For now, only Ubisoft games are available, and even then, only more recent ones (F2P, thankfully, included). Disappointingly, it's made roughly the same opening gambit as Origin - that is to say, it's basically empty, bereft of standout features, and not particularly well organized. ![]() Let's set aside, for a moment, the fact that Uplay is also a rather miserable DRM system that recently opened its doors to all sorts of malicious hacker types (a problem which has since been remedied, thankfully) and discuss what this new Uplay PC actually entails. Uplay PC also includes new features, including an integrated shop, the direct purchase and download of games, a friends list and chat system that add value to PC players’ experience." Uplay PC replaces individual game launchers and lets gamers access all their Uplay-enabled PC games and Uplay services in the same place. "Uplay, Ubisoft’s online services and distribution platform, now has more than 35 million members and is available across Ubisoft games and across platforms. It'll also apparently bridge platforms, so PC, mobile, Facebook, and console will be connected in some capacity. ![]() Though the Assassin's Creed publisher probably should've picked a different name while they were at it, given the negative assocations UPlay could be said to have for some folk.Īs for the actual purpose of the relaunched service, the idea is to tie all of Ubisoft's PC games together via social features, achievements, a storefront, avatars, and other typical distribution platform fare. 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.
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