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 …
Read More »Dress Like Ezio – Assassin’s Creed Clothing
If you've always thought to yourself, “man, I like these Assassin's Creed games, but that Ezio sure is a snappy dresser – I wish I could buy clothes like that,” then you're one of the few people who wants to wear an off-white, hooded, open collar shirt. However if you …
Read More »Ubisoft uPlay has big vulnerability
Ubisoft's online service, uPlay, has had a real vulnerability exposed, that can be used to view customer files and information. While it was initially thought that this was a deliberate backdoor hidden by programmers of the service, it seems more likely now that it is an unintentional vulnerability. IT “experts” …
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. “First AAA Free-To-Play Shooter” Exciting news was just released about an online multiplayer shooter that is FREE to …
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