Overview
- The remake, released July 9, sold two million copies on its first day and set a new Steam concurrent-player record for the series.
- Players criticized about $80–$85 of day‑one paid DLC and microtransactions, which prompted Steam review-bombing even though analysts estimate those purchases still earned Ubisoft roughly $1 million on PC.
- PC users were briefly locked out when Ubisoft Connect experienced an outage that showed the game’s one‑time activation and online‑dependency can make a single‑player title effectively unplayable during service disruptions.
- Ubisoft has proposed cutting 51 roles at Ubisoft Barcelona, the team credited with the remake’s praised underwater content, and Barcelona staff have launched union-backed strikes to try to preserve those jobs.
- Ubisoft says the cuts are part of a broader cost-reduction and strategic refocus and forecasts a lighter 2026–27 release slate with a larger content pipeline and expanded live-service work in later fiscal years.