Stop me if you've heard this one before … Skull & Bones finally has a release date. While Ubisoft hasn't announced it officially yet, playtests are underway ahead of a supposed February launch. After a huge number of delays, Ubisoft finally seems to be getting its online pirate game, Skull …
Read More »Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition Remaster launching in early 2024
Beyond Good & Evil is returning to the spotlight. No, Ubisoft isn't giving us an update on that long-announced sequel, but we are getting a new remaster for the original game. Rather than unveiling details about the much-anticipated sequel, Ubisoft has chosen to revisit the roots of the series by …
Read More »Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora devs had access to future movie scripts
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is finally set to launch next month, giving us deeper look at the world of Pandora with content not yet seen in the films. During the game's development, Ubisoft was even granted access to scripts for the upcoming Avatar films, allowing them to create an accurate …
Read More »You can grab Assassin’s Creed Syndicate for free on PC right now
The Assassin's Creed games have changed a lot over the years, moving from smaller open-world action games to massive RPGs with map sizes to match. The last ‘classic' game in the series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, didn't get a great reception at launch due to franchise fatigue but if you now …
Read More »The Division: Heartland looks to be releasing soon
Ubisoft has been working away on a couple of spin-offs in The Division franchise in recent years. These games have taken a while to hit the market but it looks like that will finally change soon. The Division: Heartland has now been submitted to ratings boards, indicating that a release is just around the corner.
Read More »Prince of Persia Remake recently passed an important internal milestone, Ubisoft says
While there was a ton of excitement for the Prince of Persia remake, much of that was squandered when we saw the reveal trailer. Since then, Ubisoft has moved the project to a different studio and has essentially started over from scratch. Earlier this year, the publisher confirmed that the …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Mirage to get NG+ and permadeath in upcoming patch
While perhaps not the entirely successful return to roots that OG Assassin’s Creed fans were hoping for, AC Mirage represents the biggest step in the right direction we have seen for years. Soon, the game will be getting even better, with an upcoming patch set to add a new game …
Read More »Ubisoft announces Avatar Season Pass
While Ubisoft is known for many things, the publisher has garnered a reputation over the years for its love of DLC – in particular Season Passes. As such, it comes as little surprise that ahead of the launch of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, a Season Pass has now been announced. …
Read More »Ryu and Chun-Li have been added to Rainbow Six: Siege
In the many years following the launch of Rainbow Six: Siege we have seen Ubisoft slowly but surely bring an increasing number of odd and interesting crossover skins into the tactical FPS. Following the likes of Pickle Rick, 2B from NieR: Automata; The Undertaker; Master Chief and more, Ryu and …
Read More »Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has gone Gold
First announced more than 6 years ago, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is set to finally release in a little under a month. Now, with weeks to go until launch, the team at Ubisoft have announced that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has officially gone Gold. Making the announcement on Twitter, Ubisoft …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege players will soon be able to sell their in-game skins
Valve has made a ton of money off the Steam Marketplace, making skins and the cases to obtain them available to buy and sell amongst players of games like Counter-Strike and Dota 2. Now, it would seem other publishers are catching on, with Ubisoft set to introduce a skin marketplace …
Read More »Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is reportedly a bit too immersive
First announced more than 6 years ago, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is set to finally release in just over a month. Ahead of its launch, previews for the open world game have now gone live – with the consensus being that the game seems to be a bit too immersive, …
Read More »Ubisoft is shutting down online services for ten legacy titles
Every few years, we see publishers shutting down online support for legacy titles. Ubisoft is no different, announcing the next wave of titles set to have their online services revoked in January 2024. On the 25th of January, Ubisoft will be “decommissioning” online support for ten older titles, covering a …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Black Flag reached over 34 million players
Released all the way back in 2013, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag holds a special place in many AC fans’ hearts, with some deeming it to have been the best entry in the entire franchise. As the game now reaches its 10th anniversary, Ubisoft has revealed that Black Flag has …
Read More »Skull and Bones continues to sit in development hell as new delay announced
There was a time when people were generally looking forward to Skull and Bones but years of delays and reboots to the project have dampened that considerably. Still, Ubisoft is forging ahead with it, but it won't be releasing this year. After being swiftly delayed out of 2022 last year, …
Read More »Star Wars Outlaws may have been delayed
Ubisoft has had a big release planned for early 2024 for quite some time. While not confirmed to be Star Wars Outlaws, it was widely believed that Ubisoft's Star Wars game would be releasing earlier than expected, especially after the 10-minute gameplay reveal this summer. However, the game may have …
Read More »Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on track for December release
Ubisoft has been working away on its Avatar game for years but the release date is now swiftly approaching. While December release dates for AAA games are often viewed as tenuous due to regular delays, it sounds like Ubisoft will in fact hit its planned release date for Avatar: Frontiers …
Read More »Ubisoft is reportedly working on a multiplayer Far Cry extraction-shooter
Earlier this year, we began hearing about two Far Cry projects. One of these is obviously Far Cry 7, the next single-player game in the franchise. However, there is also a multiplayer spin-off being developed and now, it appears that the team has settled on it being an extraction-based shooter. …
Read More »Activision Blizzard games are heading to Ubisoft+
As of today, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has completed and as a result, Ubisoft now owns the cloud streaming rights to all Activision Blizzard games, including all previously released games and all new games released over the next 15 years. As a result, Ubisoft announced today that it plans …
Read More »Ubisoft’s approach with AC Mirage was inspired by Ghost of Tsushima
When Ghost of Tsushima was released back in 2020, one of the many exciting revelations was the fact that the game featured a great focus on offering full Japanese voice acting – making for a much more immersive experience for those who wished to play the game in its most …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Mirage achieves biggest launch for Ubisoft this generation
With the past few Assassin's Creed games eschewing the series’ traditional formula in favour of a more RPG-like open-world action adventure experience, many old-school fans of the franchise have been yearning for a new AC title which harkens back to the series’ roots. Ubisoft seems to have finally delivered just …
Read More »Ubisoft’s XDefiant delayed again
While XDefiant seemed like a surprisingly good competitor for Call of Duty this year, the game has unfortunately suffered some setbacks. The game was due to release a while back but failed console certification, delaying the release by a couple of weeks. Now, the game has been delayed again, this …
Read More »Making a new Rayman game would be the “pinnacle of all the possibilities”
The Rayman series has had an interesting life. While at one point seen as a relic of a bygone era, the mascot platforming franchise has had a resurgence as of late, with many fans both old and new hoping to see a new entry in this long-dormant franchise. While Ubisoft …
Read More »Ubisoft adds Denuvo to AC: Mirage in day-1 patch
In an unfortunate move which we have seen become more and more common, game publishers have started to include the controversial Denuvo DRM to its games AFTER launch, in order to avoid any negative press during the review period. The latest title to engage in such tactics is Assassin’s Creed …
Read More »Far Cry 7 reportedly coming to the next-gen Nintendo Switch
Yesterday we reported on a leak which outlined many details surrounding the upcoming – yet unannounced – Far Cry 7, stating that it will (among other things) feature a non-linear story with a hard 72 hour time limit. More details have since been released, with the upcoming open-world Ubisoft title …
Read More »Far Cry 7 sounds like the most interesting Far Cry in years
Ubisoft's open-world games have become very formulaic over the years. Each Far Cry game plays pretty similarly. However, with Far Cry 7, it sounds like Ubisoft is actually trying something different and based on what we know so far, it could be a very interesting game. Insider Gaming has spoken …
Read More »Ubisoft reckons cloud gaming will see a Netflix-like rise in users over next decade
Ubisoft has been an early proponent of cloud gaming, having worked with Google in the early days of Stadia, before pivoting to services like GeForce Now and Amazon Luna. Game streaming is still niche, but Ubisoft believes it will eventually take over the games industry. Ubisoft is in the process …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Mirage will support DLSS and FSR after all
Last week when Ubisoft unveiled the PC system requirements and feature set for Assassin's Creed Mirage, the studio only revealed support for Intel's XeSS upscaling method, leaving out DLSS and FSR, which are often preferred by Nvidia and AMD GPU users respectively. Ubisoft has now cleared things up, confirming that …
Read More »The Crew Motorfest has “biggest ever franchise launch”
Many publishers have their own car racing franchise. PlayStation has Gran Turismo, Xbox has Forza and Ubisoft has The Crew – an interesting take on the genre focused on keeping the action moving at all times through a rather cool vehicle switching mechanic. Despite amassing a total of 40 million …
Read More »The Division 3 officially announced
The Division has been a rather successful franchise for Ubisoft, with the first game in the series amassing a great deal of attention due to its focus on then-next-gen technologies and presentations. It's been 4 and a half years since The Division 2 with no official word of a sequel …
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