Ubisoft has quietly made one of its biggest PC‑gaming moves in years. Starting with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the publisher is testing a new system on Steam that delivers Ubisoft Connect features without forcing players to install or launch the Ubisoft Connect PC launcher at all.

In a small update posted to Steam, Ubisoft explained that the new “Ubisoft Connect Services” tool will keep cross‑progression, cross‑play, challenges, rewards and other account‑linked features intact, but remove the requirement for the standalone launcher. Ubisoft describes this first version as “an initial step toward a smoother and more streamlined launch experience on Steam”, adding that it plans to iterate on the system and roll it out to more titles over time.

This is a notable shift for Ubisoft. For years, PC players have been frustrated by the company’s launcher, which often sat between Steam and the game itself, adding extra steps, slowing startup times and creating occasional login issues. Many will be pleased to see it go, although you will likely still need a registered Ubisoft account to access certain game features like cross-save.

Ubisoft says the new system will “progressively evolve and roll out to more Ubisoft games on Steam in the future”, so it shouldn't be too long until we start seeing it in titles like Rainbow Six Siege and Assassin's Creed.

KitGuru Says: Ubisoft Connect isn't going away completely, but this is still a welcome change. Don't rush to uninstall the launcher just yet though, as there are still many titles in Ubisoft's library that will need to be updated. 

Microsoft’s disc‑to‑digital program launched at the end of August with support for thousands of Xbox One and Xbox Series X titles. However, as players have begun testing the feature, it has become clear that a number of major publishers are not participating yet.

As spotted by fans on Reddit, several Square Enix, Ubisoft and SEGA titles currently do not support disc‑to‑digital. This is somewhat surprising, as these same publishers already participate in Xbox Play Anywhere, which grants digital PC licences for certain titles when purchased digitally on Xbox and vice-versa.

At present, this means major releases like Final Fantasy XVI and Assassin’s Creed Shadows can't benefit from the new system. Disc‑to‑digital is designed to encourage players to keep their physical collections while still gaining the convenience of digital access, so these omissions stand out more than expected.

Microsoft still needs to obtain approvals on a per‑game basis, so the initial rollout covering a couple of thousand titles is already a substantial start. More games are expected to be added over time, and it would make sense for new releases to be prioritised as publishers become more familiar with the programme.

KitGuru Says: Disc‑to‑digital launched with impressive support, but it will take time for every publisher to get on board. Hopefully we’ll see these gaps filled as Microsoft continues to expand the programme. It took nearly a decade to widen support for Play Anywhere, but hopefully that won't be the case for disc-to-digital. 

Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Tactics during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026. Developed by Ubisoft Paris, the new single-player game trades the franchise’s familiar real-time shooting for turn-based squad combat built around planning, coordinated breaches, operator abilities, and environmental destruction. For the first time in the series, players will assume the role of Six, commander of Team Rainbow. Set alongside the ongoing Rainbow Six Siege timeline, its campaign follows the unit as a new global threat forces it to operate on a broader strategic scale. Missions begin at Rainbow’s headquarters, where players assess intelligence, select assignments, assemble their squad, […]

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Heroes of Might and Magic 3's return was announced recently and swiftly released on Steam. However, early buyers quickly ran into a problem – Ubisoft managed to release the game with no files to download. 

Early buyers of Heroes of Might and Magic 3 were left confused last night when they downloaded the game, only to find an empty install folder. The game weighed in at just 23.49KB at launch, far lower than the 1GB install size that the game is supposed to be.

As a result of this baffling mix-up, the game's Steam Store page has filled up with negative reviews. According to one player, the actual game files weren't made available to download until roughly 10 hours after its release.

It is unfortunate, but the issue is fixed now, so if you were planning on picking this up for the weekend, you shouldn't run into any problems downloading the actual game files from this point forward.

KitGuru Says: I don't think I've ever seen a game released on Steam without any of the game files present. Unfortunately for Ubisoft, this does sound like the sort of thing that would happen to them. 

Ever since the overwhelming success of Rainbow Six Siege, we have seen very little in the way of new releases within the world of Rainbow Six (aside from the ill-fated R6: Extraction). Finally branching out and making greater use of the IP, Ubisoft have officially announced Rainbow Six: Tactics – a turn-based tactics game from the team behind Mario + Rabbids.

Making the announcement during Gamescom Opening Night Live, Rainbow Six: Tactics is a brand new entry in the popular Tom Clancy series. As can be gleaned from the name itself, this new offering from Ubisoft Paris takes the well-regarded formula seen with the likes of their Mario + Rabbids games and applies it to the hardcore tactical nature of Rainbow Six.

Based on the trailer released, R6: Tactics looks to have rather high production values, featuring full-blown cutscenes, cinematic moments during gameplay and overall appealing visuals.

Of course, the most important aspect will be its gameplay. In this regard, Ubisoft have confirmed that R6: Tactics will have you taking control over squads of 4, based on the many different operators seen in the likes of Siege. Each operator will of course have their own unique abilities, gear and gameplay opportunities.

With a variety of objective types; over 50 missions to complete and an upgradeable HQ to explore, Rainbow Six Tactics looks set to be an excellent addition to what is a relatively niche genre when it officially arrives some time in 2027.

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KitGuru says: What did you think of the trailer? Does a Rainbow 6 tactics game make sense? Did you enjoy the Mario + Rabbids titles? Let us know down below.

After years of excitement, anticipation – and some skepticism – the long awaited Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake was unceremoniously cancelled by Ubisoft. Fortunately, the 2003 original is still available and better than ever on PC thanks to its addition to GOG’s game preservation program.

Since its creation in late 2024, GOG’s game preservation program has brought back many classics to life, introducing technical improvements to allow for compatibility long into the future.

Following the announcement back in January that Ubisoft’s long-developed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake was being officially cancelled, GOG informed fans that it would be bringing “the original Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time into the GOG Preservation Program as fast as we can!”

While it took some time, The Sands of Time can now be purchased through GOG. Available on sale for just £2.59 (70% off), some of the improvements made for modern hardware include:

• The addition of native widescreen and ultrawide support for all modern resolutions and aspect ratios
• New camera scaling that automatically adjusts the field of view (FOV) based on monitor aspect ratio
• Added an FPS limiter
• New lightweight, real-time in-game overlay for further adjustments
• Implemented a lightweight wrapper to resolve modern hardware incompatibilities

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time joins a list of more than 300 titles which are now part of the GOG Preservation Program, with some of the other most recent additions including POSTAL; Trials of Mana; Metro 2033 and Thief Gold.

The full list of preserved games and the story behind The Sands of Time in particular can be found HERE.

KitGuru says: What do you think of GOG’s Game Preservation Program? Has The Sands of Time aged well? Let us know down below.

After years of development, The Division Resurgence finally launched earlier this year, first for mobile devices, before making its way to PC last month. Now that the game is finally available on Steam, we can more easily see the fan reaction to it and as you would expect, very few like the game due to its mobile-style mechanics. 

The Division Resurgence takes place in New York City, utilising the same map as the original game. While the story is similar to The Division 1, the game is its own standalone adventure, with a plot that seemingly happens in parallel to the events of the first game without crossing over much.

As a mobile-first free to play title, Resurgence has a lot of mechanics that fans of the mainline games aren't too fond of. Many of the negative Steam reviews point to timed progression gates as their main gripe with the game. Currently in Resurgence, players can only obtain valuable loot by completing daily missions, and you only get a few of those each day, which heavily limits how fast you can progress. This works in mobile games because those players are likely only jumping in for 10 minutes at a time before moving on to other things. These same mechanics don't translate very well to PC, which has more of a ‘core' gaming audience who won't put up with these sorts of mechanics.

As XP and rewards become harder to obtain over long play sessions, the general sentiment seems to be that newcomers are better off just buying the original two games on sale and playing those instead. At this point, The Division 1 and 2 can both be obtained for extremely low prices, either through key sellers, or during sales periods on Ubisoft Connect and Steam. The Division 2 in particular is worth picking up as it is still actively updated to this day and offers the best of both games by including The Division 1's map as part of the Warlords of New York expansion.

KitGuru Says: Have you tried The Division Resurgence since it came to PC? Do you think Ubisoft should make some changes to timed progression to better suit the core gaming audience? 

Ubisoft has announced the Ghost Recon Insider Program, allowing players to register for early closed playtests of the next upcoming title in the franchise. The announcement arrived during a 25th anniversary event.

Registration for the Ghost Recon Insider Program requires a three-step process on the official website. Players must select their platform (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, or Ubisoft Connect PC), log into their Ubisoft account, and complete a survey to register.

No gameplay of the upcoming entry was revealed. Still, live producer Irina-Gabriela Popa said during the presentation that gamers can expect “tactical action, large-scale operations, credible military storytelling and, of course, the Ghost Unit”.

In addition to the announcement, Ubisoft also detailed the next-gen upgrade for Ghost Recon Wildlands. Moreover, the publisher announced that free play days are available for both Wildlands and Ghost Recon Breakpoint from today through Sunday, and a franchise sale of up to 95% is currently ongoing on all platforms. Lastly, users can also get a free digital copy of Ghost Recon Future Soldier on the Ubisoft Connect store until August 13th.

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KitGuru says: Opening up early testing through an insider program suggests Ubisoft wants community feedback early in development for the next Ghost Recon title. Will you be joining the Ghost Recon Insider Program?

Last month, rumours began circulating surrounding Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands, with users reporting that the publisher had accidentally leaked the existence of an upcoming Definitive Edition for current-gen consoles. Ahead of its expected announcement later today, the PlayStation Store prematurely went live with the listing, revealing what appears to be a pretty comprehensive upgrade.

Ahead of Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon anniversary event (set to go live today), the PlayStation Store seemingly accidentally went live with its listing for Wildlands’ Definitive Edition. While it has since been removed, the description for the game included technical details for the upgrade, namely:

• 4K60FPS
• 3D Audio support
• Faster SSD load times
• Adaptive trigger and DualSense Haptics support
• New free ‘The Last Rites’ Story Pack

While Ubisoft have been historically good when it comes to updating their last-gen games for modern consoles, it isn’t often that the publisher goes all the way with a full and bespoke current-gen upgrade. Thus, having a proper current-gen port of one of the best Ghost Recon games is highly welcome to see.

Ghost Recon Wildlands Definitive Edition is expected to be announced (and launched) later today during Ubisoft’s anniversary celebration.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this ‘Definitive Edition’? What other last-gen Ubisoft titles would you like to see receive a similar treatment? How far away do you think we still are from the next new Ghost Recon game? Let us know down below.

Ubisoft has re-hired the game director behind Assassin's Creed Valhalla as part of its restructuring and leadership shake-up to better prioritise its biggest franchises. 

Eric Baptizat had worked at Ubisoft for over 15 years, filling important roles on major Assassin's Creed titles like Black Flag, Unity and Origins, before being the game director on Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which is one of the top-earning games in the series. Over the past few years, Baptizat has been working at EA Motive on projects like Dead Space Remake.

As spotted by VGC, the former Assassin's Creed director has now returned to Ubisoft as the new ‘head of content' for the Assassin's Creed brand, meaning he will now oversee all major projects, which likely includes cross-media efforts like the Netflix series.

He leaves EA at a pretty good time, as the company is set to undergo a huge round of layoffs after being recently acquired by a private investment group.

KitGuru Says: Assassin's Creed has an interesting few years ahead, as next year's title Hexe will apparently shake up the formula once again, offering closer to a linear experience compared to the sprawling open-worlds of Odyssey and Valhalla. 

While Ubisoft's NFT efforts haven't made broad headlines in years, it turns out, they did have one other project still going. There was a blockchain-based turn-based RPG called Champions Tactics. It won't be around for much longer though, as it is now shutting down. 

Champions Tactics first launched in 2024, with each in-game character doubling up as an NFT. As spotted by VGC, Ubisoft recently made the decision to stop supporting the blockchain aspect of the game. Beyond that, the publisher will be taking the servers offline permanently at the end of October.

The game is being “sunset” but will remain playable until the 30th of October. Once the servers go offline, access to the game ends and downloads of it will no longer be offered. In the meantime, microtransactions have also been disabled ahead of the shutdown.

Ubisoft didn't garner much support for its initial NFT platform, Quartz, which integrated with Rainbow Six Siege to offer a series of cosmetic items as NFTs. Quartz doubled as a marketplace for these tokens. Ultimately, the project didn't garner a significant userbase and support has effectively ended. It would appear the same has happened with subsequent NFT projects.

KitGuru Says: Ubisoft's push for NFTs didn't garner much support online. Maybe Ubisoft has decided its money is better spent elsewhere. 

This week's GeForce Now update has arrived, with eight new games joining the library. The headliner is Halo: Campaign Evolved, now streamable across a wide range of devices, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 also makes a surprise appearance via Ubisoft Connect.

Halo: Campaign Evolved leads this week's list of new titles. GFN Ultimate members can stream the game with RTX 5080‑class performance, DLSS, ray tracing and Reflex, ensuring smooth gameplay even on everyday laptops and Chromebooks. Black Ops 6 is a game that could already be played through GeForce Now, but only if you owned it on Steam or through the Xbox store. Now, Ubisoft Connect is added to that mix, which is a rather unusual place to see COD titles popping up. This likely has something to do with the deal Microsoft struck with Ubisoft for cloud gaming in order to gain UK reglator approval for its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Here is the full list of games joining GeForce Now this week:

• Halo: Campaign Evolved (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass July 28)
• Mistfall Hunter (New release on Steam July 29)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (New release on Ubisoft Connect July 30)
• Sudden Attack Zero Point (New release on Steam July 30)
• The Ranchers (New release on Steam, available July 30)
• Corsair Cove (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass July 31)
• Funnel Runners (Steam)
• Pathogenic (Steam)

KitGuru Says: Will you be playing any of this week's new games? 

Assassin’s Creed fans may have to wait a little longer for the next main game. A new rumor now claims that Assassin’s Creed Hexe is expected to launch in the second half of 2027 at the earliest.

The latest information comes from gaming insider NateTheHate2, who shared on X that the game is now likely targeting a later release than earlier rumors suggested. Previous reports pointed to a possible June 2027 launch, but that no longer appears to be the expected window.

While the insider did not share any detailed evidence, the timing does make sense. Ubisoft is still supporting Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and the game will not be very old by the middle of 2027. Because of that, there may be no reason for the company to rush the next main entry in the series.

Assassin’s Creed Hexe is one of several Assassin’s Creed games currently in development. Rumors also suggest that Ubisoft is working on a remake of the original Assassin’s Creed. That remake is expected to launch after the recently announced Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: Resynced, which could mean it arrives before Hexe.

Ubisoft has not officially confirmed a release date for Assassin’s Creed Hexe. Until the company shares more details, fans should treat these reports as rumors rather than confirmed information. However, if the latest claims are correct, players can still look forward to more Assassin’s Creed games before Hexe finally arrives.

Insider Tom Henderson has just broken a new story on the Far Cry franchise, revealing that the long-rumored extraction shooter codenamed Maverick has recently been canceled by Ubisoft. Henderson first revealed the existence of the extraction shooter Far Cry spin-off in October 2023. He also shared a few basic tidbits: Maverick would have been set in the Alaskan wilderness, with players fighting one another, animals, and particularly the harsh weather to survive. However, it sounds like the project didn't convince everyone and was therefore canceled as part of the publisher's newfound focus on quality releases. Ubisoft isn't backing away from […]

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Microsoft's Play Anywhere initiative is growing once again. Now, Ubisoft games are included for the first time, meaning for titles like Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, you now only need to purchase the game once to get access across both Xbox consoles and PC. 

According to the announcement on Xbox Wire, a wide range of Ubisoft titles have been updated with premium editions and add‑on content on the Xbox PC app. Ubisoft is also enabling a new console to PC offer, allowing players who own the digital Xbox console version of select games to access the PC version through Ubisoft Connect without paying anything extra. This applies to many of Ubisoft’s biggest franchises, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, The Crew and Watch Dogs.

The full list of Ubisoft Play Anywhere titles includes

• 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

From today, anyone purchasing a digital version of these titles will automatically receive both the Xbox console and Xbox on PC versions. Existing owners of the Xbox digital versions will see the PC editions added to their Ubisoft Connect library, just as long as you've linked your Xbox and Ubisoft accounts through the Xbox PC app. Most DLC and season pass content will transfer across, although consumable items and in‑game currencies are excluded.

KitGuru Says: Xbox Play Anywhere has been around for almost a decade now but it has lacked serious third-party support until recently. Hopefully this will soon expand to include all Ubisoft games, not just a handful of big but slightly older titles. 

For a few years now we've been hearing rumours about multiple new Far Cry projects in development, with one of them being a new take on the extraction shooter genre – a genre that is becoming less popular by the day. Now, it would seem that Ubisoft has caught on to the fact that it has missed the boat on this trend. 

According to a new report from Insider Gaming, Ubisoft has cancelled its Far Cry extraction shooter spin-off. In its place, Ubisoft is now working on a new multiplayer spin-off codenamed “Kodiak”.

It is claimed that this is a “really ambitious” project where “player interactions and player-driven stories take center stage”… which sounds incredibly generic. Ubisoft is also working on the next mainline game in the series, Far Cry 7, reportedly under the codename “Blackbird”.

Ubisoft has greenlit and eventually cancelled many multiplayer projects over the past few years across many different franchises, from The Division and Far Cry, to entirely new IP like XDefiant.

KitGuru Says: A Far Cry extraction shooter could have worked, but it is a much more fitting game mode for something set in The Division universe. I don't understand why The Dark Zone wouldn't just be spun off into its own thing, rather than wasting years of development time trying to force it into another franchise. 

More than three weeks after the announcement, Sony's decision to stop producing new PlayStation discs from January 2028 still reverberates throughout the industry as various developers and publishers react to it. Yesterday, it was Ubisoft's turn. During the French publisher's Q1 2026 earnings call, investors asked if Ubisoft execs were concerned it could create a "demand headwind" as people could not rely on the used market anymore. However, Frédérick Duguet, Chief Financial Officer at Ubisoft, claimed that there won't be much of a difference, at least from their point of view: What we saw on the PC is that it […]

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One of the biggest news stories of the year is easily the announcement by Sony that they will no longer be printing any physical PlayStation discs after 2028. While this was met with immediate backlash from fans and general consumers, some game publishers are painting a rather different picture – with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot claiming that “we think it will not disturb the industry too much.”

During the company’s most recent quarterly investor call, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was asked for his take on Sony’s recent announcement that they will be getting rid of physical disc printing come 2028. Offering a somewhat unpopular position on the matter, Guillemot claimed (as transcribed by PCGamer):

“What we saw on the PC is that it helped to grow the market […] There's also some pressure for the future on the cost of machines, and being able to be only digital will help to have more accessible machines, I would say. There are pluses and minuses, but we think it will not disturb the industry too much.”

Ubisoft’s relationship with digital media is an interesting one. Unlike many publishers, Ubisoft is more than willing to offer deep discounts on many of its games on a regular basis, making one aspect of digital-only releases perhaps a bit less concerning.

At the same time, the discounting of these physical games at retailers also likely contributes to their decision to offer similar sales on its digital titles – and so it’s a bit of a chicken and egg situation.

Either way, no matter what Ubisoft thinks, moving away entirely from physical discs will likely have far more reaching consequences than most expect.

KitGuru says: What do you think of Guillemot’s comment? Is it tone deaf? Will consumers benefit at all from this massive impending industry shift? Let us know down below.

Prior to its launch, there was a palpable amount of excitement surrounding Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Remake, with its pre-release materials showcasing a faithful yet-visually-overhauled reinterpretation of the publisher’s 2013 classic. Even so, the game’s rapid success seems to have taken Ubisoft by surprise, with the company revealing that Black Flag Resynced has exceeded “annual expectations within its first 14 days.”

As part of the publisher’s latest fiscal earning reports (covering Q1 of 2026), Ubisoft revealed that the recently-released Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has far outperformed expectations, writing:

“Released on July 9, 2026, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has made a strong start with 3.5 million copies sold-in to date, exceeding annual expectations within its first 14 days.”

While the sales figure itself is not surprising (with Ubisoft recently announcing that the game had sold 3 million copies), the fact that Resynced managed to surpass its first year expectations in just two weeks is both impressive and suggests that Ubisoft were – perhaps for the first time – being conservative with their estimates.

What this means for the future of Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed, we will have to wait and see. That said, it is safe to assume that they will be doubling down on remakes from this point onwards. It will be interesting to see what the rumoured AC1 remake winds up looking like.

KitGuru says: Are you one of the 3.5 million? How does it compare to the likes of AC: Shadows, Valhalla and Mirage? Will Resynced surpass 10 million copies sold when all is said and done? Let us know down below.