I see the logic, but it still feels well grim even if few people are still playing. "Shutting the services for some older games with smaller online audiences is a necessary part of this process, since it allows our IT and service staff to better focus on delivering great online experiences to the vast majority of customers who are playing newer, more popular titles." "We are constantly assessing what's needed to deliver the best possible online services for Ubisoft's customers," Ubisoft explain. They're all losing online services on June 1st.
The other impending shutdowns, announced a few weeks back, are: Anno 1404, Assassin's Creed 2, Far Cry 2, Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes, Might & Magic X: Legacy Prince Of Persia: Forgotten Sands, Splinter Cell Conviction, The Settlers 7. I've reached out to Ubi, and will let you know what I hear back. Did Ubisoft close the servers without giving advance warning? Are they meant to actually still be up for now, but they're bugged? Did they have technical issues frustrating enough that Ubisoft threw in the towel and have now declared them closed? Whatever the situation is, Ubisoft communicated it poorly. Then come April 5th, an Ubi rep said they'd closed the servers. An Ubisoft rep said the servers had not been closed, and in March another said they were investigating. In February, at least, players reported on Steam that was multiplayer not working. Ghost Recon: Future soldier was in a similar situation. Less than six weeks later, and with no warning, Ubi list it as officially closed.
However, an Ubi rep responded on the Steam forums in March that servers were actually still online and they had "no announced plans for the near future for this to change." They asked players to submit reports to help diagnose why they couldn't play. Many Vegas 2 players have complained about multiplayer being broken since December, leading some to assume Ubisoft had intentionally taken the servers down. On a practical level, some of these have been unplayable online for months anyway. The company tend to announce server shutdowns months in advance but while these games were only added to that list this month ( an archived page shows they weren't there on March 30th, at least), another list says they have already shut down. That means no online multiplayer or other features which rely on Ubi servers, though the rest should be fine. Ubisoft recently updated their kill list to announce they're ending online services for Rainbow Six Vegas, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Rainbow Six: Lockdown, and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier from the vague effective date of "2021". It especially stinks because Vegas 2 multiplayer has been broken for months, so players can't even give it a proper send-off. This is on top of the server shutdowns Ubi announced earlier this year, which included Far Cry 2 and Anno 1404. The latest games condemned to lose online services include Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. As they do every so often, Ubisoft have announced they're ending online support for another round of games this year.
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