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Ubisoft’s server issues won’t stop the Watch Dogs 2 giveawayThe computer burst
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Update:Anyone with an Ubi account can now sign up for a free copyover here.
Ubisoft’s offer ofWatch Dogs 2for free if you watched today’s Ubisoft Forward stream today was meant to be a tempting little sweetener, but things broke. The servers seemingly overloaded, meaning that not only were many unable to sign into their Ubi accounts and become eligible for the giveaway, some people are complaining all the failed attempts got their accounts automatically disabled. Welp. Sounds like it’ll take some fixing, but Ubisoft have at least said people 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 saidas the stream kicked off. “We apologise for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience.”
A short while later, they came back 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 knowing how exactly they’re tracking eligibility, I couldn’t tell you how effective or generous it’ll be. The nicest outcome would be everyone with a Ubi account getting to claim a copy. Freebies were due to go out on Monday so we should see soon.
If your account got locked down during Ubisoft’s serverhell, you’ll probably be wanting to get in touch with support to fix that. Sympathies.
If you do get a go,Watch Dogs 2is pretty neat. After the ha-ha-hilariously daft grim tone of the first game, Watch Dogs 2 has more of a fun Hackers vibe - so it is weird that it nudges you to murder the hell out of people. See ourWatch Dogs 2 reviewfor more on that.
In all this Dogging, Ubisoft announced theWatch Dogs Legion release date, October 29th. They lifted a preview embargo too, so you can readAlice Bee’s written preview(pretty fun but woefully inauthentic swearing, she says) and watch Matthew’s video:
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