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Team Ico's latest finally comes out of development limbo, scheduled for 2016 release
Read More »Opinion: Xbox One backwards compatibility is a console war game changer
The noise that greeted the news that Xbox One would now be backwards compatible with Xbox 360 titles said everything you needed to know about how big a deal that was. This wasn’t on the E3 bingo cards. This hadn’t leaked out via the media – it wasn’t even part …
Read More »E3 2015: Ghost Recon: Wildlands is the newest Tom Clancy game
Open world action game pits players against drug cartels in South America
Read More »UBISOFT: New Ghost Recon is Ubisoft’s most ambitious open world game yet
Tom Clancy: Ghost Recond Wildlands was the big surprise at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference today. The third-person shooter is Ubisoft’s most ambitious open world yet. It is bigger than any previous open world Ubisoft game, and each of the world’s characters and enemies are designed to have their own jobs …
Read More »E3 2015: Trackmania Turbo marks series debut on Xbox One, PS4
Ubisoft’s customisable racer introducers random track builder
Read More »UBISOFT: The Division set for March
Ubisoft’s newest open world blockbuster will arrive in March next year. March 8th to be precise. The open world action game was originally slated for this year, but was delayed last month. It tells the story of a group of tactical agents called The Division who are designed to help …
Read More »UBISOFT: Trackmania is coming to consoles
Ubisoft’s intense time trial racing series is finally making the leap to console. Reborn as Trackmania Turbo, the super-quick game is built around completing laps as fast as possible, competing against many other cars at once. 200 tracks are confirmed to be in the console edition of the title, spread …
Read More »UBISOFT: Rainbow Six Siege beta coming this September
Ubisoft has announced that the beta for its upcoming Rainbow Six Siege will be available this September. On September 24th, gamers on all available platforms will be able to try their hand at the tactical shooter. Ubisoft also showed off its Terrohunt multiplayer mode live on stage – complete with …
Read More »UBISOFT: New IP For Honor to reinvent sword fighting games
Assassin’s Creed developer Ubisoft Montreal is putting together another new IP for new generation consoles. The game is in a new genre for the publisher, a action-packed sword-fighting combat game featuring Vikings vs Knights vs Samurai. So it’s not a historical project. It is a four vs four multiplayer experience …
Read More »UBISOFT: Just Dance 2016 adds world’s first ‘dance on demand’ subscription service
Just Dance is now the biggest music video game franchise of all time. That’s according to publisher Ubisoft, who once again brought the dancing rhythm game to its E3 press conference. This year’s instalment, Just Dance 2016, was confirmed to be heading to ‘all motion platforms’. This includes smartphones, which …
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