During a recent showcase for The crew's Motorfest, Ubisoft Ivory Tower revealed that it was working on single Offline mode for the game and its predecessor, The crew 2.
Ivory Tower explained that it was “committed” to both racing titles and that the modes would provide “long-term access” for players. Senior creative director Stéphane Beley also said that additional “different solutions” were being explored.
The first one The crew was completely deactivated last March after Ubisoft surprise delisting of the game late last year. At the time, this was attributed to “server infrastructure and licensing limitations.”
Ivory Tower did not provide a specific timeline for offline modes, but said to expect more information in the coming months.
What is offline for? For everyone, absolutely
All three Crew games are online-only racing titles, making them the first Crew alarming fate. As News note, this helped bring Europe “Stop killing games“movement that wants developers of online-only games to be required to make their titles fully playable offline, rather than simply removing them from the market.
The movement Citizens' initiative The page states that making these games inoperable “deprives customers of their purchases and makes it impossible to restore.” […] Existing laws and consumer protection agencies are not prepared to protect customers from this practice.”
“Destroying [games]”it represents a creative loss for all involved and erases history in ways not possible with other media,” the movement continues.
Developers have realized how precarious online gaming has been lately. Both Rocksteady and Inflexion Games have promised to create offline modes for their respective multiplayer games, Suicide Squad AND Nightingale.
While the original Crew the title is now a decade old, online games can be retired at any timeregardless of age. The crew 2 It's now six years old, so an offline mode will help keep it alive well before it reaches its tenth anniversary.