Category: ubisoft

A closer look at Luna, Amazon’s cloud gaming service

[ad_1] First up, this whole “Android coming soon” business. Amazon Android availability Initially, Luna will launch in early access on Fire TV, PC, Mac and iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads. Notably, it won’t be available on Android right away. The Android version should go live within “weeks” of the early access launch, according to […]

Ubisoft plans to show ‘Beyond Good & Evil 2’ gameplay next year

[ad_1] BG&E2 is an ambitious game that’s huge in scope. Ubisoft showed off early gameplay at E3 2018, and over two years later, Brunier said there’s still “a lot more to do.” His crew at Ubisoft Montpellier is expanding and Ubisoft Paris has joined the project as a partner studio. Meanwhile, Michel Ancel, the creator […]

‘AGOS: A Game of Space’ is Ubisoft’s interstellar VR adventure

[ad_1] With reveals like Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake and Immortals Fenyx Rising, a lot of Ubisoft’s Forward event on Thursday touched on stuff we’ve seen from the publisher before. But the company also had a couple of surprises up its sleeve. One of those was AGOS: A Game of Space. It’s a […]

‘Riders Republic’ is an extreme sports MMO from the studio behind ‘Steep’

[ad_1] Ubisoft is working on a new sports action game called Riders Republic. Set in the heartland of the US, the upcoming multiplayer title allows up to 50 players to race one another on bike, skis, snowboard and wingsuit across an open world that takes inspiration from US National Parks. The studio that’s working on […]

‘Immortals Fenyx Rising’ is Ubisoft’s love letter to ‘Breath of the Wild’

[ad_1] You play as Fenyx, a human who ends up wielding the power of the gods to save the world from an evil curse. During a brief remote play session, I didn’t get much of a backstory — but honestly I didn’t really need one. She’s a powerful warrior who can glide and float with the […]

‘Prince of Persia: Sands of Time’ remake arrives in January 2021

[ad_1] It’s been about ten years since Ubisoft released The Forgotten Sands, the most recent mainline entry in the Prince of Persia series, but the company is finally returning to the historic franchise. After an eleventh-hour leak ruined the surprise, the publisher showed off Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake at its Ubisoft […]

Hitting the Books: Lessons learned from gaming with the King of Sweden

[ad_1] I looked at the email in slight disbelief. (In my head it came with an appropriately elaborate font.) Dear Managing Director David Polfeldt, Would you be so kind as to give his Royal Majesty a tour of your company?  The King of Sweden? Really?! When did a video game studio become eligible for an […]

‘The Division 2’ players can soon fight their way up a 100-floor building

[ad_1] The difficulty will ramp up the higher you go, and on every 10th level, you’ll enter a boss battle. Should you overcome that foe, you’ll get a reprieve. You’ll be able to start future runs at one floor higher than that (i.e. the 11th floor, the 21st and so on), so you won’t need […]

The latest ‘Rainbow Six: Siege’ character is the hero of ‘Splinter Cell’

[ad_1] Ubisoft’s ongoing Splinter Cell revival is gathering momentum. After some teasing, the developer has confirmed that series hero Sam Fisher will be a playable character in the third season of Rainbow Six: Siege, Operation Shadow Legacy. True to his clandestine roots, he’ll pack a suppressed pistol and a “two-way drill camera” that will let […]

Ubisoft fires Assassin’s Creed creative director amid misconduct allegations

[ad_1] Ubisoft has fired Ashraf Ismail, the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, in the wake of misconduct allegations. Ismail stepped down from his role on the game in June, though he remained with the company. A fan publicly accused him of taking advantage of his position and lying about his marital status while […]