Assassin's Creed Mirage Gets Steam Deck Compatibility Guarantee at October 17 Steam Launch

[Cpt.Jank]

After the drama and negative press surrounding the recent Assassin's Creed Shadows delay, fans of the franchise might be happy to hear that, after more than a year on other platforms, Assassin's Creed Mirage has finally received a PC release date. Additionally, Ubisoft guarantees that Assassin's Creed Mirage will be playable on the Steam Deck at launch, even though it won't ship with the "Playable" logo.

According to the announcement, Assassin's Creed Mirage will launch on Steam on October 17, 2024. When the game launches on Steam, it will feature 50 in-game achievements that will "range from completing missions or ranking up, to performing specific actions." Despite having Steam achievements and Steam Deck compatibility at launch, AC Mirage players will still have to install UbiConnect, Ubisoft's first-party game store and launcher—a move that's unlikely to sit well with many gamers.

"The game will be playable on Steam Deck, though it will at first be in the "Unknown category" at launch. The "Playable" Steam Deck label will come soon after release."

While previous Assassin's Creed games, particularly Assassin's Creed Origins, have had Steam Deck support, that support has also been broken by game updates, so getting positive confirmation from Ubisoft that Steam Deck support is guaranteed is a step in the right direction for Steam Deck and Linux gamers. Performance on the Steam Deck should also be fairly decent, especially when using AMD's FSR 2.0, which is supported in AC Mirage. There are also gameplay videos on YouTube showcasing very playable framerates on the AMD Radeon 760M iGPU, which has a very similar core count and specifications to the Steam Deck's custom Ryzen APU.

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[Chaitanya]

Same people who keep throwing money down EAs throat are buying these old wines in new bottles with annual release schedule(Call of Duty and Ubisofts Assassins Creed and Far cry).

 

[darakian]

That's a pretty big win for valve honestly.

 

[Kohl Baas]

Same people who keep throwing money down EAs throat are buying these old wines in new bottles with annual release schedule(Call of Duty and Ubisofts Assassins Creed and Far cry).

I like the gameplay what the Far Cry series provide. I can wander for hours in those huge open-world maps quasi-aimless just for fun, for exploration. From that perspective, Horizon is a Far Cry copy with horrible console-port controls which I decided to suffer for the overall story and exploration I get out of it. I played Atlas Fallen too, it was much better than what the critic scores suggested.

So yeah. Instant preorder for all the Far Cry Collector's Editions I can get in my tiny country here.

 

[Vayra86]

That's a pretty big win for valve honestly.

Nah its really not, its just Ubisoft desperately trying to peddle their double DRM shithole on Steam, because people dont care about much else.

If people are wise they spend their cash elsewhere. Ubisoft cannot be trusted and Uplay remains a big pile of crap.

 

[64K]

It's amazing what facing financial disaster can do to motivate a company. I will welcome the more humble Ubisoft even though I don't care much for their modern games. Their stock is up about 20% over the last 5 days but they are still down about 50% over the year. This decision and the decision to return their new releases to Steam on day one are smart decisions. The pessimist in me wants to call it less stupid decisions instead of smart decisions because I have seen Ubisoft shoot themselves in the foot too many times.

 

[NoneRain]

Same people who keep throwing money down EAs throat are buying these old wines in new bottles with annual release schedule(Call of Duty and Ubisofts Assassins Creed and Far cry).

Right? And most people don't even play it enough to justify the purchase...

It's amazing what facing financial disaster can do to motivate a company. I will welcome the more humble Ubisoft even though I don't care much for their modern games. Their stock is up about 20% over the last 5 days but they are still down about 50% over the year. This decision and the decision to return their new releases to Steam on day one are smart decisions. The pessimist in me wants to call it less stupid decisions instead of smart decisions because I have seen Ubisoft shoot themselves in the foot too many times.

Ppl are saying the company's stock increased after news broke that Tencent and other companies made offers to buy it out.

 

[64K]

Ppl are saying the company's stock increased after news broke that Tencent and other companies made offers to buy it out.

A buy-out is the best option at this point imo. Tencent already owns 9.2% of Ubisoft and the Guillemots own about 20%. Yves Guillemot (CEO and co-founder) is 64 and it's time for him to retire and enjoy his money. In fact it's long past time for him to step down. He's too far out of touch and is wrecking the publisher for a long time now. He was good long ago but he took Ubisoft down the cookie-cutter easy money path with their franchises and here we are with an Ubisoft that can't tie their own shoelaces without messing something up.