As the days inch closer for the reveal of the new gen of consoles, Xbox and PS5, Ubisoft has decided to shut down its support for the online version of games on last gen consoles.
Ubisoft has explained why such a decision has been made, “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.”
Additionally saying, “Still, we don’t take the decision to retire services for older Ubisoft games lightly, and we understand some of you may be disappointed by this news.” And while appreciating their fan-base, “We are happy to have fans that are as committed as you have been to these brands and titles, and we hope that you’ll find more recent or upcoming Ubisoft games which you can be equally as passionate about. Thank you for your understanding and your support.”
Now, its not just the older titles that are being hit, fairly new titles are also going to be a part of this, for instance, The Just Dance games series including the 2018 copy of the game across all platforms. Other titles include I Am Alive, Tom Clancy’s EndWar, Rayman 3 HD, Splinter Cell Double Agent and Assassins Creed 2. However, the single player mode will remain unaffected.
Read full statement from Ubisoft below
We are constantly assessing what’s needed to deliver the best possible online services for Ubisoft’s customers. 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. Still, we don’t take the decision to retire services for older Ubisoft games lightly, and we understand some of you may be disappointed by this news. We are happy to have fans that are as committed as you have been to these brands and titles, and we hope that you’ll find more recent or upcoming Ubisoft games which you can be equally as passionate about. Thank you for your understanding and your support.
Here are a few more specific details:
1. The multiplayer online services for the title will be shut down but the solo features will remain available.
2. Any In-game News and Player Stats services will be shut down.*
3. For Uplay-enabled games:*
- The Uplay service will no longer be available for the game on consoles.
- Units (Uplay currency) and Actions for the game will be disabled, meaning you will no longer be able to earn Units by completing Actions for the game.
- Rewards will be disabled in-game, meaning that you can still unlock them, but you will not receive them. If you unlock them after the closure of the online service for the game, please feel free to contact our Customer Support team to be refunded.
4. The ULC will be disabled, meaning that you will no longer be able to unlock them. On PC, even if you have redeemed them, the ULC will no longer be available. On consoles, the ULC will be available until you decide to reset your saved game files.*
5. Players having in-game currency should use it within the 60 days period. There won’t be any refund on unused in-game currency.*
*This is only relevant for games that include this function or feature.
Platform | Game | Effective Date | |
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X360 | Just Dance 2018 | November 19th 2018 | |
PS3 | Just Dance 2018 | November 19th 2018 | |
Wii | Just Dance 2018 | November 19th 2018 | |
X360 | Just Dance 2017 | November 19th 2018 | |
PS3 | Just Dance 2017 | November 19th 2018 | |
Wii | Just Dance 2017 | November 19th 2018 | |
X360 | Just Dance 2016 | November 19th 2018 | |
PS3 | Just Dance 2016 | November 19th 2018 | |
Wii | Just Dance 2016 | November 19th 2018 | |
WiiU | Just Dance 2015 | November 19th 2018 | |
PS4 | Just Dance 2015 | November 19th 2018 | |
X1 | Just Dance 2015 | November 19th 2018 | |
X360 | Just Dance 2015 | November 19th 2018 | |
PS3 | Just Dance 2015 | November 19th 2018 | |
Wii | Just Dance 2015 | November 19th 2018 | |
X1 | Just Dance 2014 | November 19th 2018 | |
PS4 | Just Dance 2014 | November 19th 2018 | |
WiiU | Just Dance 2014 | November 19th 2018 | |
X360 | Just Dance 2014 | November 19th 2018 | |
PS3 | Just Dance 2014 | November 19th 2018 | |
Wii | Just Dance 2014 | November 19th 2018 | |
PC | I Am Alive | November 19th 2018 | |
PC | Tom Clancy’s EndWar | November 19th 2018 | |
PC | Splinter Cell Double Agent | November 19th 2018 | |
MAC | Assassin’s Creed II | November 19th 2018 | |
PS3 | Rayman 3 HD | November 19th 2018 | |
X360 | Rayman 3 HD | November 19th 2018 | |
PS3 | Smurfs 2 | November 11th 2017 | |
WII U | Spinter Cell Blacklist | November 11th 2017 | |
PC | Flashback Origins | November 11th 2017 | |
MAC – IOS | Assassin’s Creed Recollections | November 11th 2017 | |
PS3 | Just Dance 4 | November 11th 2017 | |
WII U | Just Dance 4 | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Just Dance 4 | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Just Dance 3 Greatest Hits | November 11th 2017 | |
WII | Just Dance Disney Party | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Just Dance Disney Party | November 11th 2017 | |
WII U | Marvel Avenger Battle for Earth | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Marvel Avenger Battle for Earth | November 11th 2017 | |
WII U | Rabbids Land | November 11th 2017 | |
WII U | Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013 | November 11th 2017 | |
WII U | ESPN Sport Connections | November 11th 2017 | |
PC | Shaun White Skateboarding | November 11th 2017 | |
PS3 | Shaun White Skateboarding | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Shaun White Skateboarding | November 11th 2017 | |
PC | Shaun White Snowboard | November 11th 2017 | |
PC | Call of Juarez 3: The Cartel | November 11th 2017 | |
PC | HAWX II | November 11th 2017 | |
PS3 | I Am Alive | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | I Am Alive | November 11th 2017 | |
PS3 | Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | November 11th 2017 | |
PS3 | Rayman 3 | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Rayman 3 | November 11th 2017 | |
PS3 | RUSE | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | RUSE | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Just Dance 3 | November 11th 2017 | |
Xbox 360 | Call of Juarez 2 – Bound in Blood | September 24th 2016 | |
PC | Call of Juarez 2 – Bound in Blood | September 24th 2016 | |
PS3 | Call of Juarez 2 – Bound in Blood | September 24th 2016 | |
PC | Rainbow 6 – Raven Shield | September 24th 2016 | |
PC | Splinter Cell Chaos Theory | September 24th 2016 | |
Xbox 360 | Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2 | September 24th 2016 | |
PS3 | Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 2 | September 24th 2016 | |
Mac | Splinter Cell Conviction | September 24th 2016 | |
PS3 | Splinter Cell Double Agent | September 24th 2016 | |
Xbox 360 | Call of Juarez 3:The Cartel | September 24th 2016 | |
PS3 | HAWX II | September 24th 2016 | |
Xbox 360 | HAWX II | September 24th 2016 | |
PS3 | Duel of Champions: the forgotten wars | September 24th 2016 | |
Xbox 360 | Duel of Champions: the forgotten wars | September 24th 2016 | |
PC | World in Conflict | December 15th 2015 | |
PC | Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. | October 6th 2015 | |
PS3 | Shaun White Snowboarding | October 6th 2015 | |
PC | Settlers: Heritage of Kings | October 6th 2015 | |
PC | Heroes of Might and Magic 5 | October 6th 2015 | |
PC | Far Cry | October 6th 2015 | |
Xbox 360 | Your Shape Fitness Evolved | October 6th 2015 | |
PC | The Adventures of Tintin | October 6th 2015 | |
PS3 | The Adventures of Tintin | October 6th 2015 | |
Xbox 360 | The Adventures of Tintin | October 6th 2015 | |
PC | RUSE Beta | October 6th 2015 | |
Xbox 360 | MotionSports | October 6th 2015 | |
PC | Scrabble 2007 | October 6th 2015 | |
MAC | Settlers 7 | October 6th 2015 | |
ONLIVE | Splinter Cell Conviction | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | Assassin’s Creed II | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood | August 8th 2014 | |
PS3 | MotionSport Adrenaline | August 8th 2014 | |
Xbox 360 | MotionSport Adrenaline | August 8th 2014 | |
IOS | Assassin’s Creed II | August 8th 2014 | |
PC | Avatar | August 8th 2014 | |
PS3 | Avatar | August 8th 2014 | |
X360 | Avatar | August 8th 2014 | |
PS3 | Call of Juarez 3: The Cartel | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | HAWX II | August 8th 2014 | |
PS3 | My Fitness Coach Club | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE |
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August 8th 2014 | |
PS3 | PureFootball | August 8th 2014 | |
X360 | PureFootball | August 8th 2014 | |
WII | Rabbids Go Home | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | Silent Hunter 5 | August 8th 2014 | |
X360 | PowerUp Heroes | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | Assassin’s Creed Revelations | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | Driver San Francisco | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | Splinter Cell Conviction | August 8th 2014 | |
ONLIVE | Shaun White Skateboarding | August 8th 2014 | |
PC | Silent Hunter 3 | February 2013 | |
PC | Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific | February 2013 | |
PC | Settlers 3 | February 2013 | |
PC | Settlers 4 | February 2013 | |
X360 | America’s Army | February 2013 | |
PC | Blazing Angels 2 | February 2013 | |
PS3 | Haze | February 2013 | |
PC | Settlers 6: Rise of an Empire | February 2013 | |
X360 | Shaun White Snowboard | February 2013 | |
PC | Silent Hunter 4:U-boat Missions | February 2013 | |
X360 | Splinter Cell Double Agent | February 2013 | |
X360 | Tom Clancy’s EndWar | February 2013 | |
PC | Splinter Cell Chaos Theory | February 2013 | |
PC | Scrabble 2009 | February 2013 |