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    Ubisoft turns 30! (Re)discover legendary Ubisoft games on PC for free

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jaug1337, Jun 16, 2016.

  1. jaug1337

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    July delivers: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

    August delivers: ???

    (The page will refresh with the August game mid-August, so plenty of time to get July game)
     
  3. D2 Ultima

    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    Legendary? You mean back when they made decent games? Oooooo *burn*

    I'm not using Uplay though, even if the games are free. I don't care. I can't stand that program.
     
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    I know the feeling.

    But free games make my fingers tickle.
     
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Yet you still use Origins.
    Oh the irony...
    :D
     
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    D2 Ultima Livestreaming Master

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    Origin finally charges me in USD (at a discount because of my country no less) and shows me an english store. It took them many years, but it actually works in an acceptable manner now.
     
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    August delivers: Rayman® Origins :D

    Enjoy!
     
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    EA customer service is light years ahead of Valve. Any issues I've had with Origin were taken care of immediately over a live chat session, and I've even received discount codes on future purchases for my trouble.
     
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    September delivers: The Crew
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Always wanted to play it... Great to see its free now :p
     
  11. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    October brings BEYOND GOOD & EVIL.
     
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    HTWingNut Potato

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    Oh gosh. Great game.
     
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  13. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Thanks, got that.
     
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    I've actually been keeping up with this, and grabbed every game so far except September's. Funny, I was actually curious about the Crew, and I own all the other games that were good thus far.
     
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    MahmoudDewy Gaming Laptops Master Race!

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    Same :'( ... Dunno how could I miss that
     
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    Thanks for the update katalin!

    Real life has absolutely taken over :(
     
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    A absolute GRAND GESTURE by Ubisoft this month of November: Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon.

    Come back mid November to get it ;)
     
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    I am in awe and this is just absolutely bonkers... but it is true alright, Origin sucks, Uplay sucks a bit less and thankfully we have gotten to December: Assassin's Creed® III

    IT IS REAL, absolutely insane. AC3 FOR FREE FOR EVERYONE. This is going to suck thousands of souls in the black hole of the AC universe, but I like it haha
     
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    Have to wait for Dec 7 to get Assassin's Creed III. But damn, awfully nice of them.
     
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    On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 7 Assassins Creed III copies :D (...)
     
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    Hmmm, I already own a copy of ACIII on Steam. Still, might worth be gettin a Uplay only version of ACIII, cuz double DRM sucks!
    On the other hand, not sure I ever gonna replay it. Mission really sucked in ACIII...
     
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    Agree, it was the worst of the series in my book.
     
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    Sucks because it was really the only AC game I was ever interested in because of the setting. I'm glad I never shelled out money for it, and I don't even think I'd play it for free.
     
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Exactly. It had some nice gameplay ideas and maps. Shame devs didn't put any thought into mission design. ACIII was also the game where devs started to push "look at me, I'm a famus person from the period" a bit too hard. Somehow in ACII it came a bit more natural.
     
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    Also 30 Days Giveaway also on the way, with Christmas holidays stuff, nice new discounts and all free games of the current giveaway repeated.

    https://30days.ubi.com/Promotion/Calendar

    Unconfirmed list of daily gifts:
     
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    I missed the 30% of selected Ubisoft games.... well fak it
     
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    Same boat as you.
     
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    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    I missed The Crew which I would have liked to try. So Chissie Day I'll get another change by the looks of things.. nice.
     
  29. triturbo

    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    "Missed" The Crew as well, have some time to think about whether or not to "miss" it again.
     
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    Anyways.

    Stop complaining and take the free stuff.

    Kthxbai.

    AC3 is now open for taking.

    EDIT: reddit and several other websites started announcing that AC3 is free from ubi30 and now their club link is unavailable.

    Ubisoft is working on it: https://twitter.com/UbisoftClub/status/806448944326868992?lang=en
     
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    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    Okay so Ubisoft has gone to sh** it seems.

    AC3 download prolonged to January 4th.
    https://twitter.com/UbisoftClub/status/806571201275564037?lang=en

    I can't even login lol
     
  32. hmscott

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    It must be an intermittent problem, I didn't have trouble getting to the 30days page, clicked on the 14th day, and immediately was able to download the enabler, and then started Uplay up and installed the game. No problems logging in or getting access. That was about an hour after I read message #30 in this thread about the "problem".

    Note: I did need to adjust uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger to allow to make it work, but I have to do that with everything the first time. I also reset the password on my Uplay account to start, maybe that helped?
     
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    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Server engineers at Ubisoft right now.
    ezgif.com-resize.gif
     
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    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    It's funny because I cant load your gif.
     
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    Does NBR run on Ubi servers?
    :D
     
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    Heads up, the 30 days calendar lets us jump ahead days to open things early :)

    And, today I could open all the doors through the 21st door, so tomorrow we should be able to open the 22nd door => this and each day following will have free games re-offered in case you missed them the first time:

    22: Prince of Persia on PC
    23: Rayman Legends on PC
    24: Splinter Cell on PC
    25: The Crew on PC
     
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    Hilarious. Had to laugh out loud in my office. Sad that my colleagues wouldn't get my (our) nerdy sense of humour!
     
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    Wow, the 2nd chance to get the games through Door #22 is working right now :)

    Available from December 15th through December 18th - kinda weird to make those the dates when the Calendar doors to open are the 22/23/24/25...and I only needed to open Door 22 to get the whole bundle, I haven't touched Doors 23/24/25 :)

    Additional Chance to Get Your Bundle Dec 15th thru Dec 18th.JPG
    Congratulations Youve Claimed the 7 games from the Ubi 30 operation.JPG
     
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    I can't even login to their shi**y service.

    My god.
     
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    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Try resetting your password, I had to do that when I first tried to reconnect after not using it for months.
     
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    Not working.

    I fired them a email.
     
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    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What does it do? Reject your password, or not load the login?

    I can't get the "Badge" added, it keeps spinning on the U logo.

    As I said before I had to whitelist their site(s) to allow Ublock Origin and Privacy Badger.

    Did you try more than one browser, I used Chrome successfully, I usually use Firefox...
     
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    Ah didn't try another browser, I tried incognito tho.

    It just doesn't login, loads and loads as if it is trying to decipher the meaning of life using a pentium 4, powered by the sheer will and hope of hamsters.

    Okay it worked, in a new browser.

    I log in, see that for some reason the 19th is open and apparently the 300 games for 30 years have already been claimed.

    What. It is not even the 19th yet, Also this calendar is built by monkeys for monkeys. Who the hell wants cocktails and gifs from Ubisoft and low resolution wallpapers. Ew.
     
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    That's just what it does when it tries to add my new "badge", maybe everyone found it again and it's a load spike.

    Yeah, I missed that one too, was waiting for the Door 22 to open.

    At least right now anyone can get all the games offered over the last 7 months all at once, free, at least until Dec 15th.

    Yeah, it's weird, I guess it's a "game" to have figured out we need to be working 7+ days ahead on the calendar.

    If you play the dates, you miss the stuff's ;)
     
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    James D Notebook Prophet

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    I know Ubi giveaways stuff but that doesn't stop me from eyebrowing on how they gift something which was already gifted in their previous giveaway. Or for that matter, how they call 300 keys giveaway and bunch of trash to be called as 30 Days of Giveaway!
    Thank you for Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon and Beyound Good and Evil... which I got months ago. Where is anything worth of this Second Coming of Giveaway you screamed on every corner about?
     
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    Here you go, they are listening here:
    https://support.ubi.com/en-US
     
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