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\nUbisoft recently announced it would pull the plug on a number of its older games<\/a>, stopping online and multiplayer support. Titles affected by this move include Anno 2070, Far Cry 3, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, and Assassin’s Creed 2.<\/p>\n

However, the powers that be at Ubisoft Mainz, developer of Anno 2070 are not going to let this hinder their game. Oh no sir.\n<\/p>\n

The team<\/a> behind the city-building and economic simulation game will now “dedicate some of [its] development resources to work on upgrading Anno 2070’s aged online services infrastructure to a new system”.\n<\/p>\n

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Ubisoft recently announced it would pull the plug on a number of its older games, stopping online and multiplayer support. Titles affected by this move include Anno 2070, Far Cry 3, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, and Assassin’s Creed 2. However, the powers that be at Ubisoft Mainz, developer of Anno 2070 are not going to let this hinder their game. Oh no sir. The team behind the city-building and economic simulation game will now “dedicate some of [its] development resources to work on upgrading Anno 2070’s aged online services infrastructure to a new system”. 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