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Ghost Recon Breakpoint's free weekend might be over but Ubisoft is introducing another way to introduce new players to the game. Now, Breakpoint will have a 6-hour long free trial across all platforms, including access to the new Deep State update, which adds two new classes to the game.  The …

When Ghost Recon Breakpoint first released, the game was plagued with a number of issues and was seen as a regression for the series. In response, Ubisoft promised to continue to work on the game and recently released its 2.0 update, bringing with it a number of improvements and changes. …

Ubisoft is offering Child of Light on Uplay, for free, from 1pm GMT March 24 until 1pm GMT March 28. Child of Light was released on multiple platforms back  in 2014, and it was praised by reviewers for its art and sound direction. The offer In Child of Light, players are put …

Ubisoft is known for crossing over franchises both inside and outside of its own IP. Most recently, two of its franchises crossed over in a limited time event, seeing the Prince of Persia enter the world of For Honor. Now it seems that once again, classic Ubisoft franchises will be …

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the most recent game from the stealth-action franchise. Set in ancient Greece, the game was received positively by many, and was deemed a return to form for the series. Though it was released in 2018, if you have yet to try the game, you now have …

Google Stadia hasn’t received the most warm response since its release back in November 2019. Despite this, Ubisoft is continuing to support the service, recently announcing that three more of the publisher’s titles would be coming to the service. The games in question are Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, The …

The Prince of Persia series was at one point, one of Ubisoft’s flagship franchises. Since 2010 however, the series has seen very little in the way of releases, save for some mobile incarnations. As we approach 10 years since the last mainline game, Ubisoft have announced that the Prince of …

Though E3 2020 has been cancelled, console manufacturers and publishers will still be hosting events around June. In the wake of the cancellation, Microsoft and Ubisoft have both announced their plans for Summer’s announcements, stating that their traditional press conferences will instead be replaced by digital events – though no …

GeForce Now has had an unfortunate few weeks. After finally launching to a positive reception, the game streaming service immediately began to have issues due to Activision-Blizzard removing their games from the service. Since then, a number of other companies have also withdrawn. Amid all this, Ubisoft have come out …

Roller Champions was announced by Ubisoft back at E3 2019. Following an open test in June 2019, Ubisoft kept working on the game's development. Now, it has announced that the closed alpha of Roller Champions will be ‘rolling' out from March 11, at 9:00 AM PDT, running until March 23. …

As we approach the launch of Operation Void Edge and the addition of two new operators, Rainbow Six Siege is having another free weekend. Those who have yet to try, or have not bought Ubisoft's competitive shooter can download the game and play for free this week across all platforms.  …

The Division 2: Warlords of New York had a surprise early launch yesterday but things did not go as planned. PC players were the first to get access and they were unfortunately quickly met with bugs and server issues. As a result, Ubisoft is performing “unscheduled maintenance” today with the …

Ubisoft has announced that it is developing a remake of Trackmania Nations. The game will be titled “Trackmania”, and it will follow a seasonal model, with “daily and weekly casual cups” alongside a Grand League and Open Grand League twice a year. It will also feature new tools for track …

Given how much additional monetisation is now implemented in Rainbow Six Siege, there have been plenty of questions over whether the game will go down the free to play route eventually. It turns out that the developers have been thinking about this as well, although they want to find a …

CD Projekt Red may have started out as a small independent studio but successes over the last decade has propelled it to new heights. At this point, CD Projekt is now the second most valuable video-game company in Europe.  As we gear up for Cyberpunk 2077, investors are increasing support …

Despite releasing in 2015, it would seem as though Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege is more popular than ever. In the lead up to Operation Void Edge’s release date, the team-based tactical shooter saw its concurrent players on Steam peak to an all time high of 178,000. Since the start …

Thermaltake’s esports gaming division the Thermaltake Esports League has announced it will partner up with Ubisoft to host this year’s Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Tournament in Taiwan. The Thermaltake Esports League is planning to host tournaments across the globe and will start from its base in Taiwan hosting the …

Epic Games continues to offer high-profile and AAA titles as part of its free weekly games programme. This week’s free titles are Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, the 2015 action-adventure open world stealth title set in Victorian London, and Faeria, a strategy card game with over 100 hours of content. These games …

Virtual escape rooms for arcade locations aren't the only VR projects that Ubisoft is working on. After a break from ‘high budget' VR game development, Ubisoft is hiring as it begins work on an “unannounced AAA” VR game based on one of the publisher's “greatest IPs”.  Ubisoft has several standout …

Rainbow Six: Siege is without a doubt one of Ubisoft’s greatest success stories. With over 55 million registered players, the tactical first-person shooter continues to receive regular content updates. With 2020 well under way, and next generation consoles set to release late in the year, the future of the shooter …

In July 2019, it was rumoured that Ubisoft was looking to create two new VR games based on the Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell franchises. It turns out that Ubisoft was actually working on a Prince of Persia VR experience, using the IP to create a virtual escape room.  Prince …

One of the big changes made for The Division 2 was the swapping out of the open world map, moving players on from the snowy streets of New York City to Washington D.C. Now as we head towards the game's second year, Ubisoft is planning to bring players back to …

Ubisoft recently held its quarterly financial call, and one of the most interesting pieces of information to come from the publisher was the news that the first-person tactical online shooter, Rainbow Six: Siege had officially amassed over 55 million registered players. The shooter, which originally released in 2015, continues to …

On yesterday's financial call, Ubisoft promised that it will launch five new games between March 2020 and April 2021. Out of these five new games, three were named, while the other two were confirmed to be a part of the company's “biggest franchises”. Three out of five games will launch in …

Over the last few years, Ubisoft has been trying something new with the Assassin's Creed franchise, pushing the series into RPG territory. After the release of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, former Dragon Age and BioWare creative director, Mike Laidlaw, joined Ubisoft Quebec but now just over one year later, he is …

One of the key advantages of a publisher having its own storefront, is the fact that all profits go directly to the publisher, unlike 3rd party storefronts which take a percentage of the profits. This is not only beneficial to the publishers themselves, but also consumers, as it means that …

Ubisoft, the publisher of Rainbow Six: Siege, has sued the owners of a website that the company believes to sell Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Ubisoft is asking that the website in question be shut down, and that it receives compensation. As Polygon reported, Rainbow Six: Siege's publisher has been fighting hackers for …

Over the years, many Ubisoft games have fallen into a specific formula, with Watch Dogs and Far Cry taking elements from earlier Assassin's Creed games and more recently, The Division 2 and Ghost Recon Breakpoint featuring similar mechanics to each other. As we look ahead towards what's next for Ubisoft, …

Just in time for the holidays, Ubisoft has announced a free gift for all Rainbow Six Siege players. Those that log in from now until the 5th of January will find a free pack available in-game, which will unlock a random operator for free. Rainbow Six Siege operators can be …

Ubisoft has put many ideas to the test in an effort to combat toxicity in Rainbow Six Siege but not all of them are well received. The team's most recent attempt was to disable cross-team text chat from the game, removing the ability for opponents to trash talk each other. …