Assassin\u2019s Creed fans slam Ubisoft after title removed from Steam \u2013 even if it was purchased UbisoftUbisoft is removing some Assassin\u2019s Creed content from Steam and fans are greatly dismayed to learn that some of their purchased content is not going to be available to play very soon. Before we delve into the main part of the story, we have had an update from Ubisoft themselves as they have told VGC that \u201cwe don\u2019t take the decision to retire services for older games lightly\u201d and claimed it\u2019s \u201cassessing all available options\u201d for impacted players. Original story follows In the space of just 14 years, including smaller standalone titles, Ubisoft has released 15+ mainline games in the Assassin\u2019s Creed franchise and a majority of it is available to purchase on the extensive Steam store. From the early beginnings of Assassin\u2019s Creed 1 and Assassin\u2019s Creed II to the most recent blockbuster entry in the franchise \u2014 Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla \u2014 the series has explored multiple periods in time using a wide range of stories and characters. Steam users have learned that one of these mainline titles is set to not only be removed as a purchasable option on Steam but players who already own the content will still not be allowed to access it. Ubisoft to remove Assassin\u2019s Creed game from Steam store Twitter user Nors3.eth claimed that: \u201cUbisoft is making a precedent on Steam as Assassin\u2019s Creed Liberation HD will not be accessible following September 1st, 2022. Even if you already bought it, a bar new low for consumers.\u201d If Steam users head to the website and head on over to the Assassin\u2019s Creed Liberation HD game page, they will see two important notices. The first of which says: \u201cAt the request of the publisher, Assassin\u2019s Creed Liberation HD is no longer available for sale on Steam.\u201d Then, just underneath this message, there\u2019s a second notice which reads: \u201cPlease note that this title will not be accessible following September 1, 2022.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nors3\/status\/1546202942772051968?s=20&t=g-RpZ64D2cP-A5UzELjtBA From this, it very much appears as if Liberation will be no longer playable on Steam, even if you already own it. Some players have said that it comes free with Assassin\u2019s Creed III Remastered, but to most players, this is beside the point. \u201cNone of what you said is a valid reason for completely making a single-player game you already purchased completely inaccessible,\u201d one user said in response to the game being included with ACIII Remastered. Another person agreed, saying: \u201cYou think folks should have to buy another game to play a game they already paid for?!\u201d After fan backlash, Ubisoft did confirm to Polygon that owners of the game would still be able to access access the game\u2019s offline components, including the single-player modes, after that date. \u201cAs 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,\u201d Ubisoft told Polygon in an update to its earlier statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Assassin\u2019s Creed fans slam Ubisoft after title removed from Steam \u2013 even if it was purchased UbisoftUbisoft is removing some Assassin\u2019s Creed content from Steam and fans are greatly dismayed to learn that some of their purchased content is not going to be available to play very soon. Before we delve into the main part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}