Ubisoft’s supply of Watch Dogs 2 without spending a dime when you watched at the moment’s Ubisoft Forward stream at the moment was meant to be a tempting little sweetener, however issues broke. The servers seemingly overloaded, which means that not solely have been many unable to signal into their Ubi accounts and turn into eligible for the giveaway, some individuals are complaining all of the failed makes an attempt obtained their accounts routinely disabled. Welp. Sounds prefer it’ll take some fixing, however Ubisoft have at the very least stated individuals who couldn’t log in will get the freebie.
“We’re aware of an issue currently affecting logging in to Ubisoft Accounts and are working towards resolving this,” Ubisoft Support said because the stream kicked off. “We apologise for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience.”
A short time later, they got here again saying “Don’t worry! We’ll be giving out the rewards to all of you, even if you were unable to log in successfully.” Not realizing how precisely they’re monitoring eligibility, I couldn’t inform you how efficient or beneficiant it’ll be. The nicest consequence could be everybody with a Ubi account getting to say a replica. Freebies have been because of exit on Monday so we should always see quickly.
If your account obtained locked down throughout Ubisoft’s serverhell, you’ll most likely be eager to get in contact with help to repair that. Sympathies.
If you do get a go, Watch Dogs 2 is fairly neat. After the ha-ha-hilariously daft grim tone of the primary game, Watch Dogs 2 has extra of a enjoyable Hackers vibe – so it’s bizarre that it nudges you to homicide the hell out of individuals. See our Watch Dogs 2 review for extra on that.
In all this Dogging, Ubisoft introduced the Watch Dogs Legion release date, October 29th. They lifted a preview embargo too, so you’ll be able to learn Alice Bee’s written preview (fairly enjoyable however woefully inauthentic swearing, she says) and watch Matthew’s video:
In current weeks, quite a few Ubisoft employees and studios have been accused of sexual harrassment, abuse, and discrimination by colleagues and members of the general public. The firm have vowed to analyze stories and to repair their tradition. Another three executives resigned today within the wake of the allegations.
Whatever you name it, hit our E3 2020 tag for extra from this summer time’s blast of gaming bulletins, trailers, and miscellaneous advertising. Our E3 stream schedule will inform you what to observe and when. See all the PC games at the PlayStation 5 show and everything at the PC Gaming Show, for starters.
