12-16-2020, 04:04 AM
Subscription library Ubisoft+ is now on Google Stadia
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/subscription-library-ubisoft-is-now-on-google-stadia.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-babf4fcc-7fff-2a0a-d794-64fc6a7959f2"><span>Ubisoft has officially launched its pay-for-access subscription library Ubisoft+ on Google Stadia, essentially rolling all the benefits of cloud-based game services into its $14.99 per month service.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Plans to bring Ubisoft+, once known as Uplay+, to Stadia <a href="https://gamasutra.com/view/news/372624/Uplay_subscription_rebrands_as_Ubisoft_and_adds_multiplatform_support.php">started to solidify back in October</a>, with the freshly rebranded service announcing all at once that it’ll introduce cross-platform progression and that it plans to launch on both Amazon Luna and Google Stadia.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Stadia’s free tier requires only a Google account compatible device (Chrome Browser, mobile phone, or TV-tethered Chromecast Ultra) to play, meaning any Ubisoft+ subscribers can now access and play a library of first-party Ubisoft games without needing to own a beefy PC or console. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>According to <a href="https://www.engadget.com/ubisoft-plus-google-stadia-150043117.html">Engadget</a>, this first wave is only opening up access to Ubisoft+ and Stadia users in the United States and will gradually roll out access between now and December 16. As another caveat, not all of the service’s 100+ games will be eligible for cloud-based play. Ubisoft has yet to share a full list it seems, but looks like its latest three big releases–<em>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla</em>, <em>Watch Dogs: Legion</em>, and <em>Immortals Fenyx Rising</em>–all made the cut. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>This isn’t Ubisoft’s first foray into the cloud by any means. In addition to weeks of Amazon Luna support </span>(in beta), Ubisoft’s <em>Assassin’s Creed Odyssey</em> was notably the game featured front and center in Google’s early cloud-based game streaming beta “Project Stream”, even before it had coined the Stadia moniker.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Around that same time, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot <a href="https://gamasutra.com/view/news/329672/Ubisoft_CEO_Cloud_gaming_can_help_AAA_games_grow_beyond_PC_and_console.php">described the Project Stream partnership</a> as an enticing way for developers like Ubisoft to reach more players outside of the PC and console space with triple-A titles,</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We think in the medium term this will give us games that have a lot more appeal than what we have today,” Guillemot told investors back in that 2018 earnings call.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/subscription-library-ubisoft-is-now-on-google-stadia.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-babf4fcc-7fff-2a0a-d794-64fc6a7959f2"><span>Ubisoft has officially launched its pay-for-access subscription library Ubisoft+ on Google Stadia, essentially rolling all the benefits of cloud-based game services into its $14.99 per month service.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Plans to bring Ubisoft+, once known as Uplay+, to Stadia <a href="https://gamasutra.com/view/news/372624/Uplay_subscription_rebrands_as_Ubisoft_and_adds_multiplatform_support.php">started to solidify back in October</a>, with the freshly rebranded service announcing all at once that it’ll introduce cross-platform progression and that it plans to launch on both Amazon Luna and Google Stadia.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Stadia’s free tier requires only a Google account compatible device (Chrome Browser, mobile phone, or TV-tethered Chromecast Ultra) to play, meaning any Ubisoft+ subscribers can now access and play a library of first-party Ubisoft games without needing to own a beefy PC or console. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>According to <a href="https://www.engadget.com/ubisoft-plus-google-stadia-150043117.html">Engadget</a>, this first wave is only opening up access to Ubisoft+ and Stadia users in the United States and will gradually roll out access between now and December 16. As another caveat, not all of the service’s 100+ games will be eligible for cloud-based play. Ubisoft has yet to share a full list it seems, but looks like its latest three big releases–<em>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla</em>, <em>Watch Dogs: Legion</em>, and <em>Immortals Fenyx Rising</em>–all made the cut. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span>This isn’t Ubisoft’s first foray into the cloud by any means. In addition to weeks of Amazon Luna support </span>(in beta), Ubisoft’s <em>Assassin’s Creed Odyssey</em> was notably the game featured front and center in Google’s early cloud-based game streaming beta “Project Stream”, even before it had coined the Stadia moniker.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Around that same time, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot <a href="https://gamasutra.com/view/news/329672/Ubisoft_CEO_Cloud_gaming_can_help_AAA_games_grow_beyond_PC_and_console.php">described the Project Stream partnership</a> as an enticing way for developers like Ubisoft to reach more players outside of the PC and console space with triple-A titles,</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We think in the medium term this will give us games that have a lot more appeal than what we have today,” Guillemot told investors back in that 2018 earnings call.</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/12/...le-stadia/