Ubisoft Pushing Uplay & Pulling Games From Steam

Peter Donnell / 10 years ago

Ubisoft need to stop what they’re doing, get up from their desks, take a walk outside and just stay there for a few weeks. It seems not a day goes by where I don’t get an email with “You’ll never guess what Ubisoft has done” in the title. Today we have heard news that Assassin’s Creed Unity will not be available on Steam in the UK, but it now looks like it runs a lot deeper than that.

“We’ve been in discussions with Valve about Assassin’s Creed Unity but for the time being the game is not available via Steam in the UK,” a Ubisoft representative told PCGamesN.

However, it now also looks like Far Cry 4 and The Crew will be joining Unity as the listings for all three games have been pulled from the Steam service entirely.

This means that if you want to purchase these games digitally, you’re going to have to download the UPlay service to play them. The general consensus on Twitter is that no one likes Ubisoft (but that’s hardly breaking news). It also means these games won’t be cropping up in any of the popular Steam Sales we all love so much.

AC: Unity, Far Cry 4 and The Crew on uPlay? I'd rather just not play them. Have a good festive season #ubisoft.

— Rob (@GrIdL0cK) November 7, 2014

https://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/530456566009712640

Hey @Ubisoft, do you actually WANT PC gamers to buy your games? Forcing them through UPlay is not a good way to reach that goal, hint hint.

— Ken Franqueiro (@kfranqueiro) November 7, 2014