And now, surprisingly but also not surprisingly at all, Ubisoft's clambering into the ring alongside those two heavyweights with an extensive relaunch/rebrand of its Ubistore as Uplay PC. So along came Origin, with its EA stamp of approval and not much else - though slow progress has seen it take a few steps in the right direction.

But it slowly trended upward in its tiny virtual vacuum until it expanded into the empire we all know and mostly love today. In the beginning, there was Steam, and it was.

'We're constantly evaluating how to bring our games to different audiences wherever they are, while providing a consistent player ecosystem through Ubisoft Connect,' a Ubisoft spokesperson said in a statement provided to the press.The digital distribution plot thickens. Since then, releases from Far Cry 6 and Watch Dogs Legion to Immortals: Fenyx Rising and Ghost Recon: Breakpoint have all been unavailable on Valve's industry-dominating PC storefront. The coming Steam versions are Ubisoft's first non-DLC releases on the platform since 2019, when Trials Rising and Starlink: Battle for Atlas launched on Steam. Ubisoft has also told Eurogamer that 2019's Anno 1800 and Roller Champions will be coming to Steam, confirming earlier rumors to that effect. That years-long experiment now seems to be ending, as Ubisoft has confirmed at least three recent PC releases will be getting Steam versions in the near future.Ī page for 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla was officially added to Steam Monday, listing a December 6 launch date on the platform. Further Reading Ubisoft goes Steam-less, embraces Epic Games Store for The Division 2 Since early 2019, Ubisoft has made a point of moving its PC releases away from Steam and toward the Epic Games Store and its own Ubisoft connect platform.

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