Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD will remain playable for Steam owners, Ubisoft says
Concerns were raised this weekend that people who had bought Assassin’s Creed Liberation HDon Steam would have their access to the game removed, after it was noticed that the game’s Steam listing read that “this title will not be accessible following September 1st, 2022.”
However, Ubisoft has confirmed to Polygon that owners of the game will still be able to access its single-player, offline components after that date. Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD, which was first published in 2014, is one of a list of older games that Ubisoft recently said it would no longer support online from Sep. 1.
“As stated in our support article, only DLCs and online features will be affected by the upcoming decommissioning. Current owners of those games will still be able to access, play or redownload them,” Ubisoft told Polygon in an updated statement.
“Our teams are working with our partners to update this information across all storefronts and are also assessing all available options for players who will be impacted when these games’ online services are decommissioned on September 1st, 2022. It has always been our intention to do everything in our power to allow those legacy titles to remain available in the best possible conditions for players, and this is what we are working towards.”
Ubisoft routinely culls online support for older games in its catalog. In most cases, this means the games’ online and multiplayer features will be turned off, while campaigns and other single-player features will remain available.
Other games affected by the current round of plug-pulling includeDriver San Francisco, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Rayman Legends, Anno 2070, and the original versions of Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed 2. Remasters of the latter
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