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Wolfenstein 2009: Erased from Stores, Forgotten by History
The 2009 Wolfenstein no longer exists on any digital storefront. Not on Steam, not on GOG. Sandwiched between Return to Castle Wolfenstein, the absolute standard-bearer of 2001, and MachineGames' 2014 reboot, this Raven Software title was sacrificed at the altar of licensing rights and major publishing maneuvers. A textbook case of digital erasure that reveals something painful about how the industry manages its own legacy.
Ubisoft Connect Outage Locks Players Out of Black Flag Resynced
This past weekend, an Ubisoft Connect outage prevented thousands of PC players from launching Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced — a game they had purchased and downloaded. The incident is technically routine, but politically revealing: when a mandatory launcher goes down, the player owns nothing. It's exactly the scenario physical media advocates have been warning about for years. This time it happened to a freshly released Ubisoft title at the worst possible moment.