Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD Gets Removed From Steam, Will Be Inaccessible From September

Ubisoft is gearing up to delist a number of games in the coming days, and the process has already kicked off with Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD.

A few days back, Ubisoft announced that it will shut down online services for several titles, which were released in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 era. Ideally, one would think that this is normal practice, as this has been the case with several other older games as well. However, the case with Ubisoft expands beyond just shutting down multiplayer services, and that is what has caused the massive backlash. Apart from online services, players will also not be able to access any DLC that came along with the game. The fact that players had paid for those DLCs and are still getting locked out is something that didn’t go down well with the community.

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Today, another interesting development has taken place as Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD has been removed from Steam altogether. Surprisingly, this game was not even a part of the earlier list Ubisoft had revealed as part of its announcement. Players cannot buy the game from today onwards, and the notice on the page states that the game is no longer available for sale on Steam “at the request of the publisher.”

That’s not all. There is another notice just below that, which straight-up states that players will not be able to access Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD from the 1st of September. This means that even if you have bought the game, you will not be able to play it after the stated date. Ubisoft had stated that remasters will not be affected, and many were confused about the fact whether the Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD bundled with Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered will be accessible or not. At the time of writing this article, the bundle seems to be working, but whether that will be the case after 1st September is something that is not known.

As one would expect with these things, the community is not at all happy with the incident. Surely, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD had its fair share of technical issues, but the fact that players are not being allowed to access something they had bought is being considered bad precedence for the gaming industry. Surely, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD might not have that big of a player base for it to be a significant problem, but if this follows for some more titles, the community might lose out on some classic gems.