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On paper, 2014 looks like one of the most successful years in Ubisoft’s history. It smashed its targets by generating over 1bn in software revenue – thanks to its biggest new IP launch (Watch Dogs), and major sellers such as Far Cry 4, The Crew and Assassin’s Creed. Unfortunately, that …
Read More »‘Publishers are still not doing enough to end buggy games’
Major games publishers have not learnt their lesson from the slew of broken games released at the end of last year. That’s according to QA and localisation experts who say that most games firms have not changed their approach to bug testing. Titles such as Assassin’s Creed Unity, DriveClub, Halo: …
Read More »Unity troubles will benefit the next Assassin’s Creed
Yves Guillemot explains that new engine introduced with last year's title will be refined for future installments
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Unity and Rogue ship 10m in strong quarter for Ubisoft
Ubisoft has posted strong financial results for its 2014 holiday season run. The firm reported sales of $923.5m – a 55.8 per cent increase stacked against its third quarter results during the previous year. The publisher also revealed Far Cry 4 has shipped 7m units since it launched, with Assassin’s …
Read More »Writers Guild Awards game writing nominees revealed
Alien: Isolation, The Last of Us: Left Behind, Assassin's Creed: Unity and Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry all up for accolade
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Unity DLC Dead Kings launches next week
Upcoming Assassin’s Creed Unity DLC Dead Kings will launch next Tuesday, Ubisoft has revealed. The publisher announced back in November that Dead Kings would be offered for free to owners of the game, due to its well documented launch woes. The premium content was originally set to be packaged in …
Read More »Downloading Ubisoft’s free game for AC: Unity owners removes right to sue
Ubisoft’s free game offer for Assassin’s Creed: Unity Season Pass holders comes with a hefty caveat. As spotted by Joystiq, anyone downloading a free title – which was offered to Season pass holders as recompense for the game’s troubled launch – must agree to a document that says the user …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s fourth patch brings fresh problems
Assassin’s Creed firm Ubisoft continues to release patches and updates to fix its latest release, but it’s a slow and frustrating process for consumers. The latest patch – which focuses on improving the frame rate in Assassin’s Creed Unity and revamping areas of Paris that were causing problems –weighs in …
Read More »Patch problems continue for Assassin’s Creed Unity
Ubisoft issues 6.7GB patch for troubled triple-A game, error creates 40GB download for Xbox One owners
Read More »Ubisoft apologises for Assassin’s Creed Unity bugs
Publisher offers free DLC and game to owners
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