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Read More »Five things other publishers can learn from The Division
Ubisoft’s The Division is the biggest Q1 game ever. MCV estimates that over 300,000 copies of the game were sold in a week (digital and physical), making it a massive new IP launch, up there with Watch Dogs and Destiny. We’ve written countless articles about games that got their launches …
Read More »The Division is the best-ever selling Q1 game
Ubisoft said it was going to do it, and The Division has delivered. Last month the publisher told MCV that it thought The Division could be the best selling Q1 release ever. And that’s precisely what it’s achieved. The Tom Clancy shooter has broken the 11-year record set by Sony’s …
Read More »The Division delivers biggest day-one sales in Ubisoft’s history
Well, The Division has got off to an absolute flyer. Ubisoft’s new Tom Clancy game has sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any other Ubisoft title in the company’s history, the firm states. So it’s bigger than any Assassin’s Creed or indeed Watch Dogs which, at the …
Read More »GDC 2016: 14 Must-See Sessions
With hundreds of sessions crammed into the week, it’s easy to miss the best of GDC. Develop is on hand to help with our pick of the best talks from this year’s show
Read More »Beyond Good and Evil 2 is an NX exclusive, rumour claims
Ubisoft might be on the verge of forgetting the recent sales flops that were its Wii U exclusives by making one of its most anticipated titles a Nintendo NX only release. Destructoid reports that Nintendo has apparently agreed to fund the game’s development in exchange for exclusivity, in much the …
Read More »EA stops trying to trademark ‘ghost’ for Need for Speed dev
Attempt to make word exclusive for Ghost Games met with opposition from Ghost Recon maker Ubisoft
Read More »Naughty Dog apologises for using Assassin’s Creed artwork in Uncharted 4 trailer
That there was a new trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End yesterday is not s surprise. That Assassin’s Creed made a cameo most definitely was. In one part of the trailer a painting is seen hanging on the wall. Unfortunately, the painting was actually a piece of Assassin’s Creed …
Read More »Naughty Dog apologises for using Assassin’s Creed art in Uncharted trailer
Copied art from 2013’s Black Flag in A Thief’s End teaser spotted by Ubisoft head of content
Read More »6.4 million people played The Division beta
Ubisoft has revealed that the beta for its new online shooter IP The Division was played by a record-breaking 6.4 million gamers. It is the biggest beta for a new IP on ‘current generation platforms’. That’s PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to you and me. In doing so it beats …
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