During the weekend many users were confirming that the Ubisoft Connect PC launcher was increasing in available games and this is due a promise that Ubisoft made to Stadia users that invested in their games within the platform’s Stadia Store.

Stadia will go offline by January 18th and while Google did already the heavy part of refunds including Stadia Founder's Edition, Premiere Edition and all purchase via Google Store (exceptions are Best Buy, pop-up NYC Google Store and Stadia Pro subscription), Ubisoft was one of the few developers that decided to give their games away to official buyers despite gamers being refunded.

Of course, the platform choosing was NOT part of the deal and Ubisoft gave away access to any purchased game on the Ubisoft Connect Launcher on PC and some games do not carry over the progression of some games.

While it was assumed that you need to play at least for a few minutes the game, to have your Ubisoft Connect register the invested time, there are reports of people that never played the games on Stadia and have the PC version available for download either way.

While I had the chance to play with fellow Stadians, I can finally say that I will finally play UNO with human beings instead of the game’s AI after quite some time!!

But hey, at least Ubisoft went on his words EVEN WHEN THEY WERE NOT LEGALLY OBLIGATED to make the promise in the first place.

UPDATE - 12/20/2022

Ubisoft finally made the announcement and this is what we are expecting:

What’s Next for Stadia Players’ Ubisoft Games and Subscriptions

Stadia, Google’s cloud-gaming platform, will shut down on January 18, 2023 – but Ubisoft is taking steps to ensure that the fun doesn’t end there. Whether you own Ubisoft games through Stadia or want to continue cloud gaming with Ubisoft+ Multi-Access, Ubisoft will help ease the transition to other platforms – and on games that feature cross-progression through Ubisoft Connect, such as Far Cry 6 and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, you’ll be able to pick up right where you left off on Stadia.

Ubisoft is giving you the PC versions of Ubisoft games you owned on Stadia at no extra cost, and these games will automatically be added to your library via Ubisoft Connect. Note that any virtual currency you have in your games won't transfer from Stadia to Ubisoft Connect or any other platform, so be sure to spend it before January 18, as the items you buy on games that have cross-progression will follow you. (To find out more about which games and content will be transferred to PC, check out our FAQ.)

If you subscribed to Ubisoft+ Multi-Access through Stadia, meanwhile, you’ll receive an email with instructions on how to sign up directly via the Ubisoft+ website, along with a voucher for one free month* of Ubisoft+ access. Players who subscribed through Ubisoft in the US can also continue streaming Ubisoft+ games via Amazon Luna, while existing subscribers outside the US will receive a discount on Ubisoft+ Multi-Access for six months.**

All Ubisoft customers on Stadia, whether owners or subscribers, will also receive a coupon code for one free month of GeForce NOW Priority Membership, which will allow you to keep streaming Ubisoft games across a wide variety of devices.

More options are on the horizon for Ubisoft+ subscribers, as the service is headed to Xbox and PlayStation consoles in the future. In the meantime, find out more about the indie games recently added to Ubisoft+, and check out five games you may not have known are included with Ubisoft+.

*Subscription auto-renews at the regular monthly price unless cancelled prior to the expiration of the free month.

** Beginning with their first billing cycle after December 15th and for five additional billing cycles.

Unfortunately and for obvious reasons (licensing in general), the following games will not be granted:

  • Family Feud
  • Just Dance 2020
  • Just Dance 2021
  • Just Dance 2022
  • Trivial Pursuit Live! 2

Finally, Ubisoft shared the cross progression process and how you can migrate your save progression on PC games and this will be done automatically by Ubisoft Connect network for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Discovery Tour: Viking Age, Riders Republic, Rainbow Six Extraction, Rainbow Six Siege and The Division 2, while games that can have their saved files exported from Google Takeout are Far Cry 6, Immortals Fenyx Rising and Watch Dogs: Legion.