Ubisoft Confirms Its PC Games Are Coming Back to Steam - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 November 2022 / 3,220 Views
Ubisoft announced it will be releasing at least some of its PC games on Steam again starting with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800, and Roller Champions. Assassin's Creed Valhalla release on December 6.
"We’re constantly evaluating how to bring our games to different audiences wherever they are, while providing a consistent player ecosystem through Ubisoft Connect," Ubisoft representative Jessica Roache told The Verge in a statement.
Ubisoft stopped releasing new games on Steam in 2019. Ghost Recon Breakpoint, The Division 2, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla have since been released in Ubisoft Connect and the Epic Games Store.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas was the last full Ubisoft game to release on Steam, which came out on April 30, 2019.
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Sales not looking so hot Epic? ;)
EA put their games back on Steam. Activision is moving their games back to Steam. Now Ubisoft is moving their games back to Steam.
Publishers realizing how huge Steam really is in the PC gaming space. Nothing wrong with storefront competition like EGS, but you gotta give players a reason to make the switch. Not strong-arm them to switching.
Gee I almost want to wonder why Ubi is coming back to Steam, totally couldn't be due to stock prices falling since they left, as well as their own client/EGS combo just not pulling in anywhere as much over the past few years...
Wonder if they'll still make the same demands of customers on Steam like before, in terms of "you're gonna deal with a bloated DRM and multi launchers", because if they haven't changed any of that, I wouldn't bother with them.
Unless it's an MMO or a game with a mod launcher, there really shouldn't be a need to launch a game on Steam, that requires another client in order to launch said game on Steam, simple as.
That didn't take too long!
A lot of false words on bringing games to wherever gamers are to avoid saying the sales aren't as good as expected.
You do know that EA games still require their launcher to run when you buy on steam. This will be no different, you will be running steam alongside connect.
That's already true for Ubi games still on Steam so likely will continue.
Oh nice I can finally play Valhalla and I just got a steam deck so hopefully it runs well on there.
Essay Pro