We don’t hear that too often these days, but there’s good news from both Ubisoft and Microsoft.
Thanks to the latest partnership between Microsoft and Ubisoft, players can choose selected Ubisoft games in their XBOX digital library and play them on their PC at no extra cost. Now you won’t have to buy a second copy of a certain game to switch between XBOX and PC.
It works fairly easily; if the player owns a digital version of the following games on XBOX, they will now show up in the Ubisoft Connect account to download and play on their gaming PC:
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
• Far Cry 6
• Immortals Fenyx Rising
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Riders Republic
• Skull and Bones
• The Crew 2
• The Crew Motorfest
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
• Watch Dogs Legion
A Rare Win for Ubisoft Connect
Ubisoft Connect is the game company’s PC launcher service, which also acts like a social layer and trophy hub.
Microsoft explained that all of the new purchases of the above games should show up immediately, but it might take until 4th August for previously purchased titles to appear.
There are certain limitations to consider, such as the fact that it only works one way and doesn’t work the way back (owning a title in PC will not give XBOX access), there is also the fact that a Xbox purchased DLC will show up easily on the PC version in Ubisoft Connect, but when it will come to consumable items and in-game currency it will most likely be not as stated by Microsoft.
Following the special neat announcement, it is also worth mentioning that several Ubisoft titles with premium editions are now available on the XBOX app on the PC, including Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Star Wars Outlaws, Skull and Bones, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
It is not known if there will be additional titles added, but the Ubisoft and Microsoft partnership is a welcome sight as brands try to navigate the complexities of an all-digital future while trying not to upset virtually every last person on Earth. Whether it will work or not and if it will be used widely or forgotten as a gimmick, only time will tell.
