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Tom Clancy’s The Division has been pushed back to 2015, Ubisoft has revealed. The news arrives on the heels of Ubisoft’s full-year financial report. The title was originally unveiled at E3 2013 as a third-person shooter developed in the new Snowdrip engine for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. "Working on …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV ships 11m units
Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has shipped 11m copies to date. The figure was produced within the company’s full-year earnings report for the period ending on Marcy 31st, 2014. "We are extremely pleased that Assassin’s Creed has become the fourth-biggest franchise in the industry," Ubisoft CEO Yves …
Read More »Ubisoft posts decline in annual sales
Ubisoft has reported its financial results for the 12-month fiscal period ending on March 31st of this year – announcing a decline in overall sales, but a rise in digital earnings. The publisher revealed total sales of $1.38bn for the period, a year-on-year drop of almost 20 per cent. The …
Read More »Five Ubisoft studios working on Far Cry 4
Montreal will lead development on next-gen set in the Himilayas
Read More »Ubisoft unveils Far Cry 4
Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 4 will be coming out this November. The title is set to land on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on November 21st. The game will be set in the Himalayas with players fighting against a dictator. As with Far Cry 3, …
Read More »Web of opportunity: The new frontier of web game development
Develop speaks to middleware firms to find out the best tools available for making browser games for desktops and mobiles
Read More »Ubisoft Montreal animation director heads to Naughty Dog
Further changes at Last of Us developer as Jonathan Cooper takes animation role
Read More »Ubisoft details Watch Dogs season pass content
Ubisoft has revealed the innards of the DLC season pass offering for its upcoming multi-platform release Watch Dogs. The pass will cost $19.99 and includes a variety of downloadable add-ons – including is a new single-player campaign centered around character T-Bone, along with three other single-player mission content drops. Conspiracy …
Read More »Watch Dogs bundled with some Nvidia graphics cards
Nvidia and Ubisoft’s close relationship has led to another graphics card bundle offer. As of today anyone who buys a Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN, 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 690, 680, 670, 660 Ti or 660 graphics card will get a free PC download code for Watch Dogs, which it …
Read More »GAME details 300 midnight openings for Watch Dogs
Over 300 GAME stores will be opening at midnight and early in the morning to hail the launch of Watch Dogs. Ubisoft’s new IP is expected to be the biggest launch of the year so far, and GAME is holding midnight events at most of its stores (full list below), …
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