Google Stadia is set to shut down on January 18, and ahead of that date, Ubisoft is now rolling out PC copies of games to players who purchased games on Google’s platform.
Rolling out now, Ubisoft is handing out new licenses for games that players purchased on Google Stadia that work on Windows PCs. The transfer is happening not through codes but rather automatically through Ubisoft Connect. From what we can tell, Ubisoft started this process sometime on Friday, December 16, and it is now happening on a wider basis.
We’re not fully aware of exactly what triggers this transfer, but it appears to be having your Ubisoft and Google Stadia accounts linked together. In our own test, we’re seeing Ubisoft games that were never actually played on Stadia showing up in our account, which seems to back up the theory that this is on an account level rather than a game-by-game level. You can link your Ubisoft and Stadia accounts through your Ubisoft account settings.
Personally, I didn’t purchase many Ubisoft titles on Stadia, but I am seeing Immortals Fenyx Rising, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and two Monopoly titles appearing in my PC account and available for download on Windows. Other Ubisoft titles in my account, such as Uno, Family Feud, The Crew 2, and Trials Rising, were transferred a few hours after the initial publication of this post. Our Kyle Bradshaw was also able to confirm that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla had transferred over to his account, though it was the only title he saw at the time.
As far as we can tell, there’s no way to check if titles have originated from Stadia or not, if this transfer has even happened on your account, or if there are further games to be transferred. There’s no notification from Ubisoft on the matter.
