In a quiet update, we’ve learned Ubisoft shut down online services for dozens of games, totaling nearly a hundred games.
As with any modern games that include some kind of online functionality or multiplayer, news that Ubisoft shut down online services for older games shouldn’t come as a surprise. Some of the games were apparently still running servers for PlayStation 2 – like Rainbow Six Lockdown, which came out back in 2005.
It’s also worth pointing out some games were running servers on platforms that have actually been shut down since, like the nearly dozen or so games that were also available via OnLive. Remember OnLive? Sony acquired them back in 2015 mostly to nab up all their patents, after which they shut the company down and ended its services.
Sony also acquired Gaikai, a former competitor to OnLive, and with the collective tech from both platforms launched their own branded cloud-gaming subscription with PlayStation Now. It seems like Sony could never get the service to catch on, so they’re now rolling all of this into their new multi-tier PlayStation Plus subscription.
In total 90 games are now only playable offline after Ubisoft shut down online services, meaning all in-game news, updates, player stats, and online multiplayer no longer work in those games. Ubisoft said any titles that use their Ubisoft Connect platform can no longer earn their “Units” rewards, and PC players will lose access to previously unlocked content – while console players can keep content if they maintain their old save game.
Here’s the full list of games that Ubisoft shut down online services for:
America’s Army | Xbox 360 |
Anno 1404 | PC |
Anno Online | PC |
Assassin’s Creed 2 | PC | MAC | iOS | OnLive |
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood | OnLive |
Assassin’s Creed: Recollection | MAC | iOS |
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations | OnLive |
Avatar | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Beyond Good and Evil | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Blazing Angels 2 | PC | Xbox 360 |
Call of Juarez 2: Bound in Blood | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Call of Juarez 3: The Cartel | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Driver: San Francisco | OnLive |
ESPN Sport Connections | Wii U |
Far Cry | PC |
Far Cry 2 | PC |
Far Cry Blood Dragon | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Flashback Origins | PC |
Ghost Recon | PC |
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
H.A.W.X. | PC |
H.A.W.X. 2 | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | OnLive |
Haze | PlayStation 3 |
Heroes of Might and Magic 5 | PC |
I Am Alive | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Just Dance 3 | Xbox 360 |
Just Dance 3 Greatest Hits | Xbox 360 |
Just Dance 3 Kids | Xbox 360 | Wii | Wii U |
Just Dance 4 | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii U |
Just Dance 2014 | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | Wii | Wii U |
Just Dance 2015 | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | Xbox 360 | Xbox One | Wii | Wii U |
Just Dance 2016 | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii |
Just Dance 2017 | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii |
Just Dance 2018 | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii |
Just Dance Disney Party | Xbox 360 | Wii |
Just Dance Disney Party 2 | Xbox 360 |
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth | Xbox 360 | Wii U |
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes | PC |
Might & Magic Duel of Champions | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Might & Magic Showdown | PC |
Might & Magic Showdown Paint Workshop | PC |
Might & Magic X: Legacy | PC |
MotionSports | Xbox 360 |
MotionSport Adrenaline | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
My Fitness Coach Club | PlayStation 3 |
PowerUp Heroes | Xbox 360 |
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | OnLive |
PureFootball | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Rabbids Alive and Kicking | Xbox 360 |
Rabbids Go Home | Wii |
Rabbids Land | Wii U |
Rabbids Travel in Time | Wii |
Rainbow Six – Raven Shield | PC |
Rainbow Six Lockdown | PC | Nintendo GameCube | PlayStation 2 | Xbox |
Rainbow Six Vegas | PC | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation Portable | Xbox 360 |
Rainbow Six Vegas 2 | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Xbox One |
Rayman 3 | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Rayman 3 HD | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Rayman Legends | PC |
Rayman Origins | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
R.U.S.E. | MAC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
R.U.S.E. Beta | PC |
Scrabble 2007 | PC |
Scrabble 2009 | PC |
Settlers 3 | PC |
Settlers 4 | PC |
Settlers 6: Rise of an Empire | PC |
Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom | PC | MAC |
Settlers: Heritage of Kings | PC |
Shape Fitness Evolved | Xbox 360 |
Shape Up | Xbox One |
Shaun White Skateboarding | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | OnLive |
Shaun White Snowboarding | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | OnLive |
Silent Hunter 3 | PC |
Silent Hunter 4: U-boat Missions | PC |
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific | PC |
Silent Hunter 5 | OnLive |
Smurfs 2 | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Spartacus Legends | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Splinter Cell: Blacklist | Wii U |
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | PC |
Splinter Cell: Conviction | PC | MAC | OnLive |
Splinter Cell: Double Agent | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
The Adventures of Tintin | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Tom Clancy’s EndWar | PC | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 |
Toy Soldiers War Chest | PC | PlayStation 4 | Xbox One |
Watch Dogs Companion | Android | iOS |
World in Conflict | PC |
Your Shape Fitness Evolved | Xbox 360 |
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 | Xbox 360 |
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013 | Wii U |