No matter how you used Stadia before, you’ll have continued, unbroken access now, at least to Ubisoft’s games. For all the gruff we give to all the different ecosystems and storefront publishers try to smother us with, this is a rare benefit of something like the Ubisoft Connect platform. I own Square Enix, Bethesda, CDPR, Bungie, and EA games on Stadia, and none of those publishers are offering players anything extra for the inconvenience. No one could have had a reasonable expectation for Ubisoft to do any of this, and as far as I know, no other publisher has.
Players are getting a full refund, a free copy of their games, continued access through Amazon Luna, and a free trial of GeForce Now. There is no one replacement for Stadia, but Ubisoft has covered every base possible with these offerings. To address that issue, Ubisoft is also giving away a month of GeForce Now Priority, which is GeForce’s streaming platform that allows you to stream games that you own on platforms like Steam, Epic Game Store, and Uplay. That’s a great solution for anyone that played Ubisoft games through Stadia with their Ubisoft+ subscription, but it doesn’t help those that now own local copies of games they purchased through Stadia. If you are an Ubisoft+ subscriber, as many Stadia players were thanks to its large library of streamable games, you can still stream all of Ubisoft’s games through Amazon Luna. Ubisoft has a few other solutions for those players. Of course, that’s a locally stored version of the game, which won’t serve Stadia customers who played on mobile, smart TVs, or PCs with bad hardware. Most ( but not all) Ubisoft games have cross-progression, so you can pick right back up where you left off. Related: Why Is Ubisoft Throwing Assassin's Creed The Worst Birthday Party Ever?īeyond Google’s refund, Ubisoft will give you a PC copy of any game you purchased through Stadia. Still, Ubisoft is taking a number of extra steps to ease the transition and ensure that its players don’t lose anything. Stadia is already offering a full refund for all game purchases, DLC, and subscription fees, so no one who bought Ubisoft’s or any other games should be out any money when it shuts down next month.
The way Ubisoft is handling the Stadia shutdown is exceptionally generous. There’s plenty to criticize about Ubisoft - in particular the way it treats its employees - but I have to give credit where credit is due here.
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