The company removed the game after a decade citing license fees

Ubisoft Is Facing Lawsuit After The Crew Was Removed From Platforms

The company removed the game after a decade citing license fees

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The lawsuit claims players were duped in two ways: First, by allegedly misleading players into thinking they were buying a game when they were merely licensing it, even if a player bought the physical disk. Second, Ubisoft "falsely represented" that The Crew's files were on those physical disks to access freely, and that the disks weren't simply "a key" for the game. The lawsuit adds that Ubisoft is violating California consumer protection laws.

This is just another addition to the development of gamers not realizing what they're getting when they're purchasing a game, which is more often than not, the license and not the game itself. That difference is something that platforms like Steam is trying to make more apparent when you buy a digital game.

Ubisoft declared it shut down its servers after a decade due to "server infrastructure and licensing constraints." Both the 2018 sequel, simply titled The Crew 2, and the latest entry in the franchise, The Crew Motorfest, will remain unaffected after the servers go dark.

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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG