Ubisoft Shutting Down Online Services for More Than a Dozen Games Including Far Cry 3

Ubisoft is shutting down Far Cry 3 and older Assassin’s Creed online services among more than a dozen games from the PlayStation 3 era. Starting September 1, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC players will no longer be able to access online components of a number of legacy games, with PC players even losing access to some downloadable content, which has drawn the gaming community’s ire.

List of console games losing online services in September 2022

• Assassin’s Creed 2 (PS3 and PC)
  • You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features.
• Assassin’s Creed 3 (2012 Release – all platforms)
  • You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features.
• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (all platforms)
  • You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features.
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations (PS3 and Xbox 360)
  • You will be unable to play multiplayer or use online features.
• Driver: San Francisco (all platforms)
  • You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features.
• Far Cry 3 (2012 Release – all platforms)
  • You will be unable to play multiplayer, link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features.
• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3 and Xbox 360)
  • The multiplayer for the game will be unavailable. To play the solo campaign, you will have to set your console into offline mode.
• Rayman Legends (all platforms)
  • You will be unable to link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features.
• Splinter Cell: Blacklist (all platforms)
  • You will be unable to link Ubisoft accounts in-game or use online features.

Ubisoft didn’t say why PC games will lose access to download and installation of DLC.

In other news, a Sony patent suggests that older PlayStation peripherals might become compatible with the PS5 via emulation, and Sony is looking for a classics engineer to work on new emulators among other projects.