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Ubisoft updates on the offline mode for its popular racing game, hoping to avoid the fiasco of The Crew's server shutdown

After the uproar when Ubisoft flat out killed The Crew, an update has been made on progress for offline play in the sequel.

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With the Stop Killing Games consumer rights campaign at 437,000 signatures, Ubisoft says "we have been reading your comments" in an update on offline mode for The Crew sequels

With the Stop Killing Games consumer rights campaign at 437,000 signatures, Ubisoft says "we have been reading your comments" in an update on offline mode for The Crew sequels

Seven months later, Ubisoft's got an update on these offline modes

Ubisoft is keeping its promise to add an offline mode to The Crew 2, and testing begins next week

Ubisoft is keeping its promise to add an offline mode to The Crew 2, and testing begins next week

Ubisoft hopes to have the offline mode released by the end of 2025, but warned that The Crew Motorfest will take longer.

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Ubisoft says you don't own your video games, read the fine print

Ubisoft says you don't own your video games, read the fine print

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Ubisoft's defense against The Crew lawsuit doubles down on a point we've heard many times before: You don't actually own your games

Ubisoft claims consumers were given "clear and conspicuous" notice that they were only buying a "limited license" to access the game.

Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down The Crew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version "to access a decade-old, discontinued video game"

The Crew players "received the benefit of their bargain and cannot complain now that they were deceived," Ubisoft argues

2024 was the year gamers really started pushing back on the erosion of game ownership

Talk about getting owned.

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Proposed class action lawsuit claims The Crew players were 'duped', bizarrely comparing the game shutting down to Ubisoft breaking into your house and stealing parts of a pinball machine

Proposed class action lawsuit claims The Crew players were 'duped', bizarrely comparing the game shutting down to Ubisoft breaking into your house and stealing parts of a pinball machine

The question of ownership in the digital age rears its head again.

After eating it for killing The Crew, Ubisoft promises to bring offline support to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest

After eating it for killing The Crew, Ubisoft promises to bring offline support to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest

Ubisoft said the offline mode will "ensure long term access" to both games.

A New Racing Experience Arrives as The Crew Motorfest is Now on Steam

A New Racing Experience Arrives as The Crew Motorfest is Now on Steam

The game finally makes its way to Steam. Get ready for a new online racing experience.

Ubisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown, nearly squandering hopes of fan servers and acting as a stark reminder of how volatile digital ownership is

Ubisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown, nearly squandering hopes of fan servers and acting as a stark reminder of how volatile digital ownership is

Ubisoft has gone one step further to try and stop people getting into The Crew.

The Crew removed from sale, will become unplayable after April 1: 'We understand this may be disappointing for players still enjoying the game'

The Crew removed from sale, will become unplayable after April 1: 'We understand this may be disappointing for players still enjoying the game'

Ubisoft said the closure is necessary "'due to upcoming server infrastructure and licensing constraints."

Ubisoft is killing off a game millions have bought thanks to one of gaming's worst trends

Ubisoft is killing off a game millions have bought thanks to one of gaming's worst trends

Ubisoft Ivory Tower's first open world racer, The Crew, is not much longer for this world. That makes me sad, and it's all thanks to a horrible trend in gaming.

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The Crew will be unplayable on PC from April, according to its Steam page

The Crew will be unplayable on PC from April, according to its Steam page

Ubisoft's always-online racing game, The Crew, has been delisted on Steam, and will apparently be unplayable from April 2024.

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