No, Ubisoft's EULA clause ordering you to destroy your games isn't new, nor is it unique (www.thegamer.com)
from themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to gaming@beehaw.org on 12 Jul 2025 16:23
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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 12 Jul 2025 17:00 next collapse

Doesn’t make it any less outrageous.

themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Jul 2025 17:32 collapse

Agreed, thankfully piracy and emulation keep the games alive.

t3rmit3@beehaw.org on 12 Jul 2025 17:07 collapse

the same clause can be found in the EULAs for various games on Steam, including Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Oblivion Remastered.

Squeenix, Sega/ Atlus, and Microsoft. Exactly who you’d expect.

Rose@lemmy.zip on 13 Jul 2025 03:42 collapse

Larian and Kinetic Games too.

t3rmit3@beehaw.org on 13 Jul 2025 15:21 collapse

I didn’t check Kinetic, but Larian’s is good. This is the full termination section of the EULA:

  1. TERMINATION

This Pact shall remain in effect for as long as you use, operate or run the Game.

You may terminate the Pact at any time and for any reason by notifying Larian Studios that you intend to terminate the agreement. Upon termination all licenses granted to you in this Pact shall immediately terminate and you must immediately and permanently remove the Game from your device and destroy all copies of the Game in your possession.

You understand and agree that certain Services connected to the Game, and the support and access to such Services are provided by Larian Studios at its discretion and may be terminated or otherwise discontinued by Larian Studios at any time, for any reason or no reason, in its sole and absolute discretion.

The first block is termination by the user, and specifies removal of the game if the user chooses to terminate the agreement.

The second block is termination by Larian, and only covers “certain Services”… “provided by Larian Studios” (so likely multiplayer matchmaking), not termination of the full agreement, and no game removal.

The places in the EULA where Larian lays out their prerogative to terminate your license to the game is based on behavior (i.e. banning you).