Last October, Ubisoft released Watch Dogs Legion, followed by Assassin's Creed Valhalla several weeks later. Now, while both Ubisoft games have received mostly positive reviews from players and critics, it appears that there is a major save issue that is present in both Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
The problem is said to be worse in Watch Dogs Legion, and in a thread on Ubisoft's official forums for the game, players are reporting lost progress and corrupt save data. Luckily, community managers reassured fans that the developers are already looking into the problem. At the moment, the exact cause of the issue in Watch Dogs Legion is still unknown, but some claim it occurs after switching to a new team member.
On the other hand, Assassin's Creed Valhalla's save problem mostly revolves around save data getting corrupt for no reason, with the game save menu showing one or more saves to be "data corrupt!" The worst thing is that the only option for players is to delete the file, which is extremely inconvenient for those players who are already far into Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
Currently, it is unclear whether these issues are isolated to the next-generation consoles, given that most of the complaints are coming from Xbox Series X players and none from those who are playing both games on current-generation systems. Once Ubisoft has identified the problem, it will likely release a statement and, hopefully, an update to resolve the issues in both games.
It is worth noting that this is not the first major issue that players have encountered in Assassin's Creed Valhalla since its release last week. Yesterday, Ubisoft released a hotfix to temporarily resolve a bug that prevents the Seer's Solace quest from being triggered. To the uninitiated, this specific quest is required for players to progress through the game, which is why Ubisoft was quick to respond. Furthermore, the studio revealed that a more permanent solution would be released alongside Assassin's Creed Valhalla's first major update.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs Legion are available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.