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Ubisoft is the latest publisher to head to Guildford to offer work to Lionhead staff. Reflections, which most recently worked on The Division, will visit the White House Pub on Thursday, March 17th from 3pm. Xbox-owned Lionhead faces closure following the cancellation of Fable Legends. Reflections staff says they will …
Read More »Five things other publishers can learn from The Division
Ubisoft’s The Division is the biggest Q1 game ever. MCV estimates that over 300,000 copies of the game were sold in a week (digital and physical), making it a massive new IP launch, up there with Watch Dogs and Destiny. We’ve written countless articles about games that got their launches …
Read More »The Division is the best-ever selling Q1 game
Ubisoft said it was going to do it, and The Division has delivered. Last month the publisher told MCV that it thought The Division could be the best selling Q1 release ever. And that’s precisely what it’s achieved. The Tom Clancy shooter has broken the 11-year record set by Sony’s …
Read More »The Division delivers biggest day-one sales in Ubisoft’s history
Well, The Division has got off to an absolute flyer. Ubisoft’s new Tom Clancy game has sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any other Ubisoft title in the company’s history, the firm states. So it’s bigger than any Assassin’s Creed or indeed Watch Dogs which, at the …
Read More »6.4 million people played The Division beta
Ubisoft has revealed that the beta for its new online shooter IP The Division was played by a record-breaking 6.4 million gamers. It is the biggest beta for a new IP on ‘current generation platforms’. That’s PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to you and me. In doing so it beats …
Read More »Ubisoft dev says PC version of The Division graphics "kept in check" with consoles
Uh oh. A Ubisoft developer has claimed that the graphical prowess of The Division on PC was reigned in to ensure it wasn’t too far ahead of consoles. "We do have to kind of keep it in check with the consoles, because it would kind of be unfair just to …
Read More »Ubisoft Massive: ‘It would be unfair to push PC far away from console’
The Division features a number of graphical options on console to favour performance over visuals
Read More »UBISOFT: The Division set for March
Ubisoft’s newest open world blockbuster will arrive in March next year. March 8th to be precise. The open world action game was originally slated for this year, but was delayed last month. It tells the story of a group of tactical agents called The Division who are designed to help …
Read More »The Division delayed to 2016; Ubisoft moves away from PS3 and Xbox 360
Ubisoft has confirmed that The Division will not be released this year as previously planned. Instead, the game is now scheduled to be released some time between January and March of 2016. "It is never an easy decision to move launch dates, but we are committed to make decisions that …
Read More »Fourth developer added to The Division’s ranks
Ubisoft Annecy is the latest studio to collaborate on the publisher’s upcoming open-world shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division. The developer has previously worked on the multiplayer for Assassin’s Creed III and Black Flag. It now joins Massive Entertainment, Reflections and Red Storm in making The Division. Annecy’s exact role on …
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