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Ubisoft caused quite a stir last year when it told MCV its Week One sales were "important" but "not critical" to the company’s ongoing success. Indeed, after a disappointing month at retail during November, the comments of its VP of live operations Anne Blondel couldn’t have been timelier. After all, …
Read More »Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2 confirmed
Ubisoft has revealed two big sequels will arrive before March 2018. Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2 have both been name dropped by the company, as well as confirmation that a new Assassin’s Creed game will arrive in the same time frame – presumably called Origins and set in …
Read More »Ubisoft reworks Rainbow Six Siege roadmap for three months of fixes
Rainbow Six Siege’s second year roadmap has been tweaked to allow for a three month period of fixing various issues that have been bothering players. The upcoming seasons set in Hong Kong and South Korea have been pushed back to August and November respectively and the Poland season dropped. Season …
Read More »Leak suggests Assassin’s Creed: Origins is set in Egypt
It looks as if we now know the name and setting of the next Assassin’s Creed title. It’s called Assassin’s Creed: Origins and will be set in ancient Egypt, if reports are to be believed. The news comes from a couple of sources, both of which have since been confirmed …
Read More »VR: the final frontier – Ubisoft talks Star Trek: Bridge Crew and the challenges of VR
Back in June last year, MCV named its top titles from E3 2016. When it came to VR games, though, we faced a difficult decision: choosing between Capcom’s Resident Evil VII: Biohazard and Ubisoft’s Star Trek: Bridge Crew. We chose the latter due to the unparalleled sense of being inside …
Read More »Mario and Rabbids will unite in autumn Switch release
Nintendo and Ubisoft are teaming up for a new crossover title due out on Switch this August. Kotaku has confirmed that Mario will join forces with Ubisoft’s Rabbids in a game called Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. For what its worth, we’ve heard a couple of other journalists say that …
Read More »Reuters Sources: Vivendi will buy Ubisoft this year
Sources at Vivendi claim takeover is part of the "second phase" despite poor share performance
Read More »Vivendi prepares for Ubisoft takeover, reports claims
The saga of Vivendi’s encroaching interest in French publisher Ubisoft could be on the verge of reaching a head with a full acquisition push. Reuters reports that Vivendi plans to address investor concerns about its strategies and financial results by increasing its video game and advertising presence. Ubisoft and ad …
Read More »Ubisoft joined by Tencent and PlayCrab as they expand in to China
The French company looks to take advantage of their IPs and tailor games to the Chinese market
Read More »Ubisoft expands with two new European studios
Berlin and Bordeaux open their doors for assisting in AAA game development
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