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Read More »Assassin’s Creed may never return to an annual release schedule
The decision to drop a potential 2016 mainline release in the Assassin’s Creed series could signify a longer-term strategical shift. Ubisoft confirmed earlier this month that it was taking a step back to evaluate the future of the series. Games Industry reports that now boss Yves Guillemot has said at …
Read More »Ubisoft makes more money per Xbox One user than PS4 user
Global sales of the PS4 may well be far ahead of Xbox One, but today’s Ubisoft financial report reveals that Microsoft users are spending more. VentureBeat reports that for every $1 spent by the average PS4 owner on Ubisoft products in Q3, Xbox One owners spent $1.25. This higher average …
Read More »Major development overhaul planned for Assassin’s Creed
Stealth-action series takes a break from annual release cycle to ‘evolve game mechanics’
Read More »No Assassin’s Creed in 2016, but Watch Dogs 2 confirmed before March 2017
Ubisoft has said that there will be no mainline release in the Assassin’s Creed series this year. This was first rumoured last month, along with claims that the gap in the schedule will be filled by Watch Dogs 2. That has now been confirmed, too, with Ubisoft listing Watch Dogs …
Read More »The Big Game: Far Cry Primal
Far Cry Primal hits shelves at the end of the month and the title faces the difficult task of offering something new, whilst living up to its predecessors’ commercial success. 2014’s Far Cry 4 was a huge success, with retail ordering 7m units during its first six weeks on sale. …
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 »VIDEO: Trackmania Turbo to release in March
Ubisoft’s time trial racing title Trackmania Turbo is launching next month The title, announced during Ubisoft’s 2015 E3 conference, will be releasing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on March 25th. The publisher says that Trackmania Turbo comes with over 200 tracks in four environments Rollercoaster Lagoon, International Stadium, …
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
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