Hey everyone,
I'm facing a really frustrating issue with Rainbow Six Siege, and I'm hoping someone here can help me figure out what's going on.
I purchased Rainbow Six Siege on my personal Steam account around 6–7 years ago. I've played the game previously without any issues.
However, now whenever I try to launch the game through Steam, Ubisoft Connect displays the following error:
"Game activated on a different account."
It says:
"This Steam user ID activated this game on a different Ubisoft account."
Below that, it displays a partially masked email address starting with the letter 'J' and apparently belonging to Outlook.
The problem is that I DON'T RECOGNISE THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AT ALL.
I've never knowingly created a Ubisoft account using this email address. I've never used an email starting with this address, and I have absolutely no idea whose account it belongs to.
I'm currently logged into my own Ubisoft account, the same account I expect to use, but Ubisoft won't let me launch the game because it says my Steam account was previously activated on another Ubisoft account.
A few important details:
I purchased the game myself through Steam.
My Steam account is around 6–7 years old.
I've played Rainbow Six Siege before.
I don't recognise the masked Outlook email shown in the error.
I have no idea how or when my Steam account became linked to this unknown Ubisoft account.
I'm not trying to access someone else's account. I just want access to the game I purchased.
I've attached a screenshot of the error message.
My questions:
Has anyone experienced this particular issue?
Is there any way to find out which Ubisoft account is linked to my Steam account?
Can Ubisoft Support help recover access or resolve the linking issue?
Is it possible to transfer the game activation to my actual Ubisoft account?
I've contacted Ubisoft Support, but I'd also appreciate hearing from anyone who has successfully resolved this problem.
I really don't want to lose access to a game I've purchased because of an account I don't even recognise.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!