Yahoo Inks Distribution Deal With Ubi Soft, Vivendi

Through these relationships, top-selling titles from both publishers will be available to consumers for direct rental and broadband streaming play. The service currently has 80 games available online, and consumers pay $4.95 to rent individual games in three-day increments. (Longer rental packages are also available, as are multi-game rental packages.) Games from Ubi Soft that are available on Yahoo immediately include Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear Black Thorn, and Ghost Recon. Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc will launch by the end of this month. From VU Games, Yahoo will distibute Empire Earth, Arcanum, and SWAT 3. Terms of the deal were not revealed.