Ubisoft announced the pre-order bonuses for the upcoming Watch Dogs. The company detailed the incentives for pre-ordering the game through GameStop and Amazon. Players pre-ordering Watch Dogs at GameStop will receive a special single-player mission pack on release day. The mission, entitled The Palace Pack, will come with bonuses to aid Aiden as he explores [...]
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Assassin’s Creed 4 Trailer Debuts, Pre-order Bonuses Detailed
Ubisoft released the Under the Black Flag trailer for Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and announced the pre-order bonuses available at different retail outlets. The new trailer gives players some background on main character Captain Edward Kenway and his journey to piracy. Unlike the trailer for the game that debuted earlier this week, Under the [...]
Watch Dogs May Become Ubisoft’s Next Big Franchise
E3 2012 was fairly underwhelming, many developers showed off games that everyone knew about and Nintendo trotted out their next-gen Wii U, but nothing had a visceral feel to it. Unlike prior iterations of the gaming conference, there seemed to be no true surprises. The current console cycle was entering its final hurrah and despite [...]
Assassin’s Creed 4 Must Take Risks To Remain Relevant
Assassin’s Creed 4 is at high risk of fatiguing the popular franchise. Since 2009, Ubisoft has released a new Assassin’s Creed game every year with varying degrees of critical and commercial success. Despite steady improvements to the graphics, mission structure, multiplayer and overall amount of content, the series still hasn’t had a considerable jump in [...]
Assassin’s Creed Creator Fired by Ubisoft
Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets is out at Ubisoft, a company he recently rejoined. Désilets helped build the Assassin’s Creed franchise but left Ubisoft in 2010 before the release of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. In 2011, he began working for THQ in the company’s Montreal studio. Ubisoft acquired the studio in a THQ bankruptcy auction, leaving doubts about [...]
Watch Dogs Release Date Announced
Watch Dogs is set to release Nov. 19 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U and PC, Ubisoft announced. The game will also be available for next-generation consoles, including as a launch title for PlayStation 4. Gamers in Europe will be able to purchase the game starting Nov. 22. In addition, Ubisoft announced the collector’s editions [...]
Rayman Legends Release Date Revealed
Rayman Legends will release for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U on Aug. 30 in Europe and Sep. 3 in North America, Ubisoft announced. Earlier this year Ubisoft faced a good deal of backlash with its handling of Rayman Legends. Initially, the game was going to be released as a Wii U launch [...]
New Splinter Cell Blacklist Wii U Trailer Released
After months of speculation, Ubisoft recently announced a Wii U version of their upcoming Splinter Cell Blacklist. Though details were sparse, a few images were released that reflected what gamers could expect when using the GamePad for this newest Splinter Cell game. A new trailer has now been released that highlights how the Wii U [...]
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Release Date Announced
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is set to release digitally May 22 for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live, PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network and PC, Ubisoft announced. The fourth installment in the Call of Juarez series will cost $14.99. Ubisoft announced pre-orders for the PC version of the game will come with immediate access to [...]
New Splinter Cell Blacklist Trailer Has Sam Stalking Prey
Ubisoft has released a brand new trailer for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist, previewing some of the abilities players will use as series protagonist, Sam Fisher. The trailer, titled “Stalk, Strike, Silence“, shows off the stealth and deadly precision required to complete missions while also giving a few story details. Similar to the “Inaguration” trailer released [...]
