAN, core single-player game features (as in Anno 2070), and unspecified DLC for single-player games. I'm talking about Ubisoft's decommissioning of the online components of 15 of its older (though not in all cases) games, which I covered last week. Last week was a bad week in the world of digital ownership, giving a worrying insight into a reality that for a long time we've wanted to deny to ourselves: that we don't really own our games when we purchase them digitally, but rather are leasing them from fickle landlords (that's publishers) who revoke our access to these games at any moment.
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