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Assassin’s Creed Rogue will see a release on Windows PC in addition to its console launch, Ubisoft has revealed. The publisher placed a release window of early 2015” for the PC version – meaning it will arrive at least a few months after the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions …
Read More »Inside Ubisoft’s gamer charm offensive
The last time we spoke to Ubisoft we discussed how the firm has come in for a fair bit of flack in recent months. Whether it was for its support (or lack of) for PC gamers, or the fact Watch Dogs didn’t quite change the world like everyone thought it …
Read More »London Games Conference: Look who’s talking
Facebook, Buzzfeed, Twitch, PlayStation, Ubisoft, IGN and more will be sharing their expertise at next month’s London Games Conference. The event will discuss the marketing challenge: driving reach, engagement and conversation. London Games Conference returns on Wednesday November 19th – with a clutch of high profile brands involved. This year’s …
Read More »Ubisoft: ‘We do not constrain our games’
Publisher moves to quell concerns about Assassin's Creed resolutions following misunderstood statement earlier this week
Read More »"Let’s be clear up front – Ubisoft does not constrain its games"
Ubisoft has released a fourth statement that it hopes will put to bed a week’s worth of headlines concerning the display resolution of Assassin’s Creed: Unity. Let’s be clear up front – Ubisoft does not constrain its games,” senior communications manager Gary Steinman said. We would not limit a game’s …
Read More »Does Ubisoft have Rockstar on the run?
Alex Ward posits that the Watch Dogs firm is a new challenger in the realm of open world games
Read More »Games industry is "dropping" 60fps standard, Assassin’s Creed: Unity dev says
Achieving 60 frames per second is no longer gaming’s holy grail, the world level design director of Assassin’s Creed: Unity has said. In fact, Nicolas Gurin has told Tech Radar that his studio actively targeted 30fps when developing Assassin’s Creed: Unity because it delivered a preferable experience to 60fps. "At …
Read More »Ubisoft now says Assassin’s Creed: Unity specs aren’t yet decided
The resolution at which Assassin’s Creed: Unity will run on PS4 and Xbox One has in fact not yet been decided, Ubisoft has claimed. "Final specs for Assassin’s Creed Unity aren’t cemented yet but we can say we showed Assassin’s Creed Unity at 900p during our hands-on preview event last …
Read More »Wii U not powerful enough for Assassin’s Creed: Unity port
Ubisoft has said that the Wii U’s lack of processing power is the reason why it decided against porting Assassin’s Creed: Unity to Nintendo’s machine. It couldn’t, it really couldn’t,” creative director Alex Amancio told the Red Bull games blog. I mean this is why we from the beginning, this …
Read More »Ubisoft backtracks on claims it lowered AC: Unity resolution on PS4 to achieve Xbox One parity
A developer working on Assassin’s Creed: Unity has said that the game has been made to run at a reduced resolution of 900p on PS4 to keep it in line with the Xbox One release. Both versions of the title will run at 900p and 30fps – which was also …
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