Tag Archives: Unity

While most of the console-bound Sonic games have also made it over to PC over the years, 2006’s Sonic The Hedgehog has never made an appearance. There are likely many good reasons for that given the gripes many have against the game. Still, that isn’t stopping one fan from recreating …

Earlier this week, in an effort to support the reconstruction of Notre Dame, Ubisoft announced that it would not only be donating 500,000 Euros to the cause, but would also make Assassin’s Creed Unity free for one week. It turns out, a lot of people wanted to get their hands …

Before advocating a leading revenue split for developers on its newly launched store, Epic Games strongly voiced its support for cross-platform play within video games. This is evident with Fortnite: Battle Royale becoming the first game to bridge the gap across all console and PC platforms. Now, Epic is looking …

As Telltale approaches the release of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, it’s only apt that the studio is reportedly set to finally move on from its aging engine. Future projects, starting with the Stranger Things Telltale Series is instead said to run off the significantly more popular Unity engine. …

Unity held its annual Unite conference yesterday, where it launched the new 5.5 game engine and a new Timeline feature for the editor. However the big news was some of the partnerships it has made recently, including ones with Nintendo, Facebook and Google, each of which will be using the …

One of the bigger challenges with virtual reality is getting a PC capable of running it. Right now, VR is developed to run on GPUs like the GTX 970 and R9 290 but not everyone likes to upgrade every generation, which is why Valve is working on lowering the barrier …

Valve founder Gabe Newell made a brief speech at this year’s Vision Summit 2016 organised by Unity, in which he broke down some of the exciting announcements coming at the event. However he seemed particularly pumped about what he called his “Oprah moment,” in the latter half of the speech, …

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is already out in the world and making a positive impression on console owners. However, this year Ubisoft made the smart decision to spend a little extra time on the PC version, which comes out in a couple of weeks. Now, we can take a look at …

It looks like Ubisoft is still paying for its mistakes in 2014, as Assassin’s Creed Syndicate sales have been “clearly” impacted by the reputation of Assassin’s Creed Unity, the publisher recently admitted in a quarterly earnings call. However, given Syndicate’s positive reception so far, the publisher is expecting things to …

This year is going to be a tough one for Ubisoft. Last year, the publisher destroyed consumer confidence in the Assassin’s Creed franchise with the release of AC: Unity, leaving many to look at this year’s release with a hefty dose of scepticism. One thing that isn’t going to improve consumer confidence …

Unity, the firm behind the engine of the same name has revealed that between April and the end of July this year, developers created more than 174,000 games using the Unity engine, which is quite a scary number. The number was revealed by CEO, John Riccitello at the Unite Boston …

Ubisoft really shot itself in the foot with PC gamers last year with Assassin’s Creed: Unity and while most will likely remain untrustworthy this year, the publisher is attempting to make a bit more of an effort this time around. While the London-based Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will launch on consoles …

Despite not having quite the visual pedigree of the Unreal Engine or CryEngine series of developmental tools, Unity is a world wide respected piece of software that has been used by millions to create thousands of games. However, according to the company’s CEO John Riccitiello, the fact that so many people …

Well it’s happening again, Ubisoft is once again ‘re-dedicating’ itself to the PC platform, this time by claiming that the next Assassin’s Creed game will be developed properly for the PC. As many of you will remember, last year, when Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed: Unity, the game remained broken for …

Microsoft announced the Hololens back in January and recently showed the device off a bit more at its annual Build conference last night. Now, Unity, the company behind the popular Unity Engine has announced that it will be fully supporting the augmented reality lenses. The announcement was made in an …

The internet was pleasantly surprised last week when a fan-made, HD remake of Mario 64’s first level was made available online for people to play in their browser. Thanks to the power of the Unity engine, we could all be whisked back to the mid-90s, where Nintendo was ruling the roost …

At the Windows 10 event today there was some talk of the next version of DirectX 12 and what it will bring to the PC for gamers like us. While DirectX 12 will only be coming to Windows 10 (and by extension Xbox One as well) that probably isn’t such a bad …

Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s first DLC, titled ‘Dead Kings’, is coming out next week, after being delayed from December following the game’s awful launch, which saw the developers scurry to launch four patches on all platforms to try and fix the game. The Dead Kings DLC will be free for all …

Ubisoft late on Wednesday issued a statement admitting major issues with its Assassin’s Creed Unity video game. The company apologised for shipping a title full of bugs and performance issues. As a remedy, Ubisoft will provide an expansion pack for the title free to everyone as well as a free …

Ubisoft is finally getting around to fixing up the bulk of Assassin Creed Unity’s issues this week, including the game’s broken multiplayer, animations and AI alongside specific frame rate issues. The third patch is said to be the biggest yet and will be hitting the PC, Xbox One and PS4 at different …

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed development team has been working around the clock since the launch of Unity in an effort to patch out a ton of issues players on all platforms have been facing. On the PC side, things have been pretty bad with low frame rate issues even on high …

The former head of EA, John Riccitello, has now been appointed as the new CEO of Unity Technologies while company co-founder and ex-CEO, David Helgason, will be taking a step back to serve as the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Communications. Riccitello had resigned from EA during March of …

Update: Ubisoft has since confirmed that PC owners wanting to play Assassin’s Creed Unity should have at least a GTX 680/ Radeon HD 7970 GPU and an Intel Core i5 2500K/ AMD FX-8350 CPU. a 64-bit OS is also required. Also, laptop GPUs aren’t “officially supported”.  It is still recommended that you …

Last week it was reported that the Unity development platform may be up for sale, with presentations outlining the company’s business value hitting the desks of Microsoft and Google amongst other companies. However, Unity co-founder, Joachim Ante has since denied these rumors, stating that while several partners have tried discussing …

Unity has been a hit with indie game developers, providing the tools to create high quality games on a budget. However, it looks like the platform may soon have a new owner as Unity is reportedly up for sale. A presentation outlining the value of the business is apparently doing …

It is always worth shopping around for a decent deal when it comes to buying PC peripherals- headsets included. Roccat has teamed up with Ubisoft in order to bundle a free copy of Assassin’s Creed Unity with its Kave XTD 5.1 Gaming headset exclusively in the UK. The Roccat Kave XTD …

Ubisoft appears to be so confident in its Assassin’s Creed franchise that it would be “unimaginable” to ever let its quality drop and according to AC: Unity Director, Alex Amancio, the dev team has the process “down to a science”. During an interview, Amancio said that they key to the franchise’s success …

Unity Technologies this week said it will add native support for Intel Corp.’s x86 microprocessors and system on chips to its Unity game engine for the Android operating system, which is used by loads of video games. The move will improve performance of games on devices based on Intel’s x86 …

Following on from last night’s report that Ubisoft wants to take PC gaming ‘more seriously’, it has been revealed that Assassin’s Creed Unity will contain Micro-Transactions for those who would rather pay for progress than play the game. Assassin’s Creed IV had a similar option, users could buy ‘DLC’ resource …

Musician and director Rob Zombie isn’t necessarily the man you’d associate with explaining the real history behind something as nuanced as the French Revolution, but that’s what’s happened. He’s teamed up with comic book artist Tony Moore (of Walking Dead fame) to give the world an animated, comic and violent …