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Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs has ended a run of three weeks at No.2 to claim a fourth No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. That’s despite an 18 per cent week-on-week sales drop, but with virtually no new titles on shelves there’s a familiar look to the listings. …
Read More »London Games Conference: Buzzfeed, Twitch, Gamer Network and Ubisoft lead the way
The London Games Conference returns on Wednesday November 19th – with a clutch of high profile brands already involved. Sessions already confirmed come from Buzzfeed, Twitch, Gamer Network and Ubisoft – they will respectively draw on their experiences with social content, lifestreams and video, events and post-release customer service. Event …
Read More »Watch Dogs has shipped 8m units
Ubisoft has confirmed some highly impressive numbers for new IP Watch Dogs. The game has since its release in May seen 8m copies shipped to retailers worldwide. The free-roaming hacking fest became the fastest selling new IP ever in the UK back in June, having also become Ubisoft’s biggest ever …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Unity is ‘the best entry point for the franchise’ since AC1
Players who have been unable to keep up with the dozens and dozens of hours required to see every Assassin’s Creed game through have some good news. Upcoming release Assassin’s Creed: Unity offers a clean narrative break for the series – ideal for those who have lost track of the …
Read More »Watch Dogs debuts at No.2 in Japan; Wii U maintains PS4 lead
Ubisoft has secured a very respectable No.2 in the Japanese charts with the PS4 version of Watch Dogs. The PS3 SKU charted at No.5, according to the weekly Japanese Famitsu data. In the hardware charts Wii U sales are narrowly back on the up and still tracking ahead of PS4. …
Read More »Sniper Elite 3 shoots straight to No.1
The latest addition to 505 Game’s Sniper Elite series has gone straight to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The title came out on both current and next-gen platforms, with 65 per cent of sales being for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This is …
Read More »Ubisoft and Warner Bros exempt from Quebec tax relief cuts
Special agreements means key publishers can continue enjoying higher subsidies until 2019
Read More »GAME exclusive Ghost Recon Phantoms retail SKU arrives
A retail version of free-to-play PC shooter Ghost Recon Phantoms is now available exclusively from GAME. The press material also carries the pay-to-win themed boast that the SKU features all the necessary equipment for users to develop the ultimate clan and dominate the leaderboards”. It costs 15.99 and includes a …
Read More »Sunset Overdrive has a dig at Ubisoft with Assassin’s Creed-themed female avatar
Insomniac has confirmed that gamers will be able to play as a female in Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive. And furthermore, the developer has had a little dig at Ubisoft in the process, which of course came under heavy fire for the exclusion of female characters in Assassin’s Creed: Unity …
Read More »Ubisoft confirms deactivated graphics options in PC Watch Dogs
Claims from modders that graphical tweaks for the PC version of Watch Dogs were deactivated prior to release ARE true, Ubisoft has admitted. The options were uncovered by modders earlier this week. The PC version does indeed contain some old, unused render settings that were deactivated for a variety of …
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