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French publisher Ubisoft has risked stoking the fires of hate towards its controversial PC DRM strategy by proclaiming it a success. Yesterday it emerged that upcoming release Driver: San Francisco will require a permanent internet connection to play, even if only in single player mode. The game requires constant authentication …
Read More »Driver SF uses always-on DRM
The PC version of Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco will require players to have a constant internet connection. The new was confirmed by Driver and Rabbids community developer Mathieu Willem via Twitter, according to Eurogamer. Throughout the first half of 2010, Ubisoft faced criticism and even server attacks after it announced …
Read More »Ubisoft UK details free-to-play hopes
Ubisoft’s free-to-play aspirations were unveiled to the UK press at a summer showcase last week. With F2P titles Ghost Recon Online, Imagine Town and The Settlers Online, Ubisoft is adapting its own brands with the ultimate goal of ‘upgrading’ users to richer online games. Using the free-to-play model, we want …
Read More »Ubisoft details Revelations collector’s editions
The standard SKU of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations will be accompanied by no less than two special editions at launch. Ubisoft has announced it will release a collector’s edition, which will feature an artbook, the game’s soundtrack and a copy of a new animated movie, Assassin’s Creed: Embers. This version will …
Read More »Zumba fends off new entries in UK charts
505 Games’s Zumba Fitness holds onto the top spot of the UK GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, despite the arrival of several new entries this week. This is the sixth consecutive week at No.1 for the dance workout game, making for a total of nine weeks at No.1 since …
Read More »Ubisofts Online Pass named, priced
Starting with the release of Driver: San Francisco on September 2nd, Ubisoft is to introduce its own version of EA’s Online Pass. Called the Uplay Passport, it will come in the form of a one-time use code in the box. This can then be redeemed online to unlock multiplayer online …
Read More »Ubisoft FY Q1 sales fall 36%
Publisher Ubisoft’s Q1 2011 sales have hit 90.7m, a drop of 36.3 per cent compared to the year before. But this is significantly up on the company’s expectations of just 79.2m. Last year the publisher generated 141.8m, but this was boosted by the release of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten …
Read More »Guillemot: PS4 and next Xbox coming soon
It was only a year ago that top-level industry execs were questioning the very viability and future of the console hardware cycle. Now, the move to a new breed of machines is near, it is being claimed. And these claims come from the very top of leading publisher Ubisoft. The …
Read More »Child of Eden on PS3 gets budget RRP
It may have hypnotised critics, but much like its spiritual predecessor Rez, recent release Child of Eden wasn’t such a hit at retail – a fact clearly not missed on publisher Ubisoft. When the game arrives on PS3 on September 23rd consumers’ will notice more differences than simply PlayStation Move …
Read More »Child of Eden gets PS3 release date
Ubisoft has finally nailed down a concrete release date for the PS3 version of Child of Eden. The game, which hit Xbox 360 in June, will arrive complete with PlayStation Move compatibility in the UK on September 23rd. There’s also a concrete release date for the 3DS version of Michael …
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