It was announced earlier this year that Ubisoft Plus would be coming to Xbox at some point, but we've had a twist in the tale today, as it's also been announced for PlayStation, with part of it bundled as part of the new PS Plus service.
The details on the subscription part of Ubi+ are still under wraps for now, but Ubisoft also says that 27 games will be included in the new version of PS Plus at launch (for higher-priced tiers), and that will grow to 50 by the end of 2022.
The games being added to PS Plus are part of what Ubisoft is calling a "Classics" collection, so they're technically the older games in the library, meaning newer titles will presumably be reserved for the main Ubisoft+ subscription.
Nevertheless, today's news is definitely a blow if you're a Game Pass subscriber, unless we get some kind of announcement on the Xbox side soon as well. All we know at the moment is that a paid Ubisoft Plus service is heading to Xbox eventually, and both Assassin's Creed Origins and For Honor: Marching Fire Edition are coming to Game Pass in the near future... but that doesn't seem quite as exciting anymore considering PS Plus is getting Valhalla.
Here's the full list of Ubisoft+ Classics heading to PlayStation Plus on day one:
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- For Honor
- The Crew 2
- Child of Light
- Eagle Flight
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
- Far Cry 3 Remaster
- Far Cry 4
- Legendary Fishing
- Risk: Urban Assault
- South Park: The Fractured but Whole
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Space Junkies
- Star Trek: Bridge Crew
- Starlink: Battle for Atlas
- STEEP
- The Crew
- The Division
- Trackmania Turbo
- Transference
- Trials Fusion
- Trials of the Blood Dragon Game
- Trials Rising
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War
- Watch Dogs
- Werewolves Within
- ZOMBI
What are your thoughts on this? Let us know down in the comments section below.
[source news.ubisoft.com]
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Nice, EA and Ubisoft games tend to be ones I'd never buying myself and aren't fussed about day 1, so between Gamepass and PSPlus this has me sorted
Other than Valhalla, everything else is early last gen games that are often like $3 on sale.
Would it be available worldwide for Xbox? Or just major markets like US and UK?
Decent looking list and will definitely be getting the premium tier once I find out what other third party games are coming.
Would also expect these games getting added to gamepass sometime in the future, maybe sony just have first dibs
Basically, PS Plus gets this tailored version of Ubisoft+ and GamePass gets EA Play. Honestly, outside of Valhalla, I’m happier with what EA Play provides.
@awp69 same here ,pity I already own all the far cry/assassins creed games or I'd b really excited about this
Aren't these (or most of them have been) on Game Pass? I know For Honor and AC: Origins are coming soon and I'm sure the rest have either been on GP or GwG at some point...
It makes sense that Sony would try to match GPU with its added EA: Access plan. It brings added value to their Premium tier but like EA: Access, it seems that its only 'older' games - you'll still need to buy them to play Day 1.
From my perspective, its not enough to warrant increasing my PS+ to the Premium level. All the games, whether Sony or now Ubisoft published, I wanted to play, I already bought because that was the 'only' option to play at that time. Even the 'excellent' PS+ collection was 'pointless' for me (excellent for 'newbies to Playstation) because I already owned EVERY game I wanted to play.
As I have Game Pass, I really don't see the point in adding another 'premium' service to play games I have probably bought because they were not FREE on Day1. Therefore I had to 'buy' the games instead of spending that money on a Subscription. You also never know how long you have to wait before that game comes to PS+ Premium to make the Subscription have Financial 'value'. Its not as if Ubisoft games don't drop in price quickly after launch either. I guess if I stopped buying ANY PS exclusive and Ubisoft games completely, in a year or 3, it might make Financial sense then as there would be games I want to play and haven't yet...
Each to their own - I am NOT criticising Sony and for Sony 'only' gamers, especially those who are 'new' to Sony's ecosystem and/or don't have the budget to buy 'many' games a year, PS+ Premium may make a LOT of sense but for me, Ubisoft 'Classics' as an extra perk on top of the PS1-PS3 era games isn't enticing. I am not 'new' to Sony - having owned every gen console and played ALL the games I wanted when they were 'relevant', and still have to buy the 'new' releases anyway to play at or at least close to launch.
A great addition to the new PS+ tier. I don't think it hurts Gamepass necessarily, but it's yet ANOTHER reminder that it's best to own both consoles if you can afford it (or all if you don't have a Switch).
Also the PS+ news today actually surpassed my expectations. So here's hoping this is both a great PS5 service and drives more competition/doesn't let Xbox rest on its laurels for Gamepass. Consumers win.
Pretty good list of games. Wish it had some newer games. Also need to see how long Sony keeps their first party games for sale and when they will get put into the premium plus.
It's a decent list but offers nothing for me. I already got Valhalla, Watch Dog and a free copy of Far Cry 3 on PC. This is going to be a problem if you're only offering older games, since there's a huge possibility that many already own a copy of those games. But I think Sony is banking on the nostalgia factor of the PS1 - PS3 era than anything else.
I'm sure this is good news for some out there. With the backlog on GamePass, I'd only be interested in Vahalla tbh. Much rather we had EA Play for those sports games and thankfully we do.
@BAMozzy What would have you buy psplus premium? They’ll no doubt make some deals to have third party and indie games on it day 1.
This is a good get for psplus premium subs. Gamepass had EA play. PlayStation Ubisoft. I wonder if this some how plays into the rumours that were floating around about Sony acquiring Ubisoft…
You have to love it when ms/Sony/Nintendo force one another to compete for our money.
Good move. I've been subbed to now for years and GPU too, so I've got most of my bases covered.
There seems to be a lot of tiles I see on PS4 that don't turn up on GP and vice versa, so having both is best of both worlds!
@awp69 I'd assume as Valhalla is on the list that given time other more recent Ubi games like Immortals or Far Cry 6 will come to the service.
But it's interesting what you say about EA play. Other than Mass Effect and It takes two there's nothing on there I want to play. Not into the sports games and if I was I'd probably want the newest rosters. Horses, courses.
@themightyant I do like sports games (and they’re new enough for me) but there’s a ton of other games on EA Play like Lost in Random, It Takes Two, Jedi Fallen Order, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered and a ton of classic games like all the Dead Space and Dragon Age games. Quite a lot on there.
Plus you get 10 hour trials of new games like GRID Legends and latest sports games, which often are enough to last me until they are added to the service.
@awp69 You're right there are more good games. I should have clarified further that i'd played everything else I wanted to play or already own it leaving only those two which is what makes Ubi+ more appealing to me.
no lost to me as i own every game on that list i want, either on the xbox or the switch....
have they not listed all games? wasn't it advertised as 700+ games?
@EvenStephen7 or have time to play multiple systems. I barely have time to play 1 system.
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