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Ubisoft chose to rely on its perennial franchises this year and showed strong support for its Tom Clancy titles during its E3 conference
Read More »Ubisoft doubles down on Tom Clancy brand and games-as-a-service at E3 2019
Ubisoft unveils TV series Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet and partners with Netflix for The Division film
Netflix bought the distribution to The Division film, while Ubisoft Film and Television's first live-action comedy series Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet is headed to Apple TV+
Read More »Tom Clancy’s The Division celebrates second birthday with 20m player milestone
The game's 1.8 update is coming
Read More »The Division’s Expansion III: Last Stand DLC detailed
Ubisoft has revealed new details about the third DLC expansion for The Division. Entitled ‘Expansion III: Last Stand’, the DLC pack will be available to download simultaneously on PS4, Xbox One and PC when it launches as part of The Division’s Season Pass. Players will also be able to buy …
Read More »Stephen Gaghan set to write and direct film of The Division
Ubisoft’s upcoming film of The Division has finally found itself a writer and director. Taking on both roles is Stephen Gaghan, who wrote the Academy Award-winning script for Traffic. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Syriana, which he both wrote and directed. The film …
Read More »Ubisoft talks ‘live’ games strategy: The Crew, The Division and Rainbow 6 Siege
Games have always been happy to experiment when it comes to revenue streams. They started with pure retail sales, but then DLC came along, subscription models worked for MMOs, episodic content still has its place, while microtransactions are very much in vogue – both on console and mobile titles. The …
Read More »Putting Reflections back into the spotlight
Once renowned as the creator of Driver, Reflections subsequently faded from prominence, handing the limelight to its sibling Ubisoft studios. With the success of Grow Home and The Division, the developer has returned to reclaim its fame
Read More »Ubisoft pushes back Division expansion packs
The team behind Ubisoft’s MMO shooter The Division has announced delays for the game’s next two expansions. In a post on the title’s official website, the developers said that the game’s second expansion, Survival, has been pushed back until later this year. It was initially meant to be launching alongside …
Read More »BioWare: ‘The MMO market has never been bigger’
The director of Star Wars: The Old Republic insists that the MMO market is more popular than ever. The MMO sector has seen declines amongst its traditional big hitters, such as Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Yet James Ohlen tells MCV that the recent success of Activision’s Destiny and Ubisoft’s The …
Read More »UBISOFT E3 ROUNDUP: Publisher reveals massive line-up for its next financial year at E3
Ubisoft’s press conference was a long one, but it was probably one of the strongest showing the publisher has been involved with. The extended run-time featured a release slate for the company’s next financial year unlike any it has had before. It showed a couple of more quirky digital titles, …
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