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Read More »Ubisoft: Watch Dogs could have been "best-rated next-gen launch game"
It’s a very intense decision” – that’s how North American Ubisoft president Laurent Detoc describes the process leading up to the delay of a game. Speaking to IGN, the exec explained that as late as August of this year Ubisoft still hoped to have Watch Dogs ready for the launch …
Read More »Ubisoft starts over on Rainbow Six: Patriots
Revamped game will benefit from new consoles, says Laurent Detoc
Read More »Envision Entertainment partners with Ubisoft
Former EA Phenomic devs working with publisher on 'a number of projects'
Read More »Next-gen Snowdrop Engine showcased in new Tom Clancy’s The Division trailer
Massive Entertainment's new engine brings realistic lighting and more to Xbox One and PS4 open world shooter
Read More »VIDEO: The Division looks to put the ‘next’ in ‘next-gen’
A new video demonstrating the tech powering Ubisoft’s The Division points to a very exciting looking next-gen release. The footage, which can be seen below, was shown over the weekend at the VGX Awards. It details the huge advances promised by the game’s Snowdrop engine – if it delivers on …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV ‘Freedom Cry’ DLC lands this month
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will receive its first major DLC add-on, ‘Freedom Cry,’ later this month. An ad from Game Informer’s January issue (via Video Gamer) reveals the content will arrive on December 17th for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 3. The ad fails to mention …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Pirates coming to iOS, Android in December
Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Pirates, a spin-off of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag for tablets and phones, will launch for both iOS and Android platforms early next month. The publisher confirms the mobile game will release simultaneously December 5th on both the App Store and Google Play, with IGN …
Read More »Ubisoft distances itself from PC optimisation comments
A statement that was re-quoted out of context” is being blamed on apparent comments from Ubisoft saying that the optimisation of PC games is not important. Assassin’s Creed 4 associate producer Sylvain Trottier was last week quoted as saying: On PC, usually you don’t really care about the performance, because …
Read More »ACIV producer: On PC you don’t really care about performance
Slyvain Trottier says PC optimisation does not top the list of priorities given its similarities with next-gen consoles
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