The Crew is coming to an finish it appears, as Ubisoft declares its closure and the upcoming shutdown of the racing MMO’s servers. After nearly a decade of untamed on-line rides, the behemoth developer says that the sport’s elimination is a “necessity.” The information comes quickly after the current launch of The Crew Motorfest’s second season.
Sadly, it appears The Crew‘s time is actually up. In an official replace, Ubisoft explains why it’s delisting its “beloved first sport of the franchise and some of the bold racing video games of its time.” The developer particulars the way it isn’t taking its resolution frivolously, and that the racing sport‘s shutdown “has turn into a necessity” now attributable to “upcoming server infrastructure and licensing constraints.”
Whereas the dev is unhappy to disappoint remaining followers of its 2014 sport, it seems like Ubisoft is trying to the long run as its “aim stays to supply the most effective action-driving gameplay expertise.” The staff additionally states that The Crew’s scenario doesn’t influence The Crew 2 or the extra lately launched The Crew Motorfest.
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As a substitute, the dev will proceed “to supply new content material and help” for each of its remaining Crew entries. As the unique sport has solely 25 gamers in-game at present, in keeping with SteamDB, and a peak of simply 37 over the previous 24 hours, the information of The Crew’s delisting isn’t all too stunning as individuals lately haven’t been populating the web racing expertise.
Its critiques on Steam additionally stay combined, whereas The Crew 2’s are compared, very constructive. Motorfest isn’t coming to Steam, however gamers have usually loved it very like its previous sequel. Should you’re trying to relive a few of your nostalgia and personal The Crew already, you’ll have the ability to play till Sunday, March 31. After this, Ubisoft is shutting all the sport’s servers down.
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