Tag: Ubisoft
News 20 Whole Minutes of Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Gameplay Looks Supremely Polished
Delays do pay
With its 20th March release date fast approaching, Ubisoft's marketing machine for Assassin's Creed Shadows is now in full flow — as evidenced by this lengthy 20-minute gameplay walkthrough. The footage manages to cover just about everything. Both protagonists — Naoe and Yasuke — get plenty of screentime, as they engage in...
News PS5 Pro Hands Assassin's Creed Shadows 3 Exclusive Graphics Modes
Upscaled 2160p, ray tracing, and 40FPS
Ubisoft has confirmed the sort of graphical enhancements PS5 Pro players can look forward to when playing Assassin's Creed Shadows on the upgraded console. Building upon the standard Fidelity and Performance modes available on the base PS5, the PS5 Pro will have an additional three modes all to itself that...
News Prepare 107GB of Space for Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5
Preload from 18th March
It appears Assassin's Creed Shadows will demand roughly 107GB of SSD space when the time comes to install the new Ubisoft open worlder on PS5. The game is available for preload on Xbox Series X|S and is taking up the aforementioned amount of space, so it's expected the PS5 version will be similar in size. The PS5 preload for...
Rumour Far Cry Multiplayer Shooter Has Been 'Rebooted' as Ubisoft Turmoil Continues
Far Crying
Ubisoft has effectively pulled the plug on a yet-to-be-announced Far Cry project — a multiplayer extraction shooter that's apparently been "rebooted" following an internal review. This leak comes via the ever-reliable Insider Gaming, and suggests that, once again, Ubisoft is really struggling to align its business at present. We first...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Length Between 40 and 80 Hours, New Game+ Under Consideration
Smaller doesn't mean short
With Assassin's Creed Shadows' 20th March release date just around the corner, more and more details are being passed around via interviews and event coverage, with the game's length being a key talking point. Thanks to an official showcase in Kyoto, the ever-informative Genki got to interview creative director Charles...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Gameplay Goes In-Depth on Combat, Stealth, Character Progression
Quietly loud
If you want to know more about the systems and gameplay mechanics that make up Assassin's Creed Shadows, this new video from IGN Fan Fest is well worth a watch. The video itself is built around an interview with Shadows' creative director Charles Benoit, who breaks down combat, stealth, and even character-based progression, like...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Trophies Will Test Your Shinobi, Samurai Skills
Platinum for the patient
Assassin's Creed Shadows' 20th March release date is creeping ever closer, unless you manage to snare one of the illicit copies currently in circulation, in which case you are likely playing now. Despite that unfortunate snafu, we know we are getting closer, as the game's PS5 Trophies have now been confirmed; that is, except...
News Ubisoft Responds to Latest Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Crisis
"Stay in the shadows, avoid the spoilers"
Inevitably, Ubisoft has responded to the fact that copies of Assassin's Creed Shadows broke containment nearly a full month before its scheduled release date of 20th March on PS5. We covered the news yesterday, and after publication, it appears a number of shadowy individuals began streaming gameplay in...
News Copies of Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Sneak Past Official Release Date
Shadowy individuals playing early
If you're anticipating the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, you might want to go into hiding until its official launch on 20th March, just to be safe; unconfirmed reports that Ubisoft's seemingly make-or-break game has broken its street date have begun to bubble up, suggesting it has been sold early, or fell off...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows' 'Canon Mode' Makes Fans Ponder the Point of RPG Options
Historically accurate
Previously rumoured and then officially hinted at, it's now been confirmed that Assassin's Creed Shadows will ship with a 'Canon Mode' option. As is the case with Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Shadows has a dialogue system that lets you make key decisions during certain quests, and, to a limited...
News Ubisoft 'Confident' Assassin's Creed Shadows' Imminent March Release Date Will Stick
No more delays (hopefully)
Just several weeks away from its 20th March release date, Ubisoft is reportedly "confident" that Assassin's Creed Shadows won't be hit with another last-minute delay. According to Insider Gaming, unnamed sources say that both the publisher and Shadows' developers are now ramping up for launch — to the point where review...
News Ubisoft Teases Rainbow Six: Siege X, the Game's 'Biggest Transformation'
Showcase set for 13th March
Ubisoft has teased a "new era" of Rainbow Six: Siege will be ushered in as it unveils the "biggest transformation in the game's history" at a special Siege X showcase next month. Taking place on 13th March 2025, the livestream will reveal "new ways to play", deeper tactical gameplay, and "graphical and audio upgrades"...
News Ubisoft Revenue, Net Bookings Decline 31%
These are not happy numbers
All eyes are on Ubisoft, one of the biggest publishers in the industry, as it finds itself in something of a fiscal pickle. The French firm has released its financial results for the nine months ending 31st December 2024, and they don't paint a pretty picture. Now more than ever, Ubisoft seems to be counting on the...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders Are 'Solid', in Line with Odyssey
"Together, we will be unstoppable"
Ubisoft says that pre-orders for its upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows are "solid". While specifics weren't forthcoming, they are currently "in line with those of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the second most successful entry of the franchise". Players who do pre-order will gain the Claws of Awaji expansion in the...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Simply Stunning in New-Gen Features Trailer
Seeing is believing
Assassin's Creed Shadows’ 20th March release on PS5 is creeping ever closer, and to hold us over in the meantime, Ubisoft has released a new-gen features trailer that is, admittedly, primarily focused on PC. Still, all platforms will benefit from the features of its formidable Anvil Engine, which allows for impressive...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Character Swapping Explained, Loyal Players Won't 'Miss Out'
The choice is yours
Assassin's Creed Shadows won't punish players who favour one protagonist over the other, as explained in a new interview with creative director Jonathan Dumont. Speaking to Screen Rant, Dumont goes into some detail about how Shadows' character swapping actually works within the game's structure. This has been brought up before...
News Extend Your Assassin's Creed Shadows Experience with Official Manga
Launching alongside the game in Japan
Assassin’s Creed has had various comic book and manga adaptations, most notably the Blade of Shao Jun, which was inspired by Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China. But the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows was always going to be ripe for a manga, and Ubisoft has announced that it’s cooking up an adaptation...
News Significant Assassin's Creed Shadows Spoilers Leak on Hentai Website
Shadowy business
Set to release next month, on the 20th March, Assassin's Creed Shadows has leaked online... kind of. The game's official art book has, for whatever reason, been uploaded to an adult website well ahead of launch. As you might expect, the book contains all kinds of spoilers, covering characters, locations, and key story elements...
News Old But Not Forgotten, Far Cry New Dawn Gets 60fps Patch on PS5
Update seemingly out on Tuesday
Ubisoft has announced over the weekend that it is returning to PS4 game Far Cry: New Dawn to give it a 60 frames-per-second enhancement patch when running on PS5. It will presumably release on Tuesday, 4th February 2025 to coincide with the Xbox Game Pass launch, allowing PS5 owners to experience a smoother version of...
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Reported 1.3 Million Sales Not Enough for Ubisoft
Could've been worse, though
About this time last year, Ubisoft released Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a fantastic side-scrolling Metroidvania — but it sadly failed to live up to the publisher's expectations. Despite great reviews, the game didn't deliver in terms of sales, leading to the team being dispersed to other Ubisoft projects...
News Ubisoft Indefinitely Delays Planned Story DLC for The Division 2
Year 6 content goes dark
In a reminder that some digital battles continue to be waged long after we've logged out, story DLC revealed as part of The Division 2's Year 6 content roadmap has been indefinitely delayed. Considering the current state of Ubisoft, we wouldn't have thought DLC for The Division 2 was very high on the company's list of...
News Studio Closure, Layoffs at Ubisoft in 'Targeted Restructuring'
185 European employees affected
Whatever the future holds for Ubisoft, significant changes are underway. Around 185 roles have been made redundant, and the company's UK studio in Leamington will be permanently shuttered. The French company confirmed that European teams based in Düsseldorf, Stockholm, and Newcastle will be downsized. A small number...
News Japan Censors Assassin's Creed Shadows, Removing Body Gore
Comes with a CERO Z rating
The video game ratings board for Japan, CERO, has announced a censored version of Assassin's Creed Shadows will be released in the country. The PS5 title will come with a CERO Z rating, meaning it can't be sold to anyone under the age of 18. On top of that, features and options in the game relating to bodily gore have been...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows' Now 'Super Fluid' Parkour Was the Reason for Its Second Delay
Run it back
You may recall that Assassin's Creed Shadows was going to launch on the 14th February before its second and most recent delay, which pushed it back to the 20th March. But why was the open world title hit with such a sudden delay in the first place? Well, according to director Charles Benoit, it boiled down to the game's parkour system...
News Ubisoft Follows Up with Hype-Inducing Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Story Trailer
This is the way forward
Hot on the heels of glowing preview coverage, we're experiencing some real whiplash today. Ubisoft has released a pretty convincing story trailer for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5, and we cannot deny it inspires within what was admittedly some flagging hype. Set in the infamous Iga province in 1579 (the final...
Preview Assassin's Creed Shadows Is the Golden Ticket Ubisoft Needs
Our four hours spent in Feudal Japan
Assassin's Creed Shadows feels like quite a bit more than just another video game release for Ubisoft. With speculation surrounding its future ownership, a sales disappointment in Star Wars Outlaws, and now two delays for its newest open worlder, the stakes are high for the French publisher. This doesn't just...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows to Debut 2 Hours of Gameplay on Thursday
From the Harima region
Ubisoft is going to reveal two hours of Assassin's Creed Shadows gameplay this Thursday on Twitch, the publisher has confirmed. A tweet announcing the livestream states viewers will see new footage from the Harima region as the game director pursues a high-ranking target, from the perspective of both Naoe and Yasuke. This...
News Ubisoft Marks One Year of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Despite Team No Longer Existing
Internal team gone but never forgotten
Released for PS5, PS4 just over a year ago, Ubisoft is celebrating Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown as it marks its one-year anniversary with a new trailer. It mostly works as an accolades trailer, pulling review quotes from media outlets and displaying them over gameplay footage. The worst part about it,...
News Ubisoft Might Relinquish Some of Its IP to a New Venture to Boost Publisher's Value
New-bisoft
According to a new report, Ubisoft stakeholders Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering starting up a new venture and migrating some of the publisher's IP across. Word comes from Bloomberg in a paywalled story that cites people familiar with the situation. Apparently, the two entities are weighing up the possibility of starting...
News Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Is All But Official Now, More Than a Graphics Upgrade
Project appears on LinkedIn profile
The remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag that Ubisoft reportedly has in the works appears to be absolutely real at this point, as the project has now appeared (temporarily) on an employee's LinkedIn profile. Spotted by MP1ST, it's listed with mention of new gameplay systems and mechanics relating to combat,...
News 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Outsold Ubisoft's Outlaws in 2024
Not the sales success Ubi was looking for
In a notable development, it appears that in 2024, 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor from Respawn Entertainment moved more units than Ubisoft's 2024 outing, Star Wars Outlaws. It's a surprising statistic, as we would have thought the impetus of the IP itself would have accounted for more copies sold. While...
News 10+ Hour DLC Packs Grow Assassin's Creed Shadows After Launch
First expansion leaked via Steam page
Ubisoft has accidentally titled the first Assassin's Creed Shadows expansion it has planned after launch with an update (that's since been pulled) to the game's Steam page following yesterday's delay. According to Insider Gaming, the pre-order information tab was temporarily updated to reveal the first DLC will...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Delayed Again, Now Out 20th March
To ensure a better day one experience
Ubisoft has today revealed it has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows a second time for all platforms, with a launch date now set for 20th March 2025. In a social media statement, it's said the reason for the delay is that "a few additional weeks" of development will ensure an "even more ambitious and engaging...
News Ubisoft 'Deeply Disturbed' by Abuse Allegations at Assassin's Creed Shadows Support Studio
"We strongly condemn all forms of abuse"
Ubisoft has responded to a video report from YouTube channel People Make Games that claims mental and physical abuse has taken place at an Assassin's Creed Shadows support studio in Indonesia, named Brandoville. In the video, it's reported Brandoville commissioner Kwan Cherry Lai abused employee Christa...
Random Assassin's Creed Origins Catching Strays as Ubisoft Review Bombing Gets Underway
French firm can't seem to catch a break
In a sorry start to 2025, Ubisoft is enjoying a review-bombing campaign on Steam, which has spilt onto social media. Fans are upset that a Microsoft Windows update has made what we believe to be among the franchise's best entries on PS5 unplayable on the PC platform.
Rumour The Far Cry Series May Finally Be Switching Things Up in Next Two Games
Here's hoping
Ubisoft's open world shooter series, Far Cry, has stayed in more or less the same place since the immensely successful Far Cry 3 launched back in 2012. According to a new report, though, it seems the next couple of games will try something different at last. Insider Gaming claims that there are currently two Far Cry titles in...
News Star Wars Outlaws Patches in PS5 Pro PSSR Toggle, Lets You Turn It Off
Just like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Ubisoft has patched another PSSR toggle into the PS5 Pro version of one of its games: Star Wars Outlaws. Available via update 1.5.0, a new "Upscaler Type" option can be found in the settings that lets PS5 Pro owners switch between PSSR and FSR. The update also makes the three graphics modes from the base PS5...
News Avatar Dev Will Let You Turn Off PSSR as It Fixes Poor PS5 Pro Patch
Hotfix on 12th December
Ubisoft has revealed in a Twitter statement that it is looking at fixing the PS5 Pro patch for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora that was implemented last week. While it works on the update, a hotfix coming this Thursday, 12th December 2024 will add a toggle that allows PS5 Pro owners to actually turn off the PSSR feature...
News Ubisoft's Handling of Canned PlayStation Exclusive WiLD 'a Real Scandal', Says Director
Michel Ancel has a story to tell
Some final, optimistic part of us always held out hope for WiLD; although we saw so little of Michel Ancel's lost title, we couldn't really tell you why. We got some closure on the game in August (a decade after it was announced), with developer Wild Sheep Studio confirming it was "no longer actively working on it."...
Rumour Ubisoft Turmoil Continues as Shareholders Consider Buyout
Chinese giant Tencent in talks
Ubisoft's tumultuous 2024 continues. Word of a potential buyout is starting to spread (again), as the publisher struggles to right itself following a series of poor decisions, layoffs, and general mismanagement. Back in October, it was reported that shareholders — including Chinese conglomerate Tencent — were...
News Ubisoft FPS XDefiant Shutting Down, Not Accepting New Players
Servers go offline on 3rd June 2025
Ubisoft has confirmed its online FPS XDefiant will be shutting down and isn't accepting any new players with immediate effect. Anyone who played the game before today (3rd December 2024) will continue to receive access until 3rd June 2025, at which point the servers will be taken offline. A third season of content...
News Fans Frustrated with Avatar's Disappointing PS5 Pro Patch
PSSR reducing image quality
Ubisoft has today patched official PS5 Pro support into Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, allowing it to run at 60 frames-per-second in its Quality Mode. The internal resolution has been increased when running on Sony's enhanced system, and PSSR is also in effect. PS5 Pro owners will experience "better quality and...
News Ubisoft Reportedly Making a Minecraft Meets Animal Crossing Social Sim
Voxel-based Alterra in the works
A publisher as big as Ubisoft always has a lot on the go at once, much of which is known, so it's always interesting to hear about something we weren't expecting. In a new report from Insider Gaming, it seems the company is hard at work on a game called Alterra. Citing anonymous sources, the site claims the game...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows To Overhaul Series' Sedentary Stealth Mechanics
Bye bye, birdy
Ubisoft is changing the way Assassin's Creed Shadows' stealth mechanics work for both new protagonists, the samurai Yasuke and the shinobi Naoe. Ubisoft detailed how it all works in a blog post that appears to have since been
News Star Wars Outlaws PS5 Does Away with Forced Stealth in Major Update
"Jabba! This is your last chance. Free us, or die"
Star Wars Outlaws certainly had some teething issues at launch, and Ubisoft appears to be addressing them head-on, if perhaps a tad tardy some three months later. Still, Title Update 1.4.0 goes live today, November 21st, on PS5. It will do away with those forced stealth sections during story...
News Assassin's Creed Syndicate 60fps Patch Out Now on PS5, PS5 Pro
London calling
It's a good day to be a fan of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. The London-based excursion, which released all the way back in 2015 for the PS4, is finally getting a PS5 update. Out this week and weighing in at around 750MB, the patch doubles the title's frame rate when played on PS5 and PS5 Pro via backwards compatibility. That's a jump...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Not Have a Paid Battle Pass or Subscription on PS5
There'll be free content updates for everyone
A significant – and potentially damaging – leak earlier today appeared to reveal the contents for several Assassin’s Creed Shadows seasons, including Battle Passes and cosmetics. The goods, planned to be housed in a franchise wrapper named the Animus Hub (formerly known as Assassin’s Creed...
Hands On The Crew Motorfest Has Never Looked Better Thanks to the PS5 Pro
The Fast and the Glorious
We’re big fans of The Crew Motorfest here, so we were pleased to see a PS5 Pro Enhanced version announced alongside Sony’s new console. With the Pro finally here, we took to the well worn roads of Hawaii to see if the upgrade was up to much. Ubisoft’s racer was already a looker on the base PS5, but it asked the...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Lays the Foundation for a New Modern-Day Narrative
"Afterward, the modern storyline struggled to find its footing"
Ever since the death of Desmond Miles in Assassin's Creed III, the series has struggled to create a compelling hook for its ongoing modern-day narrative to accompany the historical action. In the 15 years since, the developer has reduced the focus on this aspect, which was once so...
News Star Wars Outlaws Gets Post-Launch Creative Director Switcheroo
"He's all yours, bounty hunter. Reset the chamber for Skywalker"
Released two months ago, Star Wars Outlaws has a new creative director, with Drew Rechner replacing Julian Gerighty in the top job. It's admittedly a pretty unusual move from Ubisoft and details are fairly light; following a soft commercial reception, it appears Rechner will oversee...
