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Ubisoft’s creative director Jonathan Morin has said that Watch Dogs will ship with graphics comparable to those seen in the initial E3 reveal in 2012. The assertion comes as Ubisoft continues to tackle perceptions that the game has experienced a graphical downgrading in the many months since its initial debut. …
Read More »Twitch, Crytek and Media Molecule among first Develop in Brighton speakers
Speakers from Aardman to Jagex to cover cloud gaming, the rise of VR, new publishing models and more
Read More »Trials Frontier downloaded over six million times in first week
Ubisoft’s Trials Frontier has broken mobile records for the publisher. It has revealed that the game, despite aggravating some critics, was downloaded over 6m times in its first week of release, making it the fastest selling mobile game the publisher has ever released. The game is currently the number one …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed series hits 73m units sold
Ubisoft has said that global sales for games in the Assassin’s Creed series have now hit 73m units. That ranks it ahead of Just Dance (48m), Splinter Cell (30m), Rainbow Six (26m), Ghost Recon (25m) and Rayman (25m). A few other stats were also revealed on Ubisoft’s corporate website. For …
Read More »‘Watch Dogs will be one of the biggest-selling games of the year’
Watch out EA, Activision and Take-Two, Ubisoft says its new IP will go toe-to-toe with the biggest games of the year. Watch Dogs launches next month and is hotly tipped to be the biggest selling title of 2014 so far. Ubisoft is already preparing future sequels and the firm’s Wayne …
Read More »Division dev says Watch Dogs delay ‘took courage’ and ‘sends important message’
Massive Entertainment’s MD David Polfeldt has heaped praise on publisher Ubisoft for delaying Watch Dogs. "It’s tremendously important for us as a developer studio, to know that the owner and the publisher are ready to take that hit, and [the Watch Dogs delay] was a massive hit. I think their …
Read More »Day one Trials Fusion patch to up Xbox One resolution to 900p
The Xbox One version of Trials Fusion will be the recipient of a day one resolution increase on Xbox One. The game will ship with a resolution of just 800p. However, Eurogamer reports that this will be bumped up to 900p once a patch ahs been downloaded and installed. As …
Read More »Watch Dogs ultra PC specs detailed
PC gamers who want to run Watch Dogs at the very highest specs will need a pretty beefy rig. As confirmed by creative director Jonathan Morin on Twitter, to hit the ultra spec requirements users will need a multi-threaded four-core Intel i7-4770k CPU and a GeForce 780. The PC trailer …
Read More »VIDEO: Nvidia’s Watch Dogs PC demo dispels graphics concerns
Ubisoft has silenced any niggling doubts regarding the visual prowess of Watch Dogs with a new video of the PC version in action. Voiced by Ubisoft Montreal’s Paul Vlasie, the short below shows off the game in all of its full-spec glory using technical tricks such as Horizon Based Ambient …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2014: Ubisoft takes Games Publisher prize
Ubisoft took home the award for Games Publisher of the Year at last night’s MCV Awards. 2013 was a big year for the publisher – Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag reached 7.5m sales on current and next-gen platforms while Just Dance 2014 overtook Wii Fit as the second biggest title …
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