With a vpn to new zealand the game still appeared greyed out on my library, however, by launching the executable directly from C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\Star Wars Outlaws, it did load up !!! Have a good time folks
kudos! Verified that this works. Thanks
Which VPN did you use? Nord is not working for me, no matter which protocol I select.
thanks man, it’s working
Ugh! So it crashes when we do this?
So with Ubisoft premium I can play Star outlaws for $30 without fully purchasing?? I can do this on ps5?
Worked like a charm, thank you. I made sure to close Uplay (or whatever) before launching the VPN. I used Nord VPN. I connected, *then* launched Uplay, then launched the .exe from the folder. No problem.
yeah it kinda sucks when this happens, but this one worked.
Worked for me! Thank you very much!
Works for me to 
thanks!
Does anyone know if anyone’s ever been banned for using a VPN to bypass region restriction in this manner? I imagine that rule only exists for actual region restrictions and not just for playing early, but this is Ubisoft and I can easily see them doing stupid shit like banning you for using the New Zealand trick
I wonder if PS will auto pop trophies like all the other Ubi games? I want to try it on Ubi+ on the series X before I buy it fully for the PS
Working for me! Using CyberGhost free trial. Connected to NZ, closed out Ubi Connect, launched Outlaws from the folder and I’m in! Amazing
Thanks mate. For some reason it wasn’t working here in Australia so I was able to use this as a workaround. Got up at 4am to play I was super devo until I found this thread <3
No VPN needed the executable just works as is.
Windows region and timezone set to NZ, restarted and Play still greyed out even directly loading the .exe like OP mentions.
No VPN so maybe that’s the difference.
Edit: Downloaded CyberGhost VPN and was able to connect to NZ and launch the game.
Edit 2: Lol it crashed less than 20 seconds into the first cutscene.
well nord worked for me. Try to just click it multiple time or switch between the two .exe and it’ll maybe end up working. My game is crashing every 30mins anyway, not sure if it’s because denuvo isn’t hapy or pc optimization (which would be weird since the game runs reaaalllly well on my machine)
I’ve played almost an hour with no crashes.
it’s available (not right now on my country) on Luna+. If you buy an UBI+ sub (18 bucks here) you could play on the cloud if you have a good internet connection on any devices (phone, tab, pc).
You could get Ubisoft+ and play with GeForce Now. The highest tier would let you play with a 4080S for fancier graphics. I don’t think you could do the VPN trick as easily though.