Watch Dogs has taken a lot of flak over the last few months, as despite blowing away fans in its 2012 reveal trailer, its latest ones haven't been remotely comparable. Some of the reason for that is that the PS4 version's detailing has had to be dialled back (it's not …
Read More »Dark Souls 2 dev responds to graphics downgrade claims
From Software, Developer of Dark Souls 2, has responded to claims that the final retail version of the game looks worse than previous footage of the game's early builds. Graphical downgrades have been a hot topic amongst gamers recently as both developers for Watch Dogs and Dark Souls 2 have …
Read More »Watch Dogs story is said to be 35-40 hours long
Watch Dogs has a lot to live up to, it's a brand new IP that has been riding the hype train since 2012 and now that it is finally coming out, it has to meet the expectations of gamers. While some games may suffer from being short on content, Creative …
Read More »Watch Dogs dev didn’t want to do 2012 E3 reveal
Now that Watch Dogs is finally coming out, we are learning more about the game's development cycle and the trials the developers went through to get to this point. One of those trials was the 2012 E3 reveal which as it turns out, wasn't actually supposed to happen. According to …
Read More »Watch Dogs closed beta shows up on Xbox One marketplace
It looks like Ubisoft might be holding a closed beta test for Watch Dogs before its release on the 27th of May as according to Eurogamer, a closed beta listing for the game has been spotted by numerous sources on the Xbox One's Live marketplace. However, the beta listing was …
Read More »Watch Dogs finally has a release date
Watch Dogs is finally coming out after its unexpected and abrupt delay back in October last year. A leaked trailer suggests that Ubisoft is ready to promote pre-orders again while it's confirmed that the game will finally fall in to the hands of gamers on the 27th of May. Originally …
Read More »Console South Park to be censored in Europe
If you were planning on picking up the expectedly raunchy South Park: Stick of Truth on either the Xbox 360 or PS3, you might want to reconsider a PC purchase, since the console versions of the game are being censored in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with key scenes …
Read More »Seriously you guys, South Park has gone gold
South Park: The Stick of Truth has had a troubled development life. It was being handled by THQ for some time, but faced delays as that long-time publishing house slowly fell to pieces and then when it was picked up by Ubisoft more delays were announced, pushing it to December …
Read More »Ubisoft to offer graduates paying positions with developers
Ubisoft has announced that it's going to launch a graduate program which will see as many as 25 different university graduates given full paying positions at Ubisoft developers, to not only give them a leg up in the industry, but also to help the publisher secure the best and brightest …
Read More »Ubisoft is going to reinstate Watch Dogs Trademark
Watch Dogs was set to be one of the most anticipated games to come out last year, unfortunately just a month before its scheduled release, the game was delayed. Since then, there have been a lot of rumours flying around about the state of the game- as you can imagine, Ubisoft …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV Freedom Cry DLC gets a release date
Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed IV will receive its first bit of story expanding DLC next week . It's called Freedom Cry and it's set to come out on the 17th of December and will launch on all platforms at the same time in the US. However, in Europe it …
Read More »The ever-changing attire of Assassin’s Creed protagonists
Assassin's Creed may have started off following the life of one robed Assassin' and one casually clothed future-man, but today we've covered five different protagonists over a series of different games, on a variety of different platforms and the garments these men (and one woman) choose to clothe themselves in …
Read More »Ubisoft does some damage control over PC optimisation comments
Ubisoft dug itself quite a hole last week when Assassin's Creed IV producer, Sylvain Trottier, said that performance wasn't something to care about when developing for the PC platform: “It’s always a question of compromise about the effect, how it looks, and the performance it takes from the system. On PC, …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Pirates releasing on the 5th of December
Assassin's Creed will be coming to Android and IOS this December, the mobile spin off is titled Assassin's Creed Pirates and will focus on naval combat and exploring the Caribbean islands. Ubisoft Paris developed the mobile title and much like its bigger brother- Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the game's …
Read More »Ubisoft CEO suggests PS4 preorders may be ahead of Xbox One
The console war has been going stronger than ever during the build up to the next generation releases, so if you're sat back wondering who'll come out on top at launch then Ubisoft's CEO, Yves Guillemot might be worth paying attention to, as he has given us a pretty good idea. …
Read More »Fox announces Assassin’s Creed movie release date
If you've been eagerly awaiting the announcement from Fox about when its movie adaptation of Assassin's Creed will be landing, rejoice, as now we know. But feel sad, because it's towards the end of 2015. Announced alongside revised release schedules for other movies like Fantastic Four (urgh) and comic book …
Read More »Square Enix announces Project FLARE
Square Enix has just announced Project FLARE, a new way of delivering game content to users through the cloud by using super computers to create game worlds. Streaming services like Onlive work by having console data centres miles away that process your input and send the video feed back to …
Read More »South Park The Stick of Truth has been delayed again
South Park The Stick of Truth has been delayed again. After having its 10th of December release date announced last month, Ubisoft along with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have now announced that the game won't be ready until 4th March next year. In an official blog …
Read More »Ubisoft killing Uplay passport for all games
Ubisoft took a bit of flak yesterday from writers and readers alike, with many fans of the recently released Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, lamenting the fact that if you rented or borrowed the game, you wouldn't be able to access Edward's Fleet and other multiplayer features, because you needed …
Read More »Some of Assassin’s Creed IV single player requires online pass
This generation has had some pretty anti-consumer and terrible DRM policies trialled over the past few years, and Online passes probably land somewhere near the top of the list. But even after EA realised its mistake and got rid of them, Ubisoft is still using them. If you were planning …
Read More »Analyst says Ubisoft could’ve been worried about Watch Dogs sales
A couple of days ago we were hit with some very disappointing news: Watch Dogs has been pushed back until spring 2014. We didn't get an exact reason, but many were optimistic as now the developers have more time to fine tune and polish off the game before it hits …
Read More »Ubisoft shares take a beating in wake of Watch Dogs delay
Ubisoft isn't sitting pretty after its recent announcement that its next-gen flagship title, Watch Dogs, would be delayed until 2014, as much of its near-future earnings were locked up in that hacking sandbox. At least that's what shareholders must have been thinking, as Ubisoft's stock has dropped 26 per cent since …
Read More »South Park The Stick of Truth gets a release date
South Park, one of the most popular and often controversial cartoons around, has had a game in development for a while and now we finally know when we will get to play it. Look for it December, but while we wait, it's worth noting it's somewhat troubled history. The Stick …
Read More »Ubisoft and Nvidia strike game bundle deal
Nvidia and Ubisoft have announced a new partnership, bringing together the GPU and publishing giants in order to incorporate new Nvidia graphics technology in certain titles and in turn bundle upcoming and recently released games with the latest range of graphics cards. According to both companies, this partnership has allowed …
Read More »The Fighter Within completely fails to capture what a real fight feels like
How often have you wanted to punch someone in the face over the internet? No need to answer that question young padawan, we've all been there hundreds and hundreds of times. Which is why, when Kinect first came out, it finally looked like we might get the next best thing …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed creative lead fired from Ubisoft
Patrice Désilets, the creative lead on some of the best 3D platforming titles of the past ten years – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Assassin's Creed 1 + 2 + Brotherhood – has been fired from Ubisoft, just two months after returning from a three year stint at rival publisher …
Read More »Ubisoft CEO thinks the world is ready for always-on consoles
Yannis Mallat , the CEO of Ubisoft Montreal has thrown his two cents into the always-on argument flames that have raged across the internet in recent weeks thanks to comments by both ex-Microsoft creative director Adam Orth and Epic Games alumni, Cliff Blezinski, suggesting that a lot of people are …
Read More »Ubisoft Uplay hacked, leaked Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon in wild
Ubisoft's hyped Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon spin off, has found its way into the wild on torrent sites and through the official Uplay service, after Ubisoft's servers were hacked, opening up free game downloads to those responsible. Some are pointing the finger at the Russians for this one, with …
Read More »Here’s where the THQ properties are going
So the auction is over, the winners have been decided and THQ is going to be diced up and farmed off to different publishers around the world. A lot of our original rumours have turned up pretty accurate, but there are a few additions for the smaller properties. The big …
Read More »THQ sale rumours suggest Sega, Ubisoft and Koch Media
Update: Interestingly, South Park Studios, the company behind the hit TV show has said that it isn't keen on THQ selling off its IP. In-fact, it claims that within its contract with THQ there is a stipulation that should it be breached, South Park Studios has the right to acquire …
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