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The director of Star Wars: The Old Republic insists that the MMO market is more popular than ever. The MMO sector has seen declines amongst its traditional big hitters, such as Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Yet James Ohlen tells MCV that the recent success of Activision’s Destiny and Ubisoft’s The …
Read More »UBISOFT E3 ROUNDUP: Publisher reveals massive line-up for its next financial year at E3
Ubisoft’s press conference was a long one, but it was probably one of the strongest showing the publisher has been involved with. The extended run-time featured a release slate for the company’s next financial year unlike any it has had before. It showed a couple of more quirky digital titles, …
Read More »Now Ubisoft gets tough with The Division cheaters
There will no longer be any second chances for those deemed to be cheating in The Division, Ubisoft has announced. Cheating has been a source of frustration for our community as some individuals have been gaining an unfair advantage in the game by using third-party software at the expense of …
Read More »Report: The Division film staring Jake Gyllenhaal on the way
An Assassin’s Creed film is launching at the end of this year, but it seems another Ubisoft property is getting the silver screen treatment. Variety reports that The Division is coming to cinemas, with Donnie Darko lead Jake Gyllenhaal said to be taking the lead the title. This won’t be …
Read More »9.5m people have played Ubisoft’s The Division
Ubisoft’s new online shooter The Division has 9.5m registered users. That’s according to the publisher’s latest financial report. Note that this does not mean that 9.5m people have bought The Division, but rather that number of gamers has played it (one copy can be played across multiple profiles). CEO and …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Charts: Dark Souls III sends From Software soaring in April
EA Canada follows in second place thanks to EA Sports UFC 2, while Remedy Entertainment manages just fifth despite the success of Quantum Break
Read More »‘Complete rewrite’ needed to fix The Division on PC
A multiplayer shooter development veteran has questioned whether Ubisoft can ever fix the PC version of The Division without completely rewriting the game. The game has been getting lots of press in recent weeks over the growing plague of cheaters and exploits. Now former Sony, Respawn, Irrational and Pandemic dev …
Read More »The Division hacks are result of ‘fundamentally misunderstanding how FPS games network’
Trusted client network model can’t be fixed ‘without a complete rewrite’, warns ex-Respawn and Sony online dev Glenn Fiedler
Read More »The Division and Far Cry Primal rescue March for retail
Ubisoft was the hero on the High Street last month, with The Division and Far Cry Primal topping the UK charts. The Division was by far and away the biggest seller of the month, shifting almost half a million physical copies during the period. 1.72m boxed games were sold during …
Read More »Division bug has not wiped characters, Ubisoft says
Breathe a sigh of relief – gamers who feared they may have lost their characters in The Division have been told their data is safe. Following the release of the game’s 1.1 patch this week some players were aghast to discover that their characters had vanished. However, the cause has …
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