[2021] Ubisoft shutting down servers for Anno 1404. Help, please.

Yes.

It’s a separate purchase, though you can transfer over your saves if you want to continue playing with them.

I appreciate that this would have been great for players, but the reality is that we spent more than 6 months working on the History Editions, and that development time does not come cheap.

So the choice for us was to charge for the History Edition, or it would not have happened. I know that some other developers have handled this differently in the past, which is great!

But I hope that players can appreciate that one important reason why Anno is still going strong (arguably stronger than ever with Anno 1800!) after 23 years when many other classic strategy franchises have sadly stumbled or fallen, is that we always try to make economically responsible decisions that will hopefully allow us to bring our players more Anno to enjoy for years to come.

So I understand if some players are not happy with this decisions, but think that it was the right one for the long-term health of the franchise.

Best,

Marcel