Rhonin the wizard said:
Ubisoft Shuts Down Online Services For 90 Older Games
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubisoft-shuts-down-online-services-for-90-older-games/1100-6502780/
Ubisoft has shut down online services for 90 games across multiple platforms. The game's will still remain playable and offline features for each game should still function as normal. Ubisoft notes that in-game news and player statistics in each affected game have also been disabled. For any of the games that used Ubisoft Connect services, units and challenges have been disabled. What Ubisoft describes as "ULC" (Unlockable Content) such as additional maps or skins in all of the affected games have been disabled as well, without a new means to unlock them. PC players who have previously unlocked such content will be locked out of it, while console players can still enjoy the unlocked content unless save game files for that particular game are reset.
Activision Blizzard Loses 60 Million Monthly Active Users In Past Year
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/activision-blizzard-loses-60-million-monthly-active-users-in-past-year/1100-6502758/
Activision Blizzard has released its latest quarterly financial report, and the numbers were not good for the publisher, with revenue, player numbers, and Call of Duty unit sales all coming in lower than before.
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Oof. This is why I rarely look outside Steam on PC for Storefronts.
As for Activision Blizzard.. Not that surprised Shadowlands dropped off after the first couple of months and CoD Vanguard was DoA. They do have a new expansion coming this year and WoLK for Classic WoW, which should boost numbers at the end of the year. I wonder if its a downward trend if the expansion doesn't deliver and the same goes for CoD (whatever the next one is).
