Play Assassin's Creed Origins For Free On PC This Weekend

Ubisoft has announced that 2017's Assassin's Creed Origins will be free-to-play from July 19-21, with pre-loading available right now in preparation for the open-world action-RPG's free play weekend.

To play Assassin's Creed Origins for free this weekend, all you have to do is sign-up for a free Uplay account and visit the game's official Uplay store page to learn when it will be free to download and play. Any progress you make during the free-play weekend will be carried over to the full game should you decided to buy it. Origins is also 80% off on the Uplay store right now, going for $12 instead of the usual $60. You can check the system requirements below to see if your PC can run Origins through Uplay.

Full Assassin's Creed Origins PC System Requirements (Uplay)

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
• Processor: Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6350 @ 3.9 GHz or equivalent
• Memory: 6GB
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD R9 270 (2048 MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
• Resolution: 720p
• Video Preset: Lowest

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
• Processor: Intel Core i7- 3770 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz
• Memory: 8GB
• Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 or AMD R9 280X (3GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
• Resolution: 1080p
• Video Preset: High

Assassin's Creed Origins isn't the only game on sale through the Uplay store. Ubisoft's summer sale, which ends June 17, features steep discounts on several other titles, including The Division 2, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, and Rainbow Six Siege.

Ubisoft, which showed off a cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed Valhalla during an Inside Xbox livestream last month, has scheduled a digital showcase of its own following the cancellation of E3 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ubisoft Forward will take place on July 12 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET and will feature "exclusive game news, reveals, and more."

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