Ubisoft to remove games from Steam (only 2 now as not to alarm!)

Nate75 · 11 Jul 2022 at 19:20

Not liking this, if you have a large Steam library and want to maybe play some of the titles at a later date etc.

It's only two older titles now but you would have to assume more titles will be removed later...

Ubisoft discounted games on Steam that will soon be revoked

Ubisoft has discounted two games that it plans to deactivate on Steam on two months, has now removed both games from sale.

www.tweaktown.com

opethian · 11 Jul 2022 at 19:24

Me too. This isn't nice. In principle it's just wrong, and this will set a precedent moving forward.

As with these big companies, it's all about what they can get away with.

Rroff · 11 Jul 2022 at 19:34

I assume you can't register them on the Uplay client to continue access?

Personally I never buy a game again from publishers/developers who pull stunts like that and so should any self-respecting person.

EDIT: According to Ubi's statement the offline portions of the games are still playable but still.

suenstar · 11 Jul 2022 at 19:51

I believe this is linked to Ubisoft shutting down the servers for a bunch of their games.
We can probably expect the full list of games to be removed from Steam to be:

Anno 2070
Assassin’s Creed 2
Assassin’s Creed 3
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Driver San Francisco
Far Cry 3
Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Rayman Legends
Silent Hunter 5
Space Junkies (as a multiplayer-only VR game, this will be completely unplayable)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
ZombiU

Those are the current games having their servers shut down.

mattyfez · 11 Jul 2022 at 21:44

Rayman Legends isn't even multiplayer, why does it need a server?

**** ubisoft, **** them to ****.

opethian · 11 Jul 2022 at 21:53

mattyfez said:
Rayman Legends isn't even multiplayer, why does it need a server?

**** ubisoft, **** them to ****.

IIRC it is multiplayer, up to four players.

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Jul 2022 at 21:58

So they now can't gaurentee purchased games will stay in your library or be playable once other companies shuts down their servers.

This won't be a good outcome.

TheSwede · 11 Jul 2022 at 22:38

Well, seem that information is wrong according to this article

No, Ubisoft won’t stop you from playing ‘Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD’ on Steam

Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD owners on Steam won’t lose access to the game on September 1st.

www.engadget.com

humbug · 11 Jul 2022 at 23:52

So you can still download them from UPlay, just not from Steam.

That's fine.

suenstar · 12 Jul 2022 at 08:03

Found the announcement they made about the server shutdown for those games, it's happening 1st September:
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/help/...g-of-online-services-september-2022/000102396

It seems that for a couple of the games it'll also cause certain DLC content to be inaccessible.

Spacedeck · 12 Jul 2022 at 19:16

suenstar said:
It seems that for a couple of the games it'll also cause certain DLC content to be inaccessible.

For them games, are the DLC MP based or do they also include SP?

theone8181 · 12 Jul 2022 at 20:15

humbug said:
So you can still download them from UPlay, just not from Steam.

That's fine.

So why remove them from steam (not directly aimed at you)

umboma · 16 Jul 2022 at 08:55

did anyone play ZombieU? think I played it on the Wii U as a launch game. was ok i guess.

ic1male · 16 Jul 2022 at 12:05

theone8181 said:
So why remove them from steam (not directly aimed at you)

They're being delisted so you can't buy them. No point in enabling people to buy products with content that is no longer playable. But if you already own them, they'll still be there minus the multiplayer DLC. (For the Assassin's Creed games anyway.)

theone8181 · 16 Jul 2022 at 20:11

ic1male said:
They're being delisted so you can't buy them. No point in enabling people to buy products with content that is no longer playable. But if you already own them, they'll still be there minus the multiplayer DLC. (For the Assassin's Creed games anyway.)

So you'd have to install them directly from uplay then? If it's still OK for them if people own them, it doesn't seem too bad.

Bane · 16 Jul 2022 at 23:10

theone8181 said:
So you'd have to install them directly from uplay then? If it's still OK for them if people own them, it doesn't seem too bad.

My delisted games have remained in my inventory and I can re-download them any time (these aren't Ubisoft games). The only part that doesn't work is the link to visit the specific game store page, so it takes you Steam main store page instead.