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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 …

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 …

Anno 2205 sees players building futuristic cities and eventually colonising the moon

Ubisoft San Francisco is developing a sequel to last year’s South Park The Stick of Truth on the way for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Called The Fractured but Whole, the title sees the cast from the Mid West American town taking on a super-hero vibe. Players still take on …

You know what we thought about Microsoft’s 2015 E3 press conference (spoiler: It was good), but what about the rest of the games industry? We asked leading figures in retail, development and publishing to deliver their analysis of Microsoft’s epic E3 showcase. Here is what they said: A strong and …

Medieval multiplayer battler heading to consoles and PC

Stick of Truth sequel being developed by Ubisoft San Francisco

Rock Band’s encore will return to rocking this October. Rock Band 4 has finally had a release date set, with the rhythm music title coming to PS4 and Xbox One on October 6th. Prices for the upcoming game have also been released by US retailers Amazon and Gamestop opening up …

Prequel running on publisher's Frostbite engine

The follow-up to 2008 free-running game Mirror’s Edge finally has a release date. Billed as neither a reboot nor a remake, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst will nonetheless serve as a prequel to the first game, telling the origin story of Mirror’s Edge protagonist Faith. However, unlike that game, EA highlighted the …