Assassin’s Creed Unity Free Game Offer Has a Caveat

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Ubisoft is offering a free game to Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass holders

Announced late last month, the free Ubisoft game offer for those who own the Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass or Gold Edition is now live. In case your memory needs some jogging, let us remind you that this is not an act of festive largesse on Ubisoft’s part but a form of recompense for the bug-riddled mess that is Assassin’s Creed Unity. But wait! Turns out there’s more to the free game offer than meets the eye.
If you look inside the offer’s terms and conditions, as the folks over at Game Informer did, you will find that those availing of the offer are effectively waiving their right to sue Ubisoft over any issues with the latest title in the popular franchise: “You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, waive, and forever discharge and covenant not to sue Ubisoft Entertainment S.A., and each of its past, present and future divisions, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors and assigns, together with all of their respective past, present and future employees, officers, shareholders, directors and agents, and those who give recommendations, directions, or instructions or engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the campaign (all for the purposes herein referred to as “released parties”) from any and all liability to you, your assigns, heirs, and next of kin for any and all claims, demands, charges, lawsuits, debts, defenses, actions or causes of action, obligations, damages, loss of service, compensation, pain and suffering, attorneys’ fees, and cost and expenses of suit, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, arising out of or related to the purchase, acquisition, rental, possession and/or usage, and/or the intent to purchase, acquire, rent, possess and/or use, the assassin’s creed unity video game and/or the assassin’s creed unity season pass on any and all platforms, and/or related to the campaign, whether caused by the negligence of the released parties or otherwise.”
Before you freak out, bear in mind that such waivers are not new and we have seen many a litigation-wary company turn to them in a bid to limit, if not completely block, any future legal claims. Moreover, as pointed out by Polygon, a free Ubisoft game is probably worth as much as what individual “class members” would receive in a successful class action lawsuit over the game, anyway.
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