Starting off today’s Ubisoft Forward presentation was one of the publisher’s anticipated games,Immortals Fenyx Rising. Previously known asGods & Monsters,Immortals Fenix Risingis an open-world action-adventure game taking clear inspiration from The Legend of Zelda:Breath of the Wild. Unfortunately, excited players will be waiting until December to play the full game, but in a surprise, Ubisoft confirmed a special demo forImmortals Fenix Risingwill be coming to Stadia earlier.
Details about the Stadia demo are currently limited. All that’s been announced so far is that the demo isexclusive to Stadiaand that it’ll be coming to the cloud gaming subscription service later this year. The language for the announcement does imply that it’s an “exclusive early demo,” though, which could mean it’ll come to other platforms at a later date. There’s just not enough information to say that with certainty, however.
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Also confirmed is that pre-orders forImmortals Fenyx Risingare now available through Stadia. The game retails for a full $59.99 price tag, willlaunch on December 3, and Google is also offering Stadia users a pre-order bonus in the form of an in-game quest named A Tale of Fire and Lighting. According to the quest’s description, it tells the story of Helios and Phaeton. In the traditional story, Phaeton asks to drive Helios' flaming chariot, which doesn’t go as planned, as most Greek myths don’t.
The extent of Ubisoft’s partnership with Stadia is certainly surprising, but not altogether out of the blue. For example, amajor leak forImmortals Fenyx Risingstemmed from Stadia earlier this year. A listing for a game named “Orpheus” became freely available and turned out to be a demo build of the game. Ubisoft later described it as a version of the game used to show design concept to the media, but it was never intended to be shared publically.
Ubisoftis also making great use of Stadia during the ongoing pandemic. Testing games is incredibly challenging right now, given most game studios are working from home. Stadia allows Ubisoft to upload test builds of its games for testers too try from home. Ubisoft is almost certainly paying for this privilege, but an exclusive demo is probably a perk of the arrangement, too.
Expect more information both aboutImmortals Fenix Risingin general as well as theStadia-exclusivedemo in the weeks and months to come. A release date for the demo being perhaps the most interesting and pressing information to be shared.
Immortals Fenix Risingreleases December 3 on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Stadia, Xbox One, and both Xbox Series S and X on December 3.
