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Players can now sign up to have access to the Ghost Recon: Wildlands closed beta, that will kick off next week. Ubisoft revealed yesterday that the closed beta will run from February 3rd to February 6th, with pre-load starting on February 1st. It will be available on PlayStation 4, Xbox …
Read More »Ubisoft confirms Steep, Just Dance and Rayman Legends for Nintendo Switch
Ubisoft has announced its Switch line-up, following Nintendo’s reveal conference earlier today. The publisher has announced that Just Dance 2017, Rayman Legends and Steep will all be coming to Nintendo’s new console. Just Dance is not a surprise, since Ubisoft announced it at E3 2016, back when the console was …
Read More »New Ghost Recon Wildlands trailer shows heads exploding while cat chases red dot
Ubisoft obviously knows what to do to win the internet and put it into practice in its new trailer for the upcoming Ghost Recon Wildlands. It features a cute cat chasing a red dot, which is everything we could hope for in a trailer for an open world drug cartel …
Read More »Leak suggests Beyond Good and Evil 2 could be Switch exclusive
Leak from Laura K Dale, who has previously leaked accurate Nintendo Switch information
Read More »MCV’s Review of the Year – Part 3: Events of 2016
Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. Big themes in 2016 included the fallout of Brexit (or lack of), the rise of eSports as a commercial force to be reckoned with, the tarnishing of a few reputations on YouTube, and much, much more. Hope …
Read More »Ubisoft executives fined €1.27m for insider stock trading
4 of the 5 executives fined plan to appeal decision
Read More »Vivendi’s slow acquisition of Ubisoft shares continues, as their stake passes 25%
Vivendi will be required under French law to make an offer for the company when they hit 30%
Read More »Ubisoft targeting mobile gaming session lengths for the Nintendo Switch
Ubisoft have to design titles that appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers
Read More »Ubisoft thinks Switch could bring audiences together
Nintendo’s Switch could be the machine to unite the worlds of casual mobile gaming and more dedicated console gaming. That’s according to Ubisoft’s French studios MD Xavier Poix, who told Polygon: This is a good evolution because for the first time you have a console that is bringing two worlds …
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 …
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