Yesterday during Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed anniversary stream, the company stayed away from making any major game announcements. However, they did tease a new event happening in September, during which we'll see “the future of Assassin's Creed” unveiled. During the anniversary stream last night, community lead and host, Alice Terrett, said: …
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While previous reports claimed that Ubisoft would hold its own E3-style showcase in June, it turns out that may not be the case. Ubisoft has confirmed this week that it won't be holding a showcase this month alongside others in the industry. However, a new Ubisoft Forward will still likely …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Origins will get 60FPS update for PS5 and Xbox Series X tomorrow
We've known for a while now that Ubisoft is planning to update Assassin's Creed Origins, bringing 60FPS support to the game and bringing all three Assassin's Creed ‘RPGs' up to the new standard frame rate for this generation. After some teasing earlier in the week, Ubisoft has now announced that …
Read More »AC Origins, For Honor and more coming to Game Pass in June
Microsoft refuses to let up with its consistent addition of new games to its Game Pass subscription service. Though not the biggest month ever, the console manufacturer has now announced what games will be joining the service during the first half of June. Making the announcement on the Xbox Blog, …
Read More »Two Ubisoft games are coming to Xbox Game Pass in June
Ubisoft revealed plans to ramp up its efforts on Xbox Game Pass earlier this year, bringing Rainbow Six Extraction to the service as a day-one title. In June, more Ubisoft titles will be heading to Game Pass, ahead of a new Ubisoft+ subscription offering. On the 1st of June, For …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Origins to get 60FPS update on PS5 and Xbox Series X
With the launch of the Xbox Series X and PS5 consoles, developers across the industry have been pushing for 60FPS gameplay to be the new standard for this generation. Ubisoft in particular has been looking to boost the frame rates of its previous titles. We've already seen Assassin's Creed Odyssey …
Read More »The Guillemot family reportedly wants to maintain control of Ubisoft
Just one week ago, reports claimed that Ubisoft was in the process of cleaning up its business in an effort to sell to new ownership. As it turns out, things aren't that simple. According to updated information, the Guillemot family wants to maintain control over Ubisoft, and they may partner …
Read More »New leaks paint worrying picture for upcoming VR title ‘Assassin’s Creed Nexus’
Back in 2019, we heard rumours that Ubisoft had partnered with Oculus to develop new virtual reality titles, including an Assassin's Creed and a Splinter Cell game. Those titles were officially announced in 2020, and now, the first in-game footage for Assassin's Creed VR has leaked online. It has been …
Read More »Ubisoft reportedly looking to sell after string of controversies and game delays
A few years ago, Ubisoft was under threat of hostile takeover, as Vivendi began buying up shares in the company. At the time, Ubisoft fought back to maintain its independence, but after a string of major project delays and work culture controversy, it looks like Ubisoft may finally be ready …
Read More »Ubisoft is planning a ‘massive’ games showcase
According to a new leak, Ubisoft is planning its own games showcase, and it could be one of the publisher's biggest in years. So far, there are 20 known projects in the works at Ubisoft, ranging from already announced titles like Avatar and Assassin's Creed Infinity, to unannounced games like …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has made over $1 billion, Ubisoft confirms
Ubisoft brought the Assassin's Creed franchise back from the brink with Origins, which presented a major shift in gameplay and mechanics. We've now had three ‘RPG' style Assassin's Creed games, with Valhalla being particularly successful. As part of the publisher's recent quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, confirmed that …
Read More »There won’t be a new Assassin’s Creed RPG this year
It looks like Assassin's Creed will be in for another shake-up this year. According to sources familiar with Ubisoft's plans, there won't be a major open-world RPG entry in the Assassin's Creed series in 2022, but instead the publisher will be releasing a smaller, standalone game centred around one of …
Read More »Three of the best Assassin’s Creed games are coming to Switch
While the Nintendo Switch is an excellent handheld-console hybrid in its own right, releasing alongside dedicated home systems has made for a wide disparity in fidelity. Fortunately, many developers have compensated for this through the re-release of older games onto the Switch. Soon, Switch owners will be able to play …
Read More »Ubisoft is “looking into” adding 60fps support for AC: Origins on console
One of the best perks to owning a new Xbox Series X or PS5 is the fact that developers have been returning to their back catalogue of games and adding next-gen support for many titles – namely in the form of free 60fps patches. Such is the case with 2017’s …
Read More »Ubisoft facing ‘unprecedented exodus’ of employees
While Ubisoft has continued to have sales success with titles like Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Far Cry 6, the publisher has also been in plenty of controversy in the last year. Like Activision, Ubisoft has also been facing internal issues, including allegations of harassment. Now, Ubisoft is reportedly facing mass-resignations …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök to release in March
Last week, we learned through leaks that Ubisoft is working on a massive expansion for Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Described as a 40-hour, God of War-like add-on. Now, we know much more about this expansion, which is titled ‘Dawn of Ragnarök'. Following on from last week's leak, the expansion appeared on …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to get ‘massive God of War-style’ expansion
We've known for some time now that Ubisoft is working on a major expansion for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, but according to leaks, it could be way bigger than anyone expected. According to reports this week, the new expansion takes inspiration from God of War, and clocks in at around 40 …
Read More »The next Far cry will be even bigger
Ubisoft is known for offering many games with massive open worlds. Unfortunately, many of these worlds are filled with bloat, making the experience of playing a Ubisoft game exhausting and overly-long. It seems that the publisher is doubling down on this, as the next Far Cry game is rumoured to …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Infinity is not a free to play game, Ubisoft confirms
Assassin’s Creed was reinvented a few years back with Assassin’s Creed Origins, kicking off a new RPG era for the series. In the next few years, Ubisoft will be reinventing the series once again with Assassin's Creed Infinity, which Ubisoft shared some more details on this week. Back in July, …
Read More »Ubisoft is adding 60 FPS support to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on next-gen consoles
While Ubisoft's main focus this year has been on developing additional content for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the publisher isn't leaving its older titles behind. This week, Assassin's Creed Odyssey will be getting a surprise update, bumping up the frame rate on next-gen consoles. On the 24th of August, the Xbox …
Read More »Ubisoft building live service ‘Assassin’s Creed Infinity’
Assassin's Creed was reinvented a few years back with Assassin's Creed Origins, kicking off a new RPG era for the series. As it turns out, Ubisoft is already working on the next major change to the franchise, known as Assassin's Creed Infinity. According to sources familiar with the matter speaking …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla director joins EA Motive studio
Back when EA Motive was first founded, EA hired former Ubisoft executive, Jade Raymond, to lead the studio. Now, the studio is gaining another prominent former Ubisoft employee, with the director behind Assassin's Creed Valhalla joining the studio. As spotted by Axios, Assassin's Creed Director, Eric Baptizat, is leaving Ubisoft …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ‘Wrath of the Druids’ expansion releasing in May
Last month, Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed Valhalla's first major expansion, “Wrath of the Druids”. While the expansion was originally due to release later this month, the development team needs an extra couple of weeks, pushing the expansion back into May. In a tweet last night, the Assassin's Creed Twitter account …
Read More »Ubisoft to shut down online servers for a dozen older games
While online gaming has allowed for new ideas and many different ways to play games, the issue with these is that servers will inevitably shut down. Such is the case with a number of legacy Ubisoft titles, all of which will have their servers taken offline soon. On PC, a …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla update adds XP boost microtransaction
Back when Assassin's Creed Valhalla first launched, reviewers and early players were surprised to find that Ubisoft had scaled back a bit on in-game microtransactions. There were no XP boost purchases available at launch. However, that is changing this week. Just like Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Valhalla …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla drops as low as 720p in performance mode on Series S
Recently we reported that Ubisoft had released a new patch for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla which added the option to choose between performance and resolution modes across all of the new consoles. For the first time since launch, this allowed those with an Xbox Series S to play the game at …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla patch adds graphical options for next-gen consoles
One of the biggest positive surprises from the launch of the next-gen systems is the increased focus by developers on offering 60fps gameplay in open-world titles. One of the leading games in this regard is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which launched with 60fps as the standard on the PS5 and Xbox …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has biggest launch week in franchise’s history
Many were taken by surprise when it was recently reported that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla managed to outperform Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War during its launch week. Though this data came from third-party sources, we now know exactly how successful Ubisoft’s latest entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise has …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla outsold Black Ops Cold War, breaking franchise’s streak
Ever since Call of Duty first hit it big, the franchise has consistently topped the charts, both during its launch week, as well as throughout the year. It therefore came as a major surprise when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which launched in the same week as Black Ops Cold War, actually …
Read More »GeForce Now adds Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Bright Memory and more this week
There have been a few big game launches this week, topped off by Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Valhalla. To coincide with this, the GeForce Now library is getting an update, making Valhalla streamable alongside a few other games. Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be streamable on GeForce Now via Ubisoft Connect (formerly …
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