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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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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” …

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 …