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It looks as if Ubisoft may be on the cusp of confirming a new release date for Watch Dogs. Last week NeoGaf spotted a competition that temporarily appeared on the PSN website including an image with the text find out the release date in this new trailer”. In addition, IGN …
Read More »Dev says gay triple-A protagonist unlikely for ‘a while’
Fears of a negative sales impact mean that it’s likely to be some time before a triple-A game is released featuring an openly gay character. That’s according to Ubisoft Montreal’s lead writer Lucien Soulban. So when are we going to see that gay protagonist in a triple-A game? Not for …
Read More »Trials Fusion racing to next-gen in April
Ubisoft has announced a brand new Trials game – Trials Fusion. It’s due out on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Xbox 360 (but not PS3) digitally on April 16th priced at 15.99 and then physically on Thursday April 17th (thus avoiding the public holiday on the 18th). There will also …
Read More »South Park: Stick of Truth censored in Europe
Scenes involving abortion and anal probes have been cut from the European version of South Park: The Stick of Truth. That’s according to BT.com which reports that the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has had seven 20-second scenes removed – a decision made by publisher Ubisoft. These consist of …
Read More »Mega Bloks to launch Assassin’s Creed construction sets
Assassin’s Creed is the latest video game franchise to receive the Mega Bloks treatment. Mega Brands and Ubisoft today announced the partnership to introduce a line of Assassin’s Creed construction sets, which will launch in autumn this year. It will join the existing range of Mega Bloks products based on …
Read More »South Park: The Stick of Truth goes gold
Following a seemingly endless string of delays, Ubisoft has announced that South Park: The Stick of Truth has at last gone gold. The game is due out on March 4th–and with development actually finished, that date will hopefully hold up this time around. The title suffered its latest (and apparently …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV hits 10m, is failing to match AC3’s pace
Ubisoft shipped 10m copies of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag by the end of 2013, the company has confirmed. However, as CVG notes, by the same stage in its life predecessor Assassin’s Creed 3 had seen over 12m units shipped. However, the company added that sales of ACIV have been …
Read More »Watch Dogs delay hurts Ubisoft’s Q3 income
Sales dip 35 per cent year-on-year, but publisher hits its third quarter goal with strong performances from Assassin’s Creed and Just Dance
Read More »Ubisoft quarterly earnings dip 35 per cent
Ubisoft reported earnings for the quarter ending December 31st, 2013 – revealing a significant year-over-year decline. The firm brought in €520m in sales during its Q3 period, a 35.2 per cent drop from the same quarter in 2012. Overall sales for the first three quarters of the company’s current fiscal …
Read More »Watch Dogs Wii U delayed
The Wii U version of Watch Dogs is still in development, but won’t launch alongside the rest of the game’s platforms this spring. The delay was confirmed during Ubisoft’s call to investors this week, where the publisher again committed to a spring release target for the title on PC, PS3, …
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