Ubisoft is being sued for shutting down the now defunct racing game The Crew, with the claim they misled customers into only buying a licence to play it. While we typically hear stories of companies suing individuals for selling cheats or leaking games early, as has happened recently with Nintendo , sometimes the reverse happens, and we see regular gamers file lawsuits against companies. We can’t think of many instances where such efforts have been successful, though.
Attempts to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard unsurprisingly failed and we doubt one disgruntled Elden Ring player’s plan to sue Bandai Namco will go anywhere. The newest example comes from two gamers who have filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft for its decision to shut down the servers for online racing game The Crew , which was first released in 2014. Why is Ubisoft being sued over The Crew? Last December, Ubisoft delisted The Crew from digital storefronts, adding that its servers would go offline in March 2024.
Since it’s an online-only title, this means the game became completely unplayable, which naturally didn’t go down well with those who had purchased a copy. Two Californian gamers – Matthew Cassell and Alan Liu – have filed a class action lawsuit against Ubisoft, alleging that the publisher mislead customers into thinking they actually owned their copies of The Crew. In actuality, customers were only purchasing a licence for The Crew; something that is mentioned in Ubisoft’s .