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Istvan Tajnay will move from Ubisoft Blue Byte to take up the position of Studio Manager
Read More »Ubisoft Berlin will open in early 2018 to help develop Far Cry games
RedLynx to offer Trials of the Blood Dragon for free to players who perfect its demo
Mashup of bike platforming series and ‘80s-flavoured Far Cry spin-off will be given to those who finish trial version (pun intended) with 15 faults or fewer
Read More »Ubisoft’s Trials of the Blood Dragon mash-up is out now
Ubisoft has announced that it is combining the worlds of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon with its Trials motorcycle series. Trials of the Blood Dragon combines the motocross platforming of Trials with a full narrative with a 1980s twist. It was unveiled on stage during Ubisoft’s E3 press conference. It …
Read More »‘No one wants a safe score any more’: The changing tune of video game music
Jason Graves, composer for Tomb Raider, Until Dawn and Dead Space, reveals his ‘blood and sweat’ approach to scoring Far Cry Primal, explores why studios aren’t satisfied with ripping off Star Wars and argues why budget shouldn’t stop indies having a killer soundtrack
Read More »Tomb Raider composer Jason Graves to score Far Cry Primal
Award-winning music man using ram’s horn, clay pots and Aztec death whistles to create stone age setting
Read More »Far Cry Primal confirmed, hitting stores in February
Ubisoft has officially announced the next chapter in the Far Cry series. As previously leaked by IGN Turkey, the title is called Far Cry Primal, and has been given a release date of February 23rd on PS4 and Xbox One. It’ll be coming to PC in March of next year. …
Read More »Far Cry: Primal is taking Ubisoft’s shooter to the Ice Age
A mysterious new Ubisoft game teased slowly via a livestream has been prematurely revealed as a brand new Far Cry. Yesterday, Ubisoft started to stream on YouTube an image of a cave painting (below), with no other details to suggest what the reveal might be. But the slow unveiling was …
Read More »Far Cry 4 Complete Edition coming to retail in June, skipping Xbox One and last-gen
A comprehensive version of Ubisoft’s open-world shooter Far Cry 4 is headed to PS4 and PC. Far Cry 4 Complete Edition includes the base game, as well as all of the content contained in the title’s Season Pass. The Season Pass consists of five pieces of add-on content: The Syringe, …
Read More »Deactivated Far Cry 4 keys were stolen, says Ubisoft
Ubisoft says it deactivated PC games this weekend that were ‘fraudulently obtained’. Over the weekend, uPlay users complained to Ubisoft due to the removal of games such as Far Cry 4 from their game libraries. Based on those that complained, the games that were removed appeared to have been supplied …
Read More »Case Study: How Organic Motion’s OpenStage set the scene for Far Cry 4
Ubisoft Montreal details how markerless mocap helped them quickly pre-visualise cinematics in best-selling shooter
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