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After a weak start, there are signs that Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate may be winning favour with gamers. Week one sales for the game were lower than any other main entry in the series in the UK, and yesterday Ubisoft president and CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that global week one sales …
Read More »There’s a petition about the hoods in Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
Ubisoft may have delivered a far smoother technical experience with the latest Assassin’s Creed title, but it seems that some feel it has fallen short in one particular area. Petition site change.org’s achievements include saving Christianity believer Meriam Yehya Ibrahim from execution in Sudan and freeing equality campaigner Ghoncheh Ghavami …
Read More »Atari’s atonement, Ubisoft’s Fun House and a UK digital download chart headlines new MCV
This week’s bumper edition of MCV is out right now and is filled wil major interviews and insight. You can read the full magazine online for free, and it includes a UK Digital Download Console Chart and an interview with a rependent Atari CEO. We also lift the lid on …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate is No.1 but sales are well down on previous years
Ubisoft’s London-based Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate has debuted at No.1, but its performance compared to its predecessors will be a big worry. Chart-Track says that its numbers fall short of surpassing any of the other major entries in the series”, although it did better fellow non-Ubisoft Montreal developed title Assassin’s Creed: …
Read More »Vivendi increases stake in Ubisoft
Mass media firm targets position on the board
Read More »Vivendi increases Ubisoft stake, wants position on board
Despite Ubisoft’s protestations, Vivendi has increased its financial interest in the publisher. Bloomberg reports that Vivendi has added to the 6.6 per cent stake it acquired in Ubisoft last week to 10.4 per cent, and indicated that it could expend it further. It has also upped its Gameloft stake from …
Read More »Does Assassin’s Creed Syndicate learn from Unity’s mistakes?
Ubisoft Quebec's creative director and MD discuss diversity, open-worlds and game-breaking bugs
Read More »Ubisoft: Vivendi’s share purchase is ‘unsolicited and unwelcome’
The CEO of Ubisoft has vowed that the company will remain independent. Both Ubisoft and Gameloft were last week subject of investment by former Activision owner Vivendi, which now owns 6.6 per cent of the Assassin’s Creed publisher. In an internal email obtained by Games Industry, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot …
Read More »Ubisoft joins Open Gaming Alliance
'PC gamers are important to Ubisoft'
Read More »Ubisoft wants to improve PC gamer relations with OGA alliance
Publisher Ubisoft has said that it has joined the Open Gaming Alliance (OGA) to build some bridges with the PC gaming community. PC gamers are important to Ubisoft, and we’re committed to better understanding and addressing their needs and to continually improving our relationship with them,” Ubisoft’s consumer and marketing …
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