8BitChimp says, "The Crew is an upcoming racing video game set in an open world environment. It is being developed by Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, with an Xbox 360 port being developed by Asobo Studio."
Back in 2023, Ubisoft announced it would shut down The Crew's servers on 31st March, 2024, which would make the game unplayable due to its always online requirements - even those with physical copies of the game were to be locked out. Needless to say, many were unhappy with Ubisoft's decision.
Some, though, decided not to just leave it there, and set about reviving the game on their own time and dime. Now a little over a year later, the fan lead Crew revival project - known as The Crew Unlimited - is gearing up for its release on 15th September.
Plaintiffs bring up a new claim, too, in amended complaint.
***Replying to Ubisoft’s argument that the statute of limitations is up, the plaintiffs responded with their own photos of The Crew’s packaging, which states that the activation code for the game doesn’t expire until 2099; that’s an example of how Ubisoft “implied that [The Crew] would remain playable during this time and long thereafter,” per the amended complaint.***
I really hope this resonates with the judge on the two-sided talk Ubisoft has going on here. You can't have your cake and eat it as well, IMHO.
A few of more mishaps and Ubisoft won’t be around anymore anyway.
Assassin’s Creed and FarCry are keeping them alive right now, and it’s a shame. Tom Clancy games are at a minimum now, The Division had its run, Watch Dogs has come and gone, For Honor was something new-ish, their lacking in New IP, and their older franchises just aren’t getting the right love.
I hope the judge favors the consumers because it really sucks what thees companies are doing. I am sure these companies will simply change their user agreements to add these new "we don't own the games clauses"
Good thing i haven't bought a Ubisoft game since ac origins, and even that was a mistake 😆
Ubisoft faces a class action lawsuit over The Crew shutdown, raising key questions about digital game ownership.
I am intrigued by the RPG elements.
And since this game is also owned by Ubisoft. Do you guys think that both PS4 and X1 will both locked at 900p as well?
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The beta was sort of underwelming to me. Hopefully the fix a few things.
-When crashing into other vehicles it felt completely lame, looked like i was holding a july 4th sparkler or something.
-You were abel to upgrade and buy those points you can use to enhance your breaking or how much parts cost. Some of that was downright dumb, 5 pts to get 5% better breaking?
-Story was Meh, way too predictable and just overall not very intriguing (but i get its a racing game)
- Always online to play any aspect of this game is a turn off though. Even though driveclub is having a ton of issues you can play offline if that was The Crew it would be a coaster until they fix that.
-The Graphics were a little underwelming but the size of the game is large
THe cars seemed nice, the upgrading seemed interesting but seemed limited in the beta so hard to tell. If it dont get better i will probably pass on this one.
I hate to say this, but I deleted the beta after playing for about 20min. I know it's a beta, but it just wasn't that thrilling to me. The cops smashed me off the road 3 times in 20 min LOL! Hopefully others enjoy it. Just wasn't really for me I guess.