Ubisoft’s Uplay annoying you on your PC and phone

Everybody loves proprietary gaming platforms that make you sign in to play Far Cry, right? Hello? Well they’re here to stay, whether you like them or not (thanks EA, Microsoft, Valve, and the rest of ’em) and Ubisoft is trying to make its proprietary service a little less awful with the official Uplay app.

It’s available now to gamers on the Play Store. Give Ubi some credit: at least the app looks good. The mobile version of Uplay bucks Holo standards, but it’s so pretty you might just forgive that, and it generally mirrors the PC version in layout and graphics. On the other hand, it’s hard to think of a reason why you really need this app at