Tag archive: Ubisoft

One of the great things about the PlayStation Vita is its ability to play somewhat faithful ports of existing console games. There is a bit of an asterisk on that — the Vita won’t be playing massive games like Skyrim anytime soon — but titles like fighting games that don’t need much power to generate static backgrounds, are relatively easy. So too, apparently, are 2D scrollers, even ones that look amazing. Rayman Origins is a port of a… Read More

Bad news, Ghost Recon fans. Ubisoft released its estimated third quarter sales figures for fiscal 2011 in a press brief today, and a delay is in the card. Ghost Recon: Future Solider, which had been previously set for a March 6, 2012 release, has now been pushed out into Q1 of Ubi's fiscal 2012. “These extra few months will allow Ubisoft’s creative teams more time to refine the experience and deliver a game that fully achieves the… Read More

Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco was one of our favorite driving games of the year, and one of the most underrated titles of 2011. The game offered a fun driving experience, a great sandbox feel as you ripped through a digital San Francisco, and a multiplayer that stood on its own as a great feature. Now you can win that game for the PS3, and get it just in time for the holidays! All you have to do for a chance to win is to post a comment below,… Read More

Consider this article to have a big ol’ asterisk by it, as it is still undeniably in the realm of rumor and unconfirmed reports. But even if it is not true, it is still fun for gamers to get together, imagine new and exotic worlds, then picture an assassin stabbing someone to death in them. It is like history come to life! The website Empire State Gamer has posted an image from a poll that a tipster forwarded on to them, which (among other… Read More

One of the longest and most storied rivalries in the NFL is that between divisional and geographic rivals, the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings. Ubisoft decided to tap into that rivalry in order to celebrate the newest installment in its video game franchise that has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. B.J. Raji, nose tackle for the defending Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers, recently faced off… Read More

I love the Assassin’s Creed series. It's one of my favorites of this generation of consoles. I even have a slight man-crush on Ezio Auditore, who I have lovingly come to know as Captain McStabby. Knowing that Assassin’s Creed: Revelations would be his last ride left me with a bittersweet feeling, yet also a deep appreciation that Ubisoft Montreal was able to present a character that we could be with from a wild boy to a wise mentor of… Read More

After months of negotiations, Ubisoft’s uber-popular Assassin’s Creed property has found a home at Sony. On the surface it sounds simple enough—a major movie studio buys the rights to one of the biggest properties in the video game world—happens all the time. But this contract is a bit unusual. And not everyone is happy about it. A closer look at the contract by Vulture.com shows that Sony has agreed to give Ubisoft unprecedented control over… Read More

Ubisoft finally pulled back the curtain on Rainbow 6: Patriots this week, revealing that the new installment in its tactical first-person shooter series will be coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows platforms in 2013. The Tom Clancy-branded shooter hasn't been seen since 2008′s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, a game that came just a year after the first Vegas. Patriots focuses, as you might expect, on the rising presence of terrorism… Read More

The release date for Assassin's Creed: Revelations is looming larger, so it's no surprise we're seeing more promotion for the next installment of Ubisoft's hit franchise. What is a pleasant surprise, however, is how entertaining some of it has been. For example, Ubisoft's Dutch contingent has created a fun video featuring Assassin's Creed protagonist Altair struggling to adapt with the conventions of… Read More

This coming March, it will have been four years since Ubisoft last released a Tom Clancy Rainbox Six title, and the natives are getting restless. It was never really a question of whether or not another entry in the franchise was on the way, just when. And while we still don’t know when to expect the next Rainbow Six, we may have a few clues on about what it may be called. Fusible was the first to catch on to Ubisoft’s recent domain registration… Read More

This is what the Kinect was made for. Stand in front of the TV, pretend to be a superhero, and beat on evil enemies with special attacks unique to each character. In theory, it is gold. Even in execution, it is solid. In content, however, it is sorely lacking. I like almost everything about Ubisoft’s Kinect-specific PowerUp Heroes. I like the simple comic book-inspired look. I like the use of Xbox avatars. I like the move set. As a franchise,… Read More

Dance games were made for the Kinect, and Just Dance 3 is no exception. From developers Ubisoft Paris, the game provides your basic dance instruction and performance options, as well as a robust and surprisingly diverse 45+ music catalog. First, some updates from the last-gen versions of the game: The biggest change is that you can now play with up to four people, which sets it apart from competitors. It also includes new music, of course. The… Read More

Ubisofts's massively popular Assassin's Creed franchise has moved yet another step closer to the big screen. Sony Pictures is finalizing a deal to adapt and distribute the Assassin's Creed movie franchise after winning a bidding war over the rights to the game. According to Variety, Ubisoft's desire for creative control over the adaptations of its games was a major element of the deal, and factored heavily into the… Read More

Although this is still unconfirmed, and therefore technically a rumor, there is a strong indication that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be released on March 6, the same day as Mass Effect 3 and the rebooted XCOM. The news doesn’t come from Ubisoft, so the info could be incorrect or just changed, but Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop and Wal-Mart all have the game due on March 6, according to GameSpot, who first spotted the listing. The… Read More

Once again, the PC gamers are left with the short straw. We already knew that Assassin's Creed: Revelations would be hitting stores on November 15… but now there's one less platform in the mix on launch day. The PC version of the Ubisoft-published game has been delayed, with the release now set for December 2. The news comes from Eurogamer, which discovered the date change on Ubisoft's Czech Facebook page. No reason is… Read More