Almost as if Ubi would rather you just bought the game directly on its own platform and cut out the middleman. Perhaps that reticence about fully embracing Steam also explains why it's taken two years for Assassin's Creed Valhalla to get Steam Achievements.

Ubisoft is coming back to Steam, and it's starting with last year's Assassin's Creed Mirage.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Chinese tech company Tencent and Ubisoft's founding Guillemot family are weighing a take-private buyout of the French video game maker, whose shares are down more than 40% this year, as first reported by Bloomberg and quasi-confirmed by the company.

A Bloomberg report had earlier said that Tencent might be exploring the possibility of teaming up with Ubisoft’s founding family, the Guillemots, to take the company private. Sources close to the situation had told the publication that talks were ongoing,

Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson reported that "Assassin's Creed" executive producer Marc-Alexis Côté relayed an internal email to Ubisoft's staff which details the new delay affecting the entire franchise. Henderson is known for being a trusted source behind Ubisoft's development in the past years.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla players have reacted with a mix of surprise and delight to an unannounced update that signals the arrival of Steam Achievements on Valve’s platform. After Assassin's Creed Valhalla launched on Steam in December 2022,

A little under two years since it first debuted on Valve's PC storefront, Assassin's Creed Valhalla has finally got itself those lovely Steam Achievements.

According to Eurogamer, Assassin's Creed Mirage is making its debut on Steam, signaling Ubisoft's complete return to Valve's PC storefront. Last month, Ubisoft revealed that new releases would be available on Steam from day one,

Assassin’s Creed Mirage launches on Steam later in October, Ubisoft has announced. Mirage's Steam release comes a year after it launched exclusively on the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Connect on PC,