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Many of Ubisoft games have some form of online connectivity, be it a full-on multiplayer game, or simply a single player title with online leaderboards. One unfortunate inevitability is that the servers of these games eventually shut down. Ubisoft has now announced that 15 games will be going offline in …

Earlier this year, Ubisoft announced plans to transition away from uPlay and instead introduce Ubisoft Connect for PC and consoles. The service would pave the way for cross-platform save files and other benefits. Unfortunately for those on PC though, there is the impending removal of a feature – achievements. Achievements …

Over the course of this console generation, Ubisoft has operated two separate but closely tied services – uPlay and Ubisoft Club. While uPlay acts as the launcher to Ubisoft games on PC, the Ubisoft Club rewards players with points that can be redeemed for rewards. Now, those two services are …

Back at E3 2019, Ubisoft announced its own foray into subscription gaming with uPlay+. Following on from Origin Access, Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now, uPlay+ aims to offer a Netflix style library of content for a monthly fee, with all future Ubisoft games set to be added the day …

With the release of both Assassin’s Creed Origins and Odyssey, Ubisoft offered players a ‘Discovery Tour’ mode. This mode allows players to roam the open world map free from any combat, replaced instead with educational commentaries on ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece respectively. Announced during the publisher’s most recent conference …

Assassin's Creed 2 has long been considered to be the best in the original trilogy. If for some reason you never played it, or played it on a console and would now like to revisit it on PC, then this week is the perfect time, as Ubisoft is going to …

Ubisoft is offering Child of Light on Uplay, for free, from 1pm GMT March 24 until 1pm GMT March 28. Child of Light was released on multiple platforms back  in 2014, and it was praised by reviewers for its art and sound direction. The offer In Child of Light, players are put …

Back at E3, Ubisoft announced its own foray into subscription gaming with uPlay+. Following on from Origin Access, Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Now, uPlay+ aims to offer a Netflix style library of content for a monthly fee, with all future Ubisoft games set to be added the day of …

Over the last few years, we have seen a few major games publishers adopt the Netflix model with subscription services that grant access to a library of games. Xbox Game Pass and EA Access have both been quite successful in this area and now, Ubisoft is joining the ranks too …

Ubisoft doesn’t have much of a foothold when it comes to sports games, but a couple of years ago, the publisher did try its hand at it with Steep, a winter sports focused game filled with competitive challenges. In a world where series like Amped and SSX have disappeared, Steep …

Earlier this week, in an effort to support the reconstruction of Notre Dame, Ubisoft announced that it would not only be donating 500,000 Euros to the cause, but would also make Assassin's Creed Unity free for one week. It turns out, a lot of people wanted to get their hands …

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This week, the Assassin's Creed 3 remaster began rolling out as a standalone game, in addition to being part of the Assassin's Creed Odyssey season pass. This game makes a number of graphical changes to the game, some of which will divide opinion. If you wanted to pick up the …

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Ubisoft revealed last month that The Division 2 would be exclusive to the Epic Games Store and Uplay, ditching Steam entirely. While this have proven to be a controversial move among the most vocal of fans, CEO Yves Guillemot has revealed that its own platform has seen a boom in …

Valve has been no stranger to governments taking issue with the Steam refund policy. The situation in Australia may have wrapped up but now authorities in France want to take a crack at Valve's legal team. Over in France, both Valve and Ubisoft have been fined for breaching consumer laws. …

If you never had the chance to play through the original Watch Dogs, then now is the perfect time as Ubisoft is giving the game away for free on PC this week. The 2014 hacker thriller may not have been as graphically impressive as its E3 reveal led us to …

Following controversy surrounding Ubisoft's quoting of player numbers in some of its other games, it's been much more forthcoming with For Honor. That's meant we can keep a much better eye on how many people are actually playing and though there's been a bit of a drop off since it …

Buying a new GTX 1080, GTX 1070 or PC with either of those graphics cards in? Then you stand a good chance of having a free game to try out on your new hardware. Nvidia has launched a brand new promotion known as the Be The Hero bundle, which lets …

If you're in need of a new multiplayer shooter this weekend then Steam has you covered as Rainbow Six Siege will be free to play for the next few days. The team-focussed tactical shooter originally launched in December to a fairly positive reception. As with other Steam free weekends, the …

Ubisoft is gearing up to finally launch The Division in just a couple of months time but you will be able to get your hands on it a bit early with the beta, which is tipped to kick off at the end of this month. While Ubisoft hasn't officially announced …

In recent years, major publishers like EA and Ubisoft have broken away from Steam to launch their own platforms for digital PC games. Ubisoft has been forcing uPlay on us all for some time but now it looks like things are going to get more complicated with the announcement of …

Those of you who purchased the Assassin's Creed: Unity season pass or Assassin's Creed: Unity gold edition will soon be able to claim your free game. Ubisoft announced that it would be giving out free DLC and free games a couple of weeks back following the very troubled launch of …

Ubisoft and Valve Software have returned three of Ubisoft's soon-to-be bestsellers to Steam online store on Saturday after they were removed from the system on Thursday and Friday. Neither Ubisoft, nor Valve have made any official statements on the matter. Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, and The Crew – the titles …

It's no secret that several big publishers have attempted to break away from Steam, EA switched to its own Origin service, Ubisoft released uPlay and now it looks like Warner Bros might be getting in on the action with its own digital distribution platform. Warner Bros is behind several big games …

Yesterday we reported on GOG.com's thoughts on DRM and how the industry needs to move away from it. Today in the aftermath of that discussion, Ubisoft has admitted that DRM doesn't actually prevent piracy and thinks that more companies should focus on making games that people want to pay for …

Pre-orders are something that gamers, and PC gamers specifically, have a funny old relationship with. They've allowed companies like Mojang to turn Minecraft into a money printing machine, adventure having and educational tool for millions of children (and adults), they've made it possibly for stunningly beautiful games like The Banner …

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 …

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” …