Ubisoft Developers Fighting To Keep Anno 2070 Alive
Ubisoft broke some controversial news last week, revealing it would be ending support for 15 of its older games. There's a silver lining for players of one of the games on that list of 15 though. The developers behind Anno 2070 have vowed to do all they can to keep the game playable and continue to support its online features.
Ubisoft Mainz, the studio behind the development and upkeep of Anno 2070, issued a statement shortly after the news broke, reports Eurogamer. It's short and to the point, informing those who still play Anno 2070 and use its online features that it will do whatever it can to update the game before the cut off date of September 1, 2022. That's the date on which support for the listed games' multiplayer and DLC will come to an end.
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“We have decided to dedicate some of our development resources to work on upgrading Anno 2070’s aged online services infrastructure to a new system,” the statement on Anno 2070's website reads. “However, we cannot yet guarantee that we’ll be able to successfully upgrade/replace the old services as we’d like to.” The studio also clarifies that no matter what happens, Anno 2070 will remain playable and unchanged until the date mentioned above.
Other big games on the list include Assassin's Creed 3, Far Cry 3, and Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Perhaps the biggest reason Ubisoft's decision to shut down supoort for these games has been met with such backlash is a reference made to DLC in the initial announcement. “The installation and access to downloadable content (DLC) will be unavailable,” seems to suggest any DLC for the 15 games listed will become unplayable from September 1.
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