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Read More »UBISOFT: New Just Dance lets you use your mobile as a controller
Ubisoft has unveiled two new Just Dance games at E3. The first is Just Dance 2015, which will launch on all platforms (including Wii U) and features all the enhancements you’ve come to expect from the annual product. Now gamers can appear in the game themselves and others can dance …
Read More »E3 2014: Assassin’s Creed Unity introduces four-play co-op
First next-gen exclusive Assassin's Creed demoed at Xbox E3 press conference
Read More »Rabbids interactive TV show invading in November
Ubisoft has announced Raddids Invasion will make its debut at the end of the year. Based on the successful Rabbids TV show, Invasion will hit PS4, Xbox One and 360 in November and will make use of both the PlayStation Camera and Kinect. As they watch the episode, kids will …
Read More »Ubisoft bringing Tetris to PS4 and Xbox One this summer
Tetris is coming to both PS4 and Xbox One some time this summer, thanks to new publisher Ubisoft. The company acquired the Tetris license back in January. The new game is called Tetris Ultimate. It offers solo or multiplayer play for up to four gamers. Confirmed game modes include Marathon, …
Read More »Ubisoft and Nvidia confirm Assassin’s Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, The Division and The Crew tie-up
Four of the biggest games heading to PC may well perform better on Nvidia hardware than on AMD. Ubisoft and Nvidia have extended their strategic partnership” that sees the latter’s GameWorks Team work closely with Ubisoft’s developers to maximise the use of GeForce-focused graphics tech such as TXAA antialiasing, HBAO+ …
Read More »Watch Dogs sells 4m copies during launch week
Watch Dogs has sold more than 4m units in its first week, Ubisoft has announced. The figure is a new industry record for sales by a new intellectual property in a seven-day span, as well as the best selling launch week ever for an Ubisoft game. Assassin’s Creed III had …
Read More »Ubisoft defends Watch Dogs on PC, says patch is incoming
The graphics technical director of Watch Dogs has defended the state of the game on PC and confirmed that it is working on a patch to ease the problems. Watch Dogs can use 3+ GB of RAM on next-gen consoles for graphics,” Sebastien Viard said on Twitter. Your PC GPU …
Read More »uPlay’s Watch Dogs troubles affecting Xbox Live
The early technical struggles of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs appear to have created a domino effect that is causing trouble on all major gaming networks. An Xbox Live status alert has been issues regarding social and online gaming functions on Xbox One and Xbox 360, and the blame is being placed …
Read More »Watch Dogs is Ubisoft’s best ever launch
After what has been a very long wait, Watch Dogs has certainly delivered the goods for Ubisoft. The publisher has announced that the open-world action title has recorded the best day one sales for the company ever, outstripping all previous releases. I once said that the buzz around Watch Dogs …
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