Whereas Ubisoft had shut down servers for its racing sport The Crew all the best way again in 2024, with the sport even getting delisted from digital shops in 2023, the corporate has not escaped criticisms over the choice. Extra lately, Ubisoft has been the topic of authorized motion by two The Crew gamers, who’ve accused the corporate of violating client safety legal guidelines within the US state of California.
In keeping with Polygon, Ubisoft has responded to the lawsuit by submitting a movement to have the case dismissed. As a part of the case, Ubisoft’s legal professionals have launched an announcement arguing that the plaintiffs don’t have a case as a result of they don’t have possession of the sport. Reasonably, the legal professionals argue, the gamers merely bought a license to entry the sport in a restricted capability.
“Pissed off with Ubisoft’s latest choice to retire the sport following a discover interval delineated on the product’s packaging, Plaintiffs apply a kitchen sink strategy on behalf of a putative class of nationwide prospects, alleging eight causes of motion together with violations of California’s False Promoting Legislation, Unfair Competitors Legislation, and Client Authorized Treatments Act, in addition to widespread regulation fraud and breach of guarantee claims,” wrote Ubisoft’s legal professionals.
The plaintiffs have since responded to Ubisoft’s argument by amending their lawsuit with footage of the packaging for The Crew, which states that activation codes for the sport could be legitimate till 2099. In keeping with the plaintiffs, by this, Ubisoft “implied that [The Crew] would stay playable throughout this time and lengthy thereafter.”
Final yr, after servers for The Crew had been taken offline, Ubisoft had reportedly began revoking gamers’ entry to the racing sport. That is although, because the servers have been not out there for an online-only sport, there was no method for it to be performed anyway. Nonetheless, some gamers have been holding out hope for The Crew to be preserved ultimately by community-run servers.
Customers began recognizing that they not may even open up the sport by their library web page, being offered with a message studying “You not have entry to this sport. Why not verify the shop to pursue your adventures?”
For the reason that authentic launch of The Crew, Ubisoft has additional expanded the title by two sequels: The Crew 2 and, extra lately, The Crew Motorfest. The most recent title within the franchise, The Crew Motorfest, was initially solely out there on PC by Ubisoft Join and Epic Video games Retailer. The sport was finally launched on Steam as effectively.
For extra particulars, try our overview of The Crew Motorfest from again when it got here out. In our overview, we praised the moment-to-moment driving mechanics of the sport, in addition to its lovely open world. Finally, regardless of questionable design decisions with its development mechanics, we nonetheless gave The Crew Motorfest a rating of 8 out of 10.
