15 Old Ubisoft Games To Lose Multiplayer Support And Online Features In September

In a tweet (with replies turned off), the Ubisoft Support Twitter account revealed that a bunch of games by the publisher will be losing online features, including multiplayer, as they are “decommissioned” on September 1 this year.

That’s 15 titles, mostly from the PS3/Xbox 360 era. From big hits like Assassin’s Creed 2, Brotherhood and 3 to cult hits like Anno 2070, Driver San Fransisco and ZombiU.

After September 1, these titles will no longer have multiplayer support. So the unique multiplayer modes like the ones in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and Driver San Francisco will never be playable again (unless Ubisoft decides to remaster or re-release it on modern consoles). At least one game on the list, the VR game Space Junkies, will become obsolete and unplayable because it’s a multiplayer-only title.

However, the newer releases of some of these games are unaffected. Assassin’s Creed 3 and Far Cry 3 for example have a newer release on PS4 and Xbox One consoles, and those are unaffected by this change.

This change will also impact some games’ DLC, as they cannot be installed and played as a result.

Here’s the full list of games affected by the decommissions:

• Anno 2070
• Assassin’s Creed II
• Assassin’s Creed 3 (2012 Release)
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
• Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations
• Driver San Francisco
• Far Cry 3 (2012 Release)
• Ghost Recon Future Soldier
• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
• Rayman Legends
• Silent Hunter 5
• Space Junkies
• Splinter Cell: Blacklist
• ZombiU

Ubisoft has been one of the better publishers with retaining long-time support for their active games. And to be fair, the games being decommissioned here are more or less ten years old already.

That said, not all games are worth a publisher’s money to keep the servers on in perpetuity. This is a shame, as any game with an online component will definitely have some of its content lost to time when the servers are eventually closed.

Source: Ubisoft Support