Ubisoft server migration disables several games, company apologizes

Lydia Sung - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 1:03pm (PST) 0 Favourite (0)

Gamers complain about Driver: San Francisco, Anno 2070 disruptions

Ubisoft is currently in the process of moving their online services in-house, off of third-party servers, and while the company previously laid out which games would remain online (and which would not), they've hit a few snags since.

Unexpected issues have hit the PC version of Driver: San Francisco, as reported by players on Ubi's official forums, though the game does have an offline mode. Some have also noted problems with Ubisoft's futuristic strategy title Anno 2070 and Assassin's Creed Revelations, though all aforementioned games were said to be "safe" during maintenance.

Such inconveniences are certainly expected during the process, but Ubisoft has issued an apology via Twitter to their player base regardless.

"We apologise for the inconvenience, it seems some of you can't connect to games announced as playable during migration. We're on it and will keep you posted here!"

PC games expected to go completely offline during the shift include Might & Magic: Heroes 6, The Settlers 7, Tom Clancy's HAWX 2, and Mac versions of Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell Conviction, and The Settlers. Ubi's Uplay service is also unavailable.

Source: Eurogamer

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tekmosis Feb 8, 12

"Hey everyone, we're going to be doing maintenance so that means you can't play your single player games!"

Frack you Ubisoft, and your draconian DRM.
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Crafter Feb 8, 12

Inexcusable. For paying customers to be inconvenienced... No, wait, stripped of the ability to use something they PAID for- all for DRM that doesn't actually work- is absolutely ridiculous. Sure, Ubisoft claims piracy is down, but at what cost? You make more money selling 100,000 copies and having 200,000 stolen than you do selling 40,000 and having 175,000 stolen. They'll need a big change in direction if they expect to hang around much longer.
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fudgeboy Feb 8, 12

the exact reason i REFUSE to purchase any of their games. these fools are part of what is ruining the industry, their DRM isn't doing anything to halt piracy (only delay it slightly). instead they punish their paying customers with their half baked DRM, which is riddled with issues and offer nothing to their customers in return for their troubles.

unfortunately us gamers are left in the dark in moments like these, unable to make use of the software we paid for. gamers NEED somebody to stand up for them, lest this become a more regular issue and other companies take these measures on board.