Ubisoft Connect Outage Blocks PC Games for 1 Hour Despite Offline-Play Promise
Updated
Updated · Kotaku · Jul 13
Ubisoft Connect Outage Blocks PC Games for 1 Hour Despite Offline-Play Promise
3 articles · Updated · Kotaku · Jul 13
Summary
An about 1-hour Ubisoft Connect outage early July 11 stopped legitimate PC players from launching Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and other Ubisoft titles.
Players said the failure contradicted Black Flag Resynced’s FAQ, which says the main campaign should work offline after a one-time download connection.
Steam forum posts and a Reddit thread with more than 15,000 upvotes turned the short disruption into a broader backlash against Ubisoft’s always-online DRM on PC.
The incident also exposed a familiar loophole: pirated copies that removed the Connect check reportedly kept working while paying customers were locked out.
Ubisoft had not responded to questions on why access failed, reviving concerns about long-term playability if Connect or its servers are ever retired.