Cynical and callous, maybe, but also smart. If something stops making money, pull the plug. Same thing happens when clicking Continue, or selecting a random save file from the load game option. In a surprisingly sterile FAQ, the publisher outlines the same details as with Phantoms: It wasn’t as successful as everyone hoped and no refunds will be offered.īad news for the few people who were still playing these games, but inconsequential news for everyone else. That game will cease operations on October 25.

The other title, The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, sees its shuttering a bit sooner. It simply has to be used before December 1. However, existing already-purchased currency won’t be refunded or transferred over to any other Ubisoft game. In-game currency can no longer be bought. This is a sliver of the 20,000 concurrents it was pulling two years ago.Īccompanying the announcement, Ubisoft disabled the Phantoms‘ online shop. According to SteamDB, Phantoms has around 1,000 concurrent players at any given time (although this number is likely low given that some people play directly through UPlay).

It has been around for four years, but that comes to an end on December 1. Ubisoft Ubisoft Agents, Operators, Ghosts. Ghost Recon Phantoms is a shooter based on Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon franchise. Later this year, the servers for both Ghost Recon Phantoms and The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot will be permanently shut down. Ubisoft’s cutting ties with two of its free-to-play titles that weren’t as successful as it had hoped. A different Phantoms than the Affleck flick

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