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News Sorry Europe, You Won't Be Probing Any Bottoms in South Park: The Stick of Truth
Ubisoft cuts content from TV tie-in
A game based on controversial cartoon South Park was never going to toe the line, so it’s unsurprising to learn that South Park: The Stick of Truth has been censored in Europe. BT.com spotted a document suggesting that seven scenes had been removed from the title, which publisher Ubisoft has since confirmed. The...
News Settle into South Park with 13 Minutes of Stick of Truth Gameplay
"Welcome to the Kingdom of Kupa Keep"
Finally, after almost three years, South Park: The Stick of Truth is ready to be released. The game's not had the best time since its announcement back in 2011. Developer Obsidian – a veteran when it comes to RPGs – has faced design delays and redundancies, as well as original publisher THQ going bankrupt...
News Watch Dogs Will Tap into Your PS4 Between April and June
Connection established
Ubisoft’s once world beating hack happy sandbox will finally send a signal to the PS4 between April and June, as the French publisher has re-confirmed that Watch Dogs is on track for the first quarter of its 2014-2015 fiscal year. The title – which is also coming to the PS3 – had originally been set to deploy alongside...
News Far Cry Classic Turns Back the Clocks Next Week on PS3
Not so far anymore
Shed tears no more, the previously announced Far Cry Classic now has a North American release date of 11th February. Ubisoft previously confirmed that the old-school title would hit the European PlayStation Store on 12th February. We must say, it's a bit odd that this announcement took so long, but we suppose that it's nice to...
News Child of Light Will Cast a Spell on PS4, PS3 on 30th April
Kingdom come
It’s kept us in the dark for what feels like a lifetime, but Ubisoft has pointed a big bright beam at Child of Light this evening, confirming that the throwback role-playing game will release on 30th April in Europe and North America on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. You’ll need to stump up £11.99/$14.99 in order to obtain...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Harpoons a Gigantic Patch on PS4
It's a big one, captain
That standard 500GB PlayStation 4 hard drive isn't going to last much longer with huge game installs and updates as big as this one. Weighing in at 2.3GB, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's latest patch is a beast, but thankfully it isn't a big load of nothing. The download fixes numerous issues - some of which have been...
News Waiting for Next-Gen's Killer App? Tetris Plops onto PS4 Soon
In an infinite spin
Content hungry PlayStation 4 owners may feel like pulling shapes shortly, as Ubisoft has announced that it's bringing a brand new version of Tetris to the next generation console. According to a shock press release slammed into our inbox earlier today, the French publisher has snapped up the rights to the classic Russian puzzler,...
Review Assassin's Creed Liberation HD (PlayStation 3)
Assassin's speed
Retelling the rather erratic adventures of Aveline de Grandpré, Assassin's Creed Liberation HD leaps onto the PlayStation 3 after its moderate success on Sony's handheld console – and visually, it's just about what you'd expect. The game's events are now witnessed through a much clearer lens, with some drastically improved...
News Rayman Legends Is Jumping onto PS4 Sooner Than You Think
A teensie bit closer
Rayman Legends will leap onto the PlayStation 4 a week earlier than expected, Ubisoft has announced. The delightful platformer will now be available on 18th February in North America and 21st February in Europe. It's almost impossible to imagine the game looking any prettier, but apparently it will. In addition, the next-gen...
News New Screens of Assassin's Creed Liberation HD Blow the Original's Visuals Out of the Water
Aveline de Grandpré looks better than ever
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation for the PlayStation Vita was by no means an unimpressive attempt at transferring the gorgeous graphics of the franchise to the handheld market. However, three new photos comparing its visuals to the upcoming Assassin's Creed Liberation HD make you second-guess the...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's First Single Player DLC Breaks Free This Week
Adé-way with ya
The Jackdaw's stern first mate Adéwalé will soon be getting his time in the spotlight thanks to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's 'Freedom Cry' DLC. You'll play as the machete-wielding warrior as he fights to free slaves from the horrendous treatment that they endured at the time. He certainly cuts a more imposing figure than the...
Review Just Dance 2014 (PlayStation 4)
It takes Move to tango
Ubisoft’s colossal Just Dance series has become a common name among party gamers and rhythm fans. The gameplay essentially boils down to you mirroring a brightly coloured avatar in order to pull shapes to popular songs across a variety of genres. Compatible with up to four players, the franchise scores you by tracking your...
News Rayman Legends Makes History on PS4 in Late February
Hopefully it won't cost an arm and a leg
It’s hard to imagine how it could possibly look any prettier, but Rayman Legends is set to wind up on the PlayStation 4 on 25th February in North America and 28th February in Europe. Nonchalantly announced during a Ubisoft investors meeting earlier in the year, the re-release will ship with suppressed...
News Tom Clancy's The Division Hints at What Your PS4 Can Do
Snow way
If the PlayStation 4 has yet to impress you from a visual perspective, then you may want to sit tight until Massive Entertainment’s tactical third-person shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division deploys next year. Developed using a brand new engine named Snowdrop, the upcoming release aims to introduce you to a world built specifically for...
News What Powers a True PS4 Game? Tom Clancy's The Division Will Show You
Clancy clout
We’re currently caught amid that weird period before Christmas where the industry’s trying to tuck into its mince pies, but GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley has other ideas for his VGX Awards event. As such, there’s a ton of 25-second teaser trailers hitting the web right now – including this predominantly pointless clip of...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Makes a Bid for Freedom This Month
Kenway have some more?
You’ll be walking the plank as first mate Adewale this holiday, as a Ubisoft advertisement has confirmed that Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s post-release expansion ‘Freedom Cry’ will set sail on 17th December. The add-on pack will be available for both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, and...
News Rayman Legends Lost Content Has Now Been Found for the PlayStation Vita
Update finally available
Ubisoft promised gamers that Rayman Legends for the PlayStation Vita would be identical to that of the console version, so it was confusing to say the least when those who purchased the title discovered that 28 levels were lost in translation - the 'Invasion' levels were nowhere to be found. It wasn't long after this...
Review Rocksmith 2014 Edition (PlayStation 3)
It's a long way to the top (if you wanna rock 'n' roll)
Let's cut to the chase: Rocksmith 2014 Edition will not miraculously teach you how to play guitar like Slash in 24 hours. Learning the guitar or bass takes years of dedicated practice, repetition, self-motivation, and real technique. That doesn't necessarily mean that Rocksmith is useless –...
News You May Be Sharing the Animus in Future Assassin's Creed Titles
"Wait, where did you come from?"
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag looks absolutely stunning on the PlayStation 4, but the seafaring escapade was not built with the next generation console in mind. Throughout development, publisher Ubisoft had to wrestle with changing specifications, and that’s resulted in the release not quite taking full...
News Ubisoft Shipping 1080p Patch for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag on PS4
Polishing up the telescope
The frustratingly dubbed ‘resolution-gate’ is showing no signs of coming to a conclusion. Following reports that revealed that Call of Duty: Ghosts would require a patch to up its resolution to 1080p on the PlayStation 4, Ubisoft has now confirmed that the same applies to Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Set sail in...
News Rayman Legends Leaps onto the PS4 in February
Let's get legless
Beautiful not-quite Nintendo Wii U exclusive Rayman Legends is set to hop onto the PlayStation 4 in February, publisher Ubisoft has announced. The port was nonchalantly unveiled by head-honcho Yves Guillemot during a drab financial call earlier today, in which he merely mentioned that the platformer is heading to “next-gen”...
News Current Sales of Assassin's Creed IV and Battlefield 4 Are Dead in the Water
Next-gen may not be to blame
It should come as no surprise that the current-gen versions of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Battlefield 4 are not selling as well as previous entries. After all, who wants to buy a game on an ageing console when they can wait a few weeks for the superior next-gen version? But a recent report from MCV reveals that...
News Ubisoft Sticks a Hidden Blade in Hopes for a Modern Assassin
Connor is no safer
With the recent release of the swashbuckling Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, there is one question on everyone's mind: where will Ubisoft's flagship franchise go now? While we still don't have a clear idea of where (or when) the Templars will strike next, a recent Reddit AMA with the series' lead writer Darby McDevitt has...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag PS4 Bundle Makes Prize Plunder
Worth a real or two
You may need a treasure map to track down a PlayStation 4 this Christmas, but should you locate an Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag bundle, we reckon that you’ll be sailing home a happy mariner. Sony has confirmed that it’s teamed up with Ubisoft to concoct a brand new hardware package, which includes a 500GB next generation...
News UK Sales Charts: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Gets the Wind in Its Sails
Battlefield 4 anchored in second
The excellent Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag outpaced Battlefield 4 to take this week’s UK sales charts crown, despite both titles being bitten by the next generation bug. Neither release managed to sell as many copies as their predecessors, with many consumers no doubt waiting for the PlayStation 4 versions of...
News Ubisoft Casts Assassin's Creed IV's Uplay Passport Overboard
Fish food
Online passes have been more or less ditched by all of the industry’s major publishers at this point, but Ubisoft curiously opted to cling onto the outdated practice for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Fortunately, following an inevitable online backlash, the publisher has decided to force the title's controversial unlock key to walk...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's Exclusive DLC Anchoring Down on PlayStation
Staying put
Sony may have inadvertently indicated that Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s platform exclusive DLC could sail to other systems after six months, but publisher Ubisoft has clarified that that’s not quite the case. Earlier in the month, a posh PlayStation 4 advertisement suggested that the console’s additional Aveline missions may...
Review Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (PlayStation 3)
Nautical but nice
There’s more treasure to plunder in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag than in an entire sunken Spanish fleet. Ubisoft’s seafaring sequel represents another colossal endeavour for the ambitious organisation, leaving you free to sail the colourful Caribbean Sea in search of fame, fortune, and more grog than an honest mariner...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's PS4 Exclusive DLC Will Sail to Other Shores
You'll need to wait six months for it to arrive, though
Timed exclusive DLC has always struck us as strange. We understand that it distinguishes a particular version of a multiformat game, but it just seems like such a waste of money on the platform holder’s part. Essentially, cash is being exchanged in order to prevent owners of another system...
News Assassin's Creed Liberation HD Scales New Orleans in the New Year
Familiar faces, famous places
While the PlayStation exclusive content in next week’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will allow you to further the narrative of Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation’s protagonist Aveline, you’ll be able to re-explore the origins of the heroine’s story early next year in the
News This is the Only Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Trailer You'll Ever Need
Stealth, swords, swimming, sharks
Just in case you haven't been keeping up with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's innumerable previous trailers, Ubisoft has been kind enough to grant you this definitive look at, well, basically everything that the game has to offer. From the main characters of the swashbuckling title to the act of stabbing large...
News String Up, Here's the Complete List of Playable Tracks in Rocksmith 2014 Edition
It's almost time to Paint It Black
Get ready to shred with this impressive list of music anthems for Ubisoft's upcoming rock-a-thon, Rocksmith 2014 Edition. Announced at E3 this year, the title is playing a follow up gig to Rocksmith, and allows you to plug your guitar or bass guitar into your console with a standard jack cable and play along with...
News What If You've Pre-Ordered a Watch Dogs PS4 Bundle?
Breathe slowly
Watch Dogs’ unexpected delay may be a thorn in Sony’s promotional plans for the PlayStation 4, but it’s also a big concern for consumers who have pre-ordered the title as part of a meaty next generation bundle. Fortunately, both Amazon and GameStop have confirmed that customers in North America will
Reaction Watch Dogs' Delay Is a Shame, but PS4 Won't Lose Connection with Consumers
Off the hook
Ubisoft called in some unexpected news earlier today when it delayed Watch Dogs into the vague window of spring 2014. The Chicago-based sandbox excursion had been set to tap into systems next month, but now it will be locked down until next year. The shock decision will have a negative impact on each of the major home consoles’...
News PlayStation 4 Racer The Crew Posses Up in Mid-2014
Staying in the workshop
Watch Dogs isn’t the only title packing up its belongings for a little longer than expected. Ubisoft has announced that its next generation racer The Crew will also be staying stationary for the foreseeable future, with the PlayStation 4 release not set to arrive until the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2015. It had...
News Watch Dogs Packs Up Its Smartphone Until Spring 2014
Cut off
Sony is not going to be happy. It’s invested a mammoth amount of resources into positioning Watch Dogs as one of the PlayStation 4’s primary launch games – you can even pre-order a bundle featuring the hack happy release from some European retailers – but Ubisoft has decided to delay the game on all platforms until a rather ambiguous...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Trailer Defies the Odds
Horrible histories
Ubisoft has released roughly 10,000 Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag trailers to date, so we suppose that another one won’t hurt. This snippet plots protagonist Edward Kenway’s path from free-loving rogue to seafaring savage. In addition to the video, the publisher’s also brought the date of the game forward in the UK,...
News Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Director Sphinx Ancient Egypt Would Make a Great Setting
Mummy Mia
Ancient Egypt has long been an unexplored area of video game fiction, but Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag director Ashraf Ismail reckons that it would be a “really cool” setting for a future entry in the pseudo-historical series. Speaking as part of an interview with the Examiner, the Ubisoft man admitted that the Animus would make...
News Miss the Eurogamer Expo? There's Still a Chance to Play PS4
Well, in the UK anyway
If you missed the Eurogamer Expo, but you’re still eager to get some hands-on time with the PlayStation 4 prior to release, the Play Expo could have you covered. Taking place in Manchester next weekend, organisers have confirmed that attendees will be able to spend some time with the next generation version of Assassin’s...
News Wow, the Assassin's Creed Heritage Collection Is the Only Game You'll Need This Year
Travel through time
Those of you looking to save a few pennies this holiday may want to keep your eagle eyes on the Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection. The compilation – due out in the UK on 8th November – includes Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed 2: Game of the Year Edition, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed:
First Impressions Sailing Around Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's Open Waters on PS4
We can almost smell that salty sea air
Only a short time away from launch, Ubisoft has been bombarding the web with countless promotional trailers, developer commentaries, and swag-heavy competitions for months now – but not even this avalanche of content could prepare us for the sense of freedom that we experienced during a recent Assassin's...
Preview Pointing a Long Lens at Watch Dogs on PS4
Hack attack
Watch Dogs is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated releases in the PlayStation 4’s line-up, so we were eager to point our viewfinder at a behind closed doors demo of the sandbox release earlier in the week. The title, being played on Sony’s next generation super machine, demonstrated several mechanics from the upcoming hack fest,...
First Impressions Basking in the Glow of Child of Light
Baby bright
The second UbiArt-powered game to be unveiled at Ubisoft’s Digital Days 2013 event, Child of Light – which is launching on both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 – was pitched to us as “a JRPG for those that don’t have the time to invest a hundred hours into a game”. While this quote may trouble some hardcore JRPG fans,...
Preview Digging Deep into the Trenches in Valiant Hearts: The Great War on PS3 and PS4
War and leash
Ubisoft broke new ground in 2011 with its innovative UbiArt Framework game engine, a technology which allows artists to easily create assets and embed them into interactive environments. We’ve already seen it used to brilliant effect in the recent Rayman games, and since then people have been crying out for it to be leveraged in more...
First Impressions Going Underground With Ubisoft's Watch_Dogs
We go hands-on at Ubisoft's Digital Days 2013
One of many blockbuster titles in Ubisoft’s stable adopting their second screen experience initiative, the potential for Watch_Dogs’ iOS "H_ide" app is high — and in a game where you can hack everything, you’re not quite as unhackable as you might think. At Ubisoft’s Digital Days 2013 event in...
News See What Makes Assassin's Creed IV On PS4 Next Gen
Shinier than a chest of gold
Are you ready to point your spyglass at yet another Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag trailer? Of course you are! This time Ubisoft explains exactly what sets the PlayStation 4 version apart from its current generation brethren. The video provides an interesting glimpse into the title's visual design, showing off and...
First Impressions Join The Crew - Hitting The Road With Ubisoft's PS4 Open World Racer
Burning rubber
Unique social functions and second screen experiences are the new chic for the video game industry at the moment, with every other publisher attempting to shoehorn in ways to ‘enhance’ your gameplay experience. No publisher is pushing for this innovative change more than Ubisoft and its seamlessly online-integrated race-em-up, The...
News Ubisoft's JRPG Tribute Child Of Light Will Illuminate Your PlayStation Console Next Year
Bewitching adventure confirmed for both PS3 and PS4
Ubisoft has confirmed that its achingly beautiful action RPG Child of Light is coming to both the PS3 and PS4 in 2014. Built using the UbiArt game engine, Child of Light is the brainchild of Far Cry 3 director Patrick Plourde and takes influence from Japanese RPGs. It stars a princess called...
News Assassin's Creed Liberation HD Is Stalking Towards The PS3
Vita game gets updated for the home
Ubisoft has confirmed the existence of Assassin's Creed Liberation HD, a home console version of the PS Vita title Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. As well as getting a resolution boost, the game will benefit from improved facial animation, improved AI, better audio and 15 additional missions. However, some of...
Rumour Assassin's Creed III: Liberation May Be Charming PS3
High definition re-release mooted
We already know that Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation’s protagonist Aveline de Grandpré is set to appear in a batch of PlayStation exclusive Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag side-missions later this year – but she may be pointing her triangular hat elsewhere, too. A
