Ubisoft games offline next week

Ubisoft has announced that a number of its games will be temporarily offline next week.

From February 7, the publisher will be moving its online services to a new facility, which will result in temporary downtime for games with online-enabled features.

A small number of Mac and PC games, including the original Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell Conviction, will be completely unplayable.

However, titles such as Assassin's Creed Revelations, Driver San Francisco and Anno 2070 will be completely unaffected.

"We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience. This move ultimately will help us improve the maintenance of our infrastructure and deliver better uptime and greatly improved services for our customers," read a statement.

It is unknown how long the period of downtime for most titles will be.

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Unaffected games:

Anno 2070 - PC
Assassin's Creed: Revelations - OnLive
Assassin's Creed: Revelations - PC
Assassin's Creed: Revelations - PS3
Assassin's Creed: Revelations - X360
Driver: San Francisco - PC
Driver: San Francisco - OnLive
Driver: San Francisco - PS3
Driver: San Francisco - X360
Just Dance 3 - X360
The Settlers Online - PC web-based

Completely unplayable:

Assassin's Creed - Mac
Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.2 - PC
Might & Magic : Heroes VI - PC
Splinter Cell Conviction - MAC
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - PC
The Settlers - Mac

Watch the launch trailer for Assassin's Creed Revelations below: