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Last year’s last-gen Assassin’s Creed title is, as we all expected, making its way onto PC. Assassin’s Creed: Rogue will be arrive on computers on March 10th having previously only been available on PS3 and Xbox 360. Also included in this release will be eye tracking support. The minimum specs …
Read More »Ubisoft officially releases The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot
Ubisoft has removed the beta label from its free-to-play dungeon crawler The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot. The game officially entered open beta just under a year ago, and though the publisher has pushed it through to official release, it still has plans to regularly release updates with new features …
Read More »Development troubles make South Park DLC unlikely
Obsidian Entertainment reveals further impact of THQ closure and subsequent deal with Ubisoft
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth DLC hindered by fragmented development
South Park: The Stick of Truth developer Obsidian Entertainment is exploring the possibility of creating new content for the game, but it doesn’t appear the odds are in the studio’s favor. In an interview with Polygon, Obsidian head Feargus Urquhart explained how development priorities changed for the team during the …
Read More »Ubisoft reinstates deactivated PC keys and recommends gamers ‘only buy from trusted retailers’
Ubisoft has reinstated deactivated Far Cry 4 keys that were stolen from EA’s Origin website and resold to gamers. Thieves had used a stolen credit cards to buy Ubisoft PC games from EA Origin, and then sold these stolen codes via cheap key websites, such as G2A and other such …
Read More »Deactivated Far Cry 4 keys were bought via EA Origin
Copies of Far Cry 4 that have been deactivated from gamers’ accounts were originally acquired from EA’s Origin retail platform. Over the weekend, Far Cry fans complained that their games no-longer worked after Ubisoft deactivated them. The fans accused Ubisoft of removing the games because they were bought from cheap …
Read More »Deactivated Far Cry 4 keys were stolen, says Ubisoft
Ubisoft says it deactivated PC games this weekend that were ‘fraudulently obtained’. Over the weekend, uPlay users complained to Ubisoft due to the removal of games such as Far Cry 4 from their game libraries. Based on those that complained, the games that were removed appeared to have been supplied …
Read More »Digital Far Cry 4 copies bought from key resellers being deleted from Uplay, report claims
Some users who purchased digital copies of Far Cry 4 from certain key resellers are logging in to Uplay to discover that their game has been deleted. Destructoid reports that a number of Reddit and Ubisoft forum users are complaining that the game has simply vanished from their Uplay PC …
Read More »VIDEO: Reflections’ experimental team reveals Grow Home
Newcastle studio releasing procedurally generated vertical exploration title next month
Read More »Ubisoft unveils Grow Home for PC
Ubisoft’s Grow Home is a quirky PC title starring a plant-loving robot, set to launch in less than two weeks. The ‘experiential vertical adventure’ (ie. Involving climbing) game is being developed by Ubisoft Reflections, the studio behind recently-released open-world racing IP The Crew and upcoming open-world multiplayer shooter Tom Clancy’s …
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