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Ubisoft has said that a patch for the troubled PC version of Watch Dogs will be released in the coming days”. The game has had a troubled start to life, with modders claiming to have unlocked some allegedly deliberately blocked features and a promised patch to fix the numerous performance …
Read More »Ubisoft analysing next step in Quebec after subsidy cuts
Province ‘not a hotbed’ for games, claims publisher CEO Yannis Mallat
Read More »Ubisoft promises more character diversity in future titles
Future games from publisher Ubisoft will showcase a greater diversity of lead characters, the company’s CEO has pledged. "We are working on that," Yves Guillemot told CVG. "We want to spend more time on the worlds and characters in our games. You will see more and more of this at …
Read More »Ubisoft: Wii U still has a chance if Nintendo cuts the price
Nintendo may have had a decent E3, but it’s hard to argue that the odds remain stacked against Wii U. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, however, believes that the console could yet prove a success – should Nintendo cut the price. "With Mario Kart, Wii U made one step and we …
Read More »Game companies see rise in stock following strong retail results
Investors have responded kindly to the latest reported results at US retail, as game companies such as Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts are seeing strong increases in share prices this week. Games Industry reports both Activison and EA hit 52-week highs on Tuesday. At time of writing, Activision was trading …
Read More »Rabbids’ TV Invasion
When you think of video games on the cutting edge of technology, you’d probably come up with titles such as Call of Duty or GTA. You probably wouldn’t think of Ubisoft’s hit kids IP, Raving Rabbids. Ubisoft’s mad-cap mini-game series may not push the graphical limits of the latest hardware, …
Read More »Missing visual options re-enabled on PC version of Watch Dogs
The PC community claims to have found a method to re-introduce a number of graphics options that were allegedly deliberately deactivated in the PC version of Watch Dogs. The game has since before launch been plagued by accusations that the final product falls well short of the visual standards offered …
Read More »Desilets: Increased workload shouldn’t stop creation of female characters
'You know what would have been really awesome? Four women'
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Unity "can’t be done on current-gen"
Ubisoft won’t be bringing its latest Assassin’s Creed entry to PS3 and Xbox 360. In an interview with GameSpot, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Ubisoft Tony Key said the publisher wouldn’t be able to launch a previous-gen edition of Unity. It’s built for next-gen; it can’t be …
Read More »Ubisoft clarifies male-only Assassin’s Creed Unity co-op
Publisher responds to yesterday's backlash, stresses importance of diversity to series creators
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