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Ubisoft has created an Xbox One exclusive fitness title: Shape Up. The game will turn simply fitness exercises, such as running and squats, into video game-type experiences. For instance, the mini-game ‘Piano Step’ sees players effectively play Dance Dance Revolition by stamping their feet. Players can get high scores and …

Ivory Tower working closely with community on open-world next gen racer

Ubisoft’s frankly brilliant looking new Assassin’s Creed has a release date. It’s out October 28th. That’s before Call of Duty, for those that like the competition between these things. It looks great. It was at the Xbox press conference, too, and it looked great then. It’s a bit different in …

Ubisoft’s open world driving game The Crew will launch this Christmas. November 11th to be precise. The game was shown during Ubisoft’s pre-E3 press conference. The game will be available on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and those really eager fans can join the Beta in July.

New feature a 'breakthrough in latency free, multi-device online gaming', says Ubisoft exec

EA’s new Battlefield game was properly shown off during the firm’s pre-E3 press conference today. Battlefield: Hardline, created by Dead Space developers Visceral, is out this year and gamers can access the Beta on PS4 and PC today. A trailer for the game was shown demonstrating Heist mode. Lots of …

Ubisoft has unveiled two new Just Dance games at E3. The first is Just Dance 2015, which will launch on all platforms (including Wii U) and features all the enhancements you’ve come to expect from the annual product. Now gamers can appear in the game themselves and others can dance …

EA’s big Star Wars title may not be out in time for next year’s big movie. The publisher opened its pre-E3 press conference with Star Wars: Battlefront, the game that’s currently in development at EA Dice. But the game is clearly nowhere near finished. In fact, we won’t know anymore …

Square Enix has announced its second Lara Croft game of the day: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.The game is the sequel to the critically popular digital game, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The title is developed by Crystal Dynamics and will launch on PS4, Xbox One …

EA’s next golf game sees the franchise move away from its Tiger Woods origins and into more…. unusual areas. EA’s next PGA tour title is built using the Frostbite engine and will let players explore and wander around the course. But the best thing is the new fantasty courests, featuring …