Tag: Ubisoft

A battle of semantics: Ubisoft says The Division will have “no microtransactions”

Following the update to The Division’s Ubisoft Club rewards page that led to some (reasonable) concerns over whether or not The Division will be “pay to win”, Ubisoft’s Community Manager, natchai, stated that “There will be no microtransactions, and definitely no P2W” on Twitter. Normally, this would mean that the case is closed, the mystery is ...

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Tags: The Division, Ubisoft

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Review – Back In Sync

After standing in line for the midnight release of Unity last year and getting home to a broken game that I couldn’t even bring myself to finish (despite the enormous amount of potential that the setting provided), I was afraid for Syndicate (though, at the time, we all thought we’d be playing a game called Assassin’s Creed Victory). Would Syndicate make the ...

ZombiU Goes Multiplatform as Zombi

ZombiU was an unexpected launch title for the Wii U. A gory, gritty, first person survival horror game wasn’t exactly what we expected to launch alongside the newest Nintendo platform. However, I’m very happy that it did. ZombiU was (and still is) a standout title on Wii U and is definitely a must-have for owners of the system. ...

Ubisoft’s CEO and CFO Make Some Interesting Remarks Concerning Their Digital/Physical Game Sales

Ubisoft held a conference yesterday concerning their Q1 earnings. While it appears that their sales on the PS4  have doubled over the Xbox One, their CEO and CFO were asked about why digital prices of their games were different than, say, a copy of the game at GameStop. Their answers have upset several of the gaming ...

For Honor, Ubisoft’s new IP, debuting at E3

If youve ever wanted to play out those “What if?” scenarios involving the question of who would win in an all out battle between knights, samurai, and Vikings, then For Honor might pique your interest. Similar to the Steam game Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, combat appears to be based more on technique rather than being able ...

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Tags: E3 2015, for honor, new IP, Ubisoft

The Division at E3

Following a gameplay trailer in the Microsoft press event, it has been announced that a beta for The Division will be released for Xbox One this December. From last E3, it appears as though the direction of the game hasnt changed a bit, where a bioweapon has wiped out a large amount of the population ...

Rainbow 6: Siege at E3

Yet another gameplay trailer has been shown for Rainbow 6: Siege in Microsoft’s press event, showing off a scenario where you can play as the French counter terrorism unit, the GIGN, in their attempts to disarm a container of gas on a parked airplane on a tarmac. Not unlike the E3 2014 showing, various gadgets ...