Although Ubisoft is currently celebrating the Assassin’s Creed franchise’s 15th anniversary, culminating in a future of AC reveal in September, there have been some mixed announcements. These include the shutdown of the Assassin’s Creed Mentors Guild, as well as online services for 15 games on September 1.
Of these games, 5 are entries in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. This namely impacts older consoles and PC, with some games even losing access to DLC. For Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Revelations, and AC3, notably, this also includes access to the multiplayer. On the one hand, these titles are quite old and multiplayer has always had a mixed reception in the franchise, but on the other, there are dedicated fans who enjoy the franchise’s multiplayer offerings to this day.
Still, if because of the age of these titles, it can sometimes be hard to get into multiplayer games. Now, one Assassin’s Creed fan is trying to rally the community and plan multiplayer weekends to properly pay farewell to these titles. This was posted on the Assassin’s Creed subreddit by Stanislav Costiuc, a former lead game designer at Ubisoft on Watch Dogs Legion and Trials Rising and current lead game designer at Firebyte Games.
By doing so, Costiuc’s plan would ensure that each player has no issue finding any games for each title and commemorate these online components before they are no longer supported by Ubisoft. His plans include a total of 6 weekends, with each of the aforementioned titles getting 2 weekends each. This results in 36 farewell sessions with 12 per 3 time zones to involve as many fans as possible. The dates proposed are as follows:
- Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – July 23 and 24, July 29 and July 30
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – August 5 and 6, August 12 and 13
- Assassin’s Creed 3 – August 19 and 20, August 26 and 27
- Game times begin at 7 PM GMT+0, 7 PM GMT-8 (7 PM PT), and 7 PM GMT+7
Fans are encouraged to try via PC, but PS3 and Xbox 360 fans are still able to try during these times. Hopefully, this is something fans pick up and spread, as many are understandably upset by the removal of services. They should also be aware that it doesn’t seem multiplayer is going to leave the franchise entirely, though, as Assassin’s Creed Infinity is billed as a live-service title. Since most live-service titles utilize multiplayer of some kind, it stands to reason it will too, and fans will be able to compare these titles to it with fresher memories by partaking across these weekends.
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Revelations, AC3, and other online services will be shut down on September 1.