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Read More »Far Cry 4 creative director working on ‘personal project’
New title to be developed in the same way as Child of Light, Valiant Hearts and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Read More »Far Cry 4 PC complainers accidentally reveal themselves to be pirates
PC gamers complaining about the lack of a specific function in the PC version of Far Cry 4 have been revealed to be pirates. A number of complainants took to the likes of Reddit and Twitter to complain the Ubisoft’s game lacked a FOV (field of view) slider – this …
Read More »Ubisoft says in-game crowd sizes not linked to Assassin’s Creed: Unity performance problems
A third patch that Ubisoft hopes will address some of the technical criticism aimed at Assassin’s Creed: Unity is on the way. In an unusually frank post the publisher has said that the vast numbers of NPCs (non-playable characters) on-screen at any one time is not connected to the game’s …
Read More »Former French minister slams Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s depiction of French Revolution
A former minister for the French Socialist Party has criticised the depiction of key figures in the French Revolution in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Unity. "[The game] presents an image of hatred of the Revolution, hatred of the people, hatred of the republic which is rampant in today’s far-right,” Jean-Luc Mlenchon …
Read More »Watch Dogs on Wii U will get some DLC after all
Ubisoft is going to release some DLC for the Wii U version of Watch Dogs. The publisher has previously said that the Bad Blood DLC, which was released for the existing versions of the game, wouldn’t make the jump to Wii U. But Polygon now reports that at least two …
Read More »Ubisoft is ‘changing the way it works with reviewers’
The fallout of Assassin’s Creed” Unity’s launch backlash has resulted in publisher Ubisoft saying it will change the way it works with reviewers. What hasn’t been specified is how it will change it. Many reports are taking it as confirmation that it will no longer enforce post-release embargoes, a practise …
Read More »Ubisoft investigating Assassin’s Creed: Unity issues for AMD PC owners
Aside from the widespread issues affecting the console versions of Assassin’s Creed: Unity, the PC version is also being hit by apparent performance concerns. Ubisoft has said that those running either an AMD processor and graphics card are having trouble sustaining decent framerates at decent settings. There have also been …
Read More »Patrice Désilets opens new studio Panache Digital Games
Assassin's Creed creator reveals first project since leaving Ubisoft
Read More »Ubisoft stock slips following Assassin’s Creed: Unity launch
Ubisoft’s stock took a hit today in the wake of the firm’s rocky launch of Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Yahoo reports company shares are down to $3.29 compared to Tuesday’s closing price of $3.62 – a dip of 9.12 per cent, effectively restoring shares to the levels they were at prior …
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