French Consumer Group Sues Ubisoft over Shutdown of Online Game ‘The Crew’

French consumer group sues Ubisoft over shutdown of online game ‘The Crew’

By Leo Marchandon March 31 (Reuters) - France's leading consumer association, UFC-Que Choisir, said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft over the shutdown of online racing game "The ​Crew". The company delisted the title from digital marke...

French consumer group sues Ubisoft due to The Crew shutdown

Ubisoft and The Crew can’t catch a break, can they? The French consumer group, UFC-Que Choisir, is filing a lawsuit against Ubisoft due to the shutdown of The Crew. In 2023, Ubisoft announced the delisting and server termination of The Crew. There is good news to this, in September last year, modders created The Crew Unlimited which allowed fans to have offline servers via server emulation of the game. It released on the 15th of the same month. …

A French Lawsuit Might Have Deep Ramifications for Gaming's Future

A consumers rights group is suing Ubisoft over the shut down servers for The Crew in a lawsuit that could impact the entire industry.

French consumer group sues Ubisoft over shutdown of The Crew

French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir has sued Ubisoft over the shutdown of The Crew, counting with the support of Stop Killing Games.

France's leading consumer association has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft over The Crew's online shutdown

It's been two years since The Crew was shut down, which prompted a fast and negative response from the majority of players and people concerned about the games industry's poor game preservation efforts, especially when it comes to always-online games. While some fans moved on, others worked to revive it through modding and some people even filed lawsuits against publisher Ubisoft. Now, more legal battles are set to happen in France.