If you’ve built up a Ubisoft library on Xbox, Microsoft just handed you a genuinely good deal: 13 of those games are now free to claim on PC. The titles—including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Skull and Bones, and Rainbow Six Siege—are part of Xbox’s expanding “Console to PC” program, which lets qualifying Xbox purchases unlock their PC counterparts at no extra cost.
For gamers, that’s found money. For anyone watching the business of gaming, it’s another sign that the walls between console and PC are quietly coming down—and that ownership is being redefined around your account rather than the box under your TV.
What You Get and How It Works
The program ties your PC entitlement to games you already bought on Xbox, so there’s no second purchase. Claim the PC version, install it through the linked storefront, and your saves and progression carry across where a game supports it. Alongside the marquee names, the list leans on Ubisoft’s deep catalog of open-world and live-service titles—exactly the kind of games players return to for years.
It’s a natural extension of the play-anywhere idea, scaled up to a back catalog. If you’ve followed Ubisoft’s recent moves, from the uncensored Black Flag remake to its wider release plans, this fits a publisher trying to keep its library in front of as many players as possible.
Why Microsoft Is Giving Games Away
Handing over free PC copies sounds like lost revenue until you follow the strategy. Microsoft doesn’t make its money forcing you to buy the same game twice; it makes money keeping you inside its ecosystem—subscriptions, the Xbox app, and cloud play across devices. Every player who installs these games on PC is a player Microsoft can sell services to, wherever they choose to game.
It’s the same logic driving Xbox’s hardware and platform bets, like the Helix chip set to power new Asus and MSI handhelds. The console is no longer the moat. The account, the store, and the subscription are.
What It Means for Ubisoft and Players
For Ubisoft, broader distribution means more active players in live-service games like Rainbow Six Siege and Skull and Bones—the titles that earn through seasons, cosmetics, and long-term engagement rather than a single sale. Getting lapsed Xbox owners playing again on PC is worth far more than one boxed purchase.
For players, the message is simpler and more appealing: your games increasingly follow you across hardware. Whether you’re eyeing a new handheld or waiting on the next big Ubisoft reveal—like the Ghost Recon news teased for August—the direction of travel is clear. Buy once, play across platforms.
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Thirteen free games is a great headline, but the real story is the model behind it. Console exclusivity and one-purchase-per-platform are giving way to account-based ownership and cross-device play—and deals like this are how the industry trains us to expect it.
