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Another title has lost its 2016 release date. Ubisoft’s South Park: The Fractured But Whole was due to arrive on December 6th. It will not now be shipped until Q1 2017, however. Said Ubisoft: The development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans …
Read More »Life begins at 30 – Ubisoft’s biggest ever year
Ubisoft really doesn’t want Vivendi to buy it. CEO Yves Guillemot has no desire to give up the business he has spent 30 years building. But more than that, he can’t face losing it to a large media conglomerate that is unlikely to honour what makes the firm so unique. …
Read More »South Park: The Fractured But Whole will offer female character option
Players of upcoming South Park RPG The Fractured But Whole will have the choice of playing through the saga as a boy or girl. In [predecessor] Stick of Truth we got halfway through the game, and we had narratively come up with the big Girls’ Quest halfway through it. [The …
Read More »South Park: The Fractured But Whole mocks Marvel and DC, and is out in December
The next South Park RPG is a parody of Marvel movies, Ubisoft revealed at E3 today. What’s more, the title is out this year – December 6th, to be precise. Showcasing multiple trailers, South Park: The Fractured But Whole features a completely new combat system, and is set the day …
Read More »‘To make games the most powerful artform, don’t freak out about dick jokes’
Indie dev Robert Yang critiques apparent fear of games to address sexual topics
Read More »UBISOFT: There’s another South Park RPG on the way, The Fractured But Whole
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 …
Read More »E3 2015: Surprise South Park sequel opens Ubisoft conference
Stick of Truth sequel being developed by Ubisoft San Francisco
Read More »Development troubles make South Park DLC unlikely
Obsidian Entertainment reveals further impact of THQ closure and subsequent deal with Ubisoft
Read More »Develop’s games of the year 2014
We pick our favourite titles from the past 12 months
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth debuts at No.1
The industry this morning is totally respecting the authoritah of Ubisoft’s South Park: The Stick of Truth after it claimed the charts top spot. The Obsidian-developed title is the first RPG to debut at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 since 2013’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath …
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