Whereas Ubisoft had shut down servers for its racing recreation 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 just lately, Ubisoft has been the topic of authorized motion by two The Crew gamers, who’ve accused the corporate of violating shopper safety legal guidelines within the US state of California.
In response to 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. Fairly, the legal professionals argue, the gamers merely bought a license to entry the sport in a restricted capability.
“Annoyed with Ubisoft’s current resolution to retire the sport following a discover interval delineated on the product’s packaging, Plaintiffs apply a kitchen sink method on behalf of a putative class of nationwide prospects, alleging eight causes of motion together with violations of California’s False Promoting Regulation, Unfair Competitors Regulation, and Client Authorized Cures Act, in addition to frequent 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 can be legitimate till 2099. In response to 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 recreation. That is even if, because the servers have been not out there for an online-only recreation, there was no manner for it to be performed anyway. Nevertheless, 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 introduced with a message studying “You not have entry to this recreation. 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 just lately, The Crew Motorfest. The newest 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 ultimately launched on Steam as effectively.
For extra particulars, try our evaluate of The Crew Motorfest from again when it got here out. In our evaluate, we praised the moment-to-moment driving mechanics of the sport, in addition to its lovely open world. In the end, regardless of questionable design selections with its development mechanics, we nonetheless gave The Crew Motorfest a rating of 8 out of 10.
