Announced all the way back in 2021, we have heard very little about Ubisoft's upcoming free-to-play The Division spin-off ‘Heartland’. With how quiet the team has been, many fans wondered whether the game was outright canned. Fortunately, it seems as though this is not the case – though the final …
Read More »The next Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon seemingly set to release in 2025
Ubisoft has had an up-and-down relationship with the Tom Clancy franchise, but in particular with the Ghost Recon sub-series – as the past two games have varied wildly in both critical and commercial reception. Despite the last entry being released over 3 years ago, fans of the franchise may have …
Read More »Rainbow Six: Siege is getting crossplay (sort of)
Over the years, we have seen the notion of crossplay in games become more and more of a standard, with most multiplatform titles released today offering the functionality. Some games released prior to this era of crossplay have been updated to include the feature. In a monkey’s paw-type situation, Rainbow …
Read More »Ubisoft F2P shooter ‘XDefiant’ drops Tom Clancy branding
Earlier this month, Ubisoft announced an insider program for Skull & Bones to help gather feedback on the game. Now, one of Ubisoft’s other multiplayer-first titles, XDefiant, is also opening up for insider program sign-ups. Tom Clancy’s XDefiant was first announced last year as a free-to-play Tom Clancy-themed shooter. However, …
Read More »Ubisoft announces Splinter Cell Remake
In recent months, we've seen a lot of leaks regarding a new Splinter Cell game. For the most part, reports pointed to this being a brand new game in the franchise, possibly taking it in an open world direction. As it turns out, this won't be a sequel, as Ubisoft …
Read More »Ubisoft to shut down Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad exactly one year after launch
Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad is a free-to-play action RPG released for mobile devices last year which took many of the publisher’s most well known characters and pitted them against one another. The game was met with controversy due to questionable marketing decisions, and it seems following launch, the game’s reception …
Read More »The Division series surpasses 40 million unique players
The Division franchise has quickly become one of Ubisoft’s most recognisable properties ever since the launch of the first game in 2016. Since then, both games have received years of new content, with The Division 2 even seeing this content extended thanks to “fan support”. Despite only 2 games having …
Read More »Voice actor suggests a new Splinter Cell is arriving in 2021
For years now, we’ve heard rumblings of the existence of a new title in the much-loved Splinter Cell franchise. The last game in the series released all the way back in 2013 and so fans are clamouring for a new entry. The wait may not be too long, as according …
Read More »Following overhaul, Ghost Recon Breakpoint offers free weekend trial
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. …
Read More »Rainbow Six: Siege hits highest ever concurrent players on Steam
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 …
Read More »The Division 2 is currently 85% off on the Ubisoft Store
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 …
Read More »The Division is Ubisoft’s biggest new game ever
If you've been getting bored of the marketing for Tom Clancy's The Division showing up just about everywhere online, get ready to see a whole lot more of it. Following its beta lead in, the game has managed to sell more copies in the first 24 hours after launch than …
Read More »6.4 million people played The Division’s open beta
Ubisoft wrapped up the open beta for Tom Clancy's The Division over the weekend ahead of its release in March and it turned out to be quite popular indeed with Ubisoft claiming that it is the ‘biggest beta ever' for a brand new IP on this generation of consoles. Over …
Read More »Overclockers UK launches new game-themed PC range
Overclockers UK is well known for its range of PC builds and today, a new category of systems are joining the ranks. OCUK is now offering PC builds themed after specific game titles, with options ranging from Fallout 4 to The Division and Hitman. More system builds will be added …
Read More »The Division to be offered up with Nvidia GPUs
Ubisoft and Nvidia have had a pretty long-running partnership. We have seen plenty of high-profile games from the publisher bundled in with Nvidia graphics cards including titles like Watch Dogs, Far Cry and Assassin's Creed. This will apparently continue with upcoming title ‘Tom Clancy's The Division', which launches on the …
Read More »The Division is getting an open beta, will have more content
At the start of this month, many of us had a chance to play the closed beta for The Division. However, it was a bit short on content with many of the game's systems and areas locked off. Fortunately, an open beta has been announced which will have some of …
Read More »Here are the PC system requirements for The Division
The Division and its gorgeous looking Snow Drop Engine have been shown off at trade shows like E3 and Gamescom for several years now but in March, the game will finally be landing and at the end of this month, the public at large will get their first chance to …
Read More »The Division takes PC graphics options seriously
One of the more irritating trends that's emerged out of games being made for console and ported to PC, is that the graphics options can be extremely limited. That's not the case with the upcoming Tom Clancy's The Division though, as its list of tweakable settings in the graphics menu …
Read More »Tom Clancy Humble Bundle comes with Rainbow Six Siege beta
Ubisoft is promising beta access for the upcoming Rainbow Six: Siege if you pick up the latest Humble Bundle, featuring Tom Clancy games. The Rainbow Six beta is included in the ‘pay what you want' tier, alongside Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege pushed back to December
Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft's upcoming team based shooter was announced some time ago, with an alpha taking place earlier this year and a beta test scheduled for the end of September. The game was originally supposed to release in October but it seems the development team needs a bit more …
Read More »The Division has now been delayed until 2016
Ubisoft has revealed that one of its upcoming games, Tom Clancy's The Division, has been delayed once again. The title which was delayed until 2014 around this time last year. Now the game has been pushed back further, targeting a Q1 2016 release window. The Publisher's quarterly financial report revealed …
Read More »Rainbow Six: Siege may run at 60 frames per second on all platforms
Apparently, upcoming team based shooter, Rainbow Six: Siege, will run at a smooth 60 frames per second on the PC, Xbox One and PS4 when it launches next year. However, while this is good news for now, it may still be too early on to confirm frame rates for both …
Read More »The Division has been delayed until 2015
In the wake of Ubisoft's recent fiscal year loss it has been announced that its next generation title, The Division, has been delayed until at least the second quarter of 2015 on the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The upcoming game is running on the new Snow Drop engine, which …
Read More »KitGuru Gaming – Weekly Round Up
For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “Is the Smithsonian's Video Game Exhibit Missing a Critical Element?” Although the exhibit received a lot of attention, …
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