Ubisoft Joins Steam with Far Cry and Splinter Cell, Plans Over 40 Steam Releases

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French publisher Ubisoft has revealed that it is latest publisher to make its PC titles available via Valve's digital distribution platform Steam, with the upcoming PC release of Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition currently available for pre-purchase.

The stealth title Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Crytek's non-linear shooter Far Cry mark Ubisoft's initial offerings, with Far Cry priced at $9.95 and Splinter Cell going for $19.95. Both will sell at a 10% discount until April 8.

Over 40 titles will be eventually be available, including Tom Clancy games, the Heroes of Might & Magic series, the IL-2 Sturmovik collection and more, along with upcoming releases such as Far Cry 2. According to Valve, bundles packaging franchise entries together will be available in the coming weeks.

"Ubisoft will be delivering the largest library of titles available from any single publisher or developer to Steam," said Valve business development director Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve.

"We look forward to working with Steam and continuing to strengthen our commitment to the PC gaming community with innovative products and wider distribution channels, added Ubisoft senior sales director Andy Swanson.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    April 1, 2008 11:23 AM

    Wonder if Steam will ever ship with Windows, might as well at this point.

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      April 1, 2008 11:47 AM

      but there's game for windows-Live. MS cares :(

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      April 1, 2008 11:47 AM

      Forget that, i want Valve to make their own OS.

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      April 1, 2008 12:21 PM

      i could see steam partnering with gaming pc lines to include steam with some free games bundles.

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      April 1, 2008 1:06 PM

      Funny, I was just thinking about this exact thing yesterday. Like distribution with Dell's XPS or HP's Blackbird systems. Seems like a real no-brainer to me, I wonder if Valve is working on any deals yet ; )

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      April 1, 2008 2:41 PM

      Not much point when the binaries would be out of date by the time the machine was delivered, except to push it on people who might not have found it otherwise.

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      April 1, 2008 2:47 PM

      well they are ex-MS employees.. anything could be possible at this point!

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