Ubisoft shares plummeted to their lowest level since 2013 — the deal with Tencent did not save the company
Ubisoft is in the spotlight again — and this time not because of a new game. The company, which was once at the peak of its popularity, is now going through a difficult time.
XCOM in the Rainbow Six universe: Insider says Ubisoft is developing a new turn-based game
Instead of the usual shooter, Ubisoft seems to be preparing a big twist for the Rainbow Six universe — a turn-based tactical game.
Ubisoft releases patch for Far Cry 4 with nude censorship — 11 years after release
Far Cry 4 received a quiet update on PC — it took away naked men and women.
Ubisoft had to add yellow marks to Assassin’s Creed Shadows due to inattentive players
Yellow labels in games have long been a subject of controversy because they make navigation too easy. Assassin’s Creed Shadows wanted to avoid them, but players changed Ubisoft’s mind.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has gained 3 million players, but Ubisoft is silent on sales
At the start, Assassin’s Creed Shadows outsold its predecessors — Origins and Odyssey by the number of players.
Chinese giant Tencent has bought a stake in Ubisoft’s new studio that will develop Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry
Ubisoft has announced the creation of a separate subsidiary studio for its major franchises — Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six.
Elon Musk called Assassin’s Creed Shadows «terrible», and Ubisoft trolled him for cheating
Ubisoft is once again at the center of a scandal, but this time it is not Assassin’s Creed Shadows bugs that caused it, but Elon Musk.
«Optimizations — likes»: Assassin’s Creed Shadows has gathered 1 million players in 24 hours and has 80% positive rating on Steam
Assassin’s Creed Shadows had a strong start — in just 15 hours after its release, the game attracted more than a million players.
Ubisoft releases first patch for Assassin’s Creed Shadows — temples can no longer be destroyed
Ubisoft has released the first patch for Assassin’s Creed Shadows in record time, prohibiting the destruction of shrines.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows review. Exceeding expectations
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, which is the fourteenth game in the series, has probably gone through the most difficult development period of all the major projects in the franchise. After the full announcement and the first trailer in May, only the lazy did not criticize the game. It seemed that Ubisoft had stepped on every possible […]
Ubisoft is waiting for a hit: the creators of Assassin’s Creed Shadows have hired psychologists and are advised to hide their place of work
Ubisoft is preparing for the invasion of haters in advance, and has already hired psychologists for Assassin’s Creed Shadows developers.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows gets a new trailer, Steam Deck support, and pre-order bonuses
Ubisoft has released a cinematic trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows and changed its position on porting the game to Steam Deck.
20 minutes of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is officially now — Ubisoft announced release time and «weight» download
Ubisoft has confirmed the release date of Assassin’s Creed Shadows and launched an early download of the game on some platforms.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows will take over 80 hours with additional content
Ubisoft is gradually opening the curtain on Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and the main novelty this time is the environment destruction system.
Poor quality of Assassin’s Creed Shadows — Ubisoft asks you to ignore early gameplay leaks and not to spoil your impression
Ubisoft urged gamers not to criticize the quality of Assassin’s Creed Shadows after early leaks.
Players got hold of Assassin’s Creed Shadows disks a month before the release — gameplay and spoilers are already online
Some players started sharing pictures of Assassin’s Creed Shadows disks and spreading gameplay on X (Twitter) and Reddit a few weeks before the official release.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows will have a mode that will choose the «correct» answer in dialogs instead of the player
The developers have taken care of those who freeze up before choosing dialogues in RPGs.
Downfall after upswing: Ubisoft shuts down XDefiant game’s servers
The future of the development team is in question at XDefiant.
Ubisoft demands Steam to remove player count charts from public access after Star Wars Outlaws failure, — rumors
Not a day goes by without interesting news about Ubisoft.
Ubisoft employees in Barcelona sue the company — demand to cancel their return to the office
Ubisoft says that «team creativity» grows better in the office.
Windows 11 24H2 update causes crashes in popular Ubisoft games
Microsoft recognized, that its latest Windows 11 24H2 update is causing crashes in some Ubisoft video games.
Two players sue Ubisoft over the closure of The Crew: «They left a skeleton of what we paid for»
The plaintiffs are convinced that they have been deceived by Ubisoft.
Ubisoft releases a blockchain PC game with $63k worth NFT
Ubisoft has released the NFT game Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles for PC without any loud announcements. It is a PvP tactical RPG on the blockchain where players have to collect and assemble a team of champion figures to fight in turn-based battles. Although Champions Tactics was announced back in June 2023, new information about the game…
Ubisoft has no plans to add Ukrainian to its games, and XDefiant’s localization was «a show of solidarity and support»
Olga Sendziuk, Managing Director of Ubisoft Ukraine, in interview Forbes talked about the work of the company’s Kyiv and Odesa offices, challenges during the war, and localization of games into Ukrainian. We have selected the main points.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown won’t get a sequel due to low sales — Ubisoft dismisses the team
Ubisoft has disbanded the Prince of Persia The Lost Crown development team due to the game’s poor sales. About it reported French blogger Gautoz, who talked to the company’s employees.
More than 700 Ubisoft employees in France go on a three-day strike — over demands to return to the office
You can quickly get used to working from home.
Breaking: Tencent wants to buy out Ubisoft amid falling shares, poor sales and delays
Tencent and Ubisoft’s founders, the Guillemot family, are considering a buyout of the French game developer after losing more than half of its market value.
Ubisoft is developing a cooperative mode for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, — Tom Henderson
Ubisoft is working on a cooperative mode for the upcoming game Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The developers plan to release this mode after the game’s official release.
No Yasuke: Assassin’s Creed Shadows originally had a Japanese samurai
The hero of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the Afro-Japanese samurai Yasuke, causes not only discontent among fans but also Japanese indignation. But initially there was none.
Sales of Star Wars Outlaws are not impressive: 1 million copies in a month
Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws game a month after release dispersed with a circulation of only one million copies worldwide, which turned out to be significantly lower expectations developers.
New California law will force digital stores to admit that they do not sell, but only license content
Digital stores will not be able to use words such as «buy» or «purchase» unless they disclose the licensing terms.
Ubisoft postpones the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows to 2025
The new installment of the popular Assassin’s Creed series will be released on February 14, 2025.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature a base building system that resembles The Sims
IGN China accidentally published the developers’ diary, in which you can see the new feature of Assassin’s Creed Shadows — the base building system.
Assassin’s Creed Invictus: Ubisoft is preparing a Fall Guys-style multiplayer assassin battle, — insider
X (Twitter) user j0nathan, known for his accurate predictions about the Assassin’s Creed series, has released new information about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Invictus game.
Ubisoft accused of using bots to promote Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Gamers have exposed suspicious activity in the comments under the new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, accusing Ubisoft of artificially inflating positive reviews. The video received approximately 18,000 likes and 80,000 dislikes from viewers.
Ubisoft developer calls for 40 FPS to be the standard for consoles
Ancel Labena, a video game producer at Ubisoft, believes that 40 frames per second (FPS) mode should become the new standard for console games, providing an optimal balance between smooth gameplay and image quality.
Ubisoft shares are falling: Star Wars Outlaws did not meet expectations
Shares of French video game developer Ubisoft continue to fall for the second day in a row.
Star Wars Outlaws review. Did Ubisoft finally succeed?
Since its announcement, Star Wars Outlaws has provoked a strong reaction from players and bloggers (mostly Western). They criticized the company’s pricing policy, the appearance of the heroine, and some game conventions shown in the trailers. All of this turned into a real snowball, and the closer to the game’s release, the more…
Ubisoft advises «early» Star Wars Outlaws players to delete their saves and start the game with the first day patch installed
Ubisoft: «You have not played this game. It was just a Jedi dream».
Get your powerful PCs ready: Star Wars Outlaws consumes over 20 GB of video memory in 4K
Apparently, the developers used the Force to create such demanding graphics.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows: new video reveals unique gameplay features of Naoe and Yasuke
Ubisoft has released a new video of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which reveals the game features of the two main characters — Naoe and Yasuke.
Ubisoft arranged a VIP tour to Disneyland for YouTubers for positive feedback on Star Wars Outlaws
It seems that Ubisoft has found a new way to use the Power of… The Power of Marketing.
A park ranger in a hood at the opening of the 2024 Olympics turned out to be a reference to the Assassin’s Creed Unity game
Now we know where all the assassins went — they were preparing for the Olympics.
Was the life of Yasuke from Assassin’s Creed Shadows invented by a scientist? The university is investigating, the Japanese parliament is interested
The dubious historical accuracy and alleged disrespect for Japanese culture in Assassin’s Creed Shadows has led to a scandal that continues to flare up.
Ubisoft has invested more money in marketing Star Wars Outlaws than any other game
Marketing = success, obviously.
A player’s romance with himself? Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature a relationship between Naoe and Yasuke
The head of Assassin’s Creed Shadows explained how romantic relationships will work for both player characters, Naoe and Yasuke. Brooke Davis didn’t say it directly, but it seems like a hint of a romance between them.
New Star Wars Outlaws gameplay video is criticized for boring plot and outdated effects
IGN shared a video of ten minutes of Star Wars Outlaws gameplay. It includes cutscenes, battles, quests, and other gameplay elements.
«Insulting Japanese culture»: petition to cancel Assassin’s Creed Shadows is rapidly gaining votes
Ever since Ubisoft first revealed Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the game has been facing an increasing amount of backlash from the Japanese. Many have expressed disappointment with the representation of the country and its culture in Assassin’s Creed, and now the discontent has been formalized into a petition on Change.org, which requires…
Ubisoft shows Star Wars Outlaws gameplay — space and ground battles, stealth, Nix’s abilities
During the Ubisoft Forward broadcast, the company demonstrated more than 10 minutes of Star Wars Outlaws gameplay. The video includes a shootout in space, a brief tour of the iconic crime center Moss Eisley, and the protagonist’s little assistant Nix at work.
New trailer for Star Wars Outlaws hints at old friends and gameplay elements, to be shown on June 10
A new short trailer for Star Wars Outlaws was shown at Summer Game Fest 2024. It is likely that the game will feature Lando Calrissian from the «Star Wars» movies.
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