Players will no longer access DLC and other online features of games like Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, among others, in the near future.

Brace yourself – your access to downloadable content you may have purchased for older Ubisoft titles will soon become inaccessible. This is as part of Ubisoft's gradual decommissioning of online features of older Ubisoft titles. Decommissioning online features for these titles will remove multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, and access to DLC. Among the games affected is Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and, as compiled by PC Gamer, here's the complete list of affected games:

  • Anno 2070 (2011): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features
  • Assassin's Creed 2 (2009): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features
  • Assassin's Creed 3 (2012): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
  • Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (2010): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
  • Assassin's Creed Liberation HD (2014): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access DLC
  • Driver San Francisco (2011): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
  • Far Cry 3 (2012): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
  • Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010): co-op multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
  • Silent Hunter 5 (2010): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
  • Space Junkies (2019): “As a multiplayer only title, you will be unable to play the game going forward.“
  • Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features

The list includes a few notable classics, such as Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3. While we understand the rationale behind this act – there's no point in keeping online servers for outdated games that no one plays anymore, after all. But we still mourn the loss of access to DLC to these titles, which will permanently make them lost in time.

As announced by Ubisoft, the decommissioning will take place on September 1, 2022, and beyond then the online features of these games will completely be discontinued.