Ubisoft Entertainment SA is a French video game publisher based in Montreuil, France, with several internal development studios across the world including Ubisoft Paris and Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Blue Byte. The company was founded in 1986 by Christian, Claude, Gérard, Michel and Yves Guillemot. Yves Guillemot is most notable face of the company as its CEO.
Ubisoft is best known for publishing games in the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Just Dance, Prince of Persia, Rayman, Raving Rabbids, and Tom Clancy franchises. The Tom Clancy franchise alone includes over 40 games and several sub-franchises like Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, and The Division.
Many of these franchises have become live service games after Ubisoft noticed that players enjoyed connected sandbox experiences with seamless switches between single and multiplayer modes more than single-player only games. The live service model continues to be their most common game type.
Ubisoft revealed today that they have launched a new Halloween event in Rainbow Six Siege with Sugar Fright. The event itself brings a brand-new mode called Candy War to the game, which allows players to respawn for the first time! This event will last two weeks starting on October 27th and running all the way […]
Ubisoft unveiled its biggest DLC pack for Anno 1800 to date as players will be able to jump into Land Of Lions. Players who jump into this new expansion will experience a wide range of new content that will add a little bit of flourish to the city. Which includes residentials tiers, buildings, gameplay mechanics, […]
The game may be super new and still gaining a footing, but Ubisoft has released a new event into Hyper Scape in time for Halloween. The event kicked off yesterday and has introduced exclusive new cosmetics, a full Halloween night dress-up for Neo Arcadia, and two limited-time game modes. The first one will be Crown […]
For those of you still rocking it in Season Four of For Honor, Ubisoft revealed details of the Halloween event coming to the game this week. Monsters Of The Otherworld will be bringing about some terrifying creatures into the game in which you'll have to do battle against in new game modes. Not to mention […]
This morning, Ubisoft showed off their latest player program that they'll be rolling out at the end of the month called Ubisoft Connect. According to the company, the existing ecosystem of player services and loyalty program, Uplay and Ubisoft Club, will be refreshed and expanded as one system with a new universal interface. It will […]
Ubisoft decided to reveal their plans for Assassin's Creed Valhalla after they officially release the game in November. Some of the awesome news to come out of today was the confirmation that we're getting two different expansion, as well as some special events, and even a quest that has you playing the classic story of […]
It looks like we may be seeing Rainbow Six Siege come to Xbox Game Pass, if you trust in a clever-looking tweet. For those who may not have been paying close attention, Xbox has slowly been expanding the library on the system to include as many titles as they can, but they've also been pretty […]
Ubisoft announced a brand new version of the game show Family Feud will be released in November for all three major consoles and Stadia. Ubisoft last released a version of the famous game show was the 2012 Edition, which was one of their last titles to head to the Xbox 360 and PS3. Since then […]
This morning, Ubisoft officially confirmed they will be launching Just Dance 2021 on both the Xbox Series X and the PS5. The company has slowly been revealing how games will be coming out on consoles over the next few months as gamers prepare to jump from one to the next or stick with what they […]
Ubisoft has released a new trailer today for Assassin's Creed Valhalla as the developers go for a deep dive into the game. The video, which you can check out below, goes over more details about how to grow your settlement, customizing your Viking, and journey to new worlds. It will show you how you can […]
Those of you loving For Honor will be happy to know Ubisoft will be bringing the game to PS4 and Xbox Series X when they release. This week the company revealed that they will indeed be bringing the game over to both the next-gen consoles sometime in December 2020. Like other titles, both versions with […]
This week, Ubisoft launched the second season of Hyper Scape into the game, simply calling the entire event "The Aftermath". This season gets a little trickier for a few reasons. First, there's a new weapon called the Atrax which bursts sticky explosives that detonate on a countdown. Next, there's a new district of the city […]
Ubisoft and AMC have come together for an epic crossover as several fan-favorite characters from The Walking Dead join Brawlhalla. There's been a lot of Walking Dead stuff happening lately with a lot of different aspects of pop culture. Last week we were talking about how the franchise has invaded Magic: The Gathering as they […]
Ubisoft has released a pair of new trailers this week for Watch Dogs: Legion, revealing more of the story and new info on post-launch content. The big news coming out of today's info drop is that the game will be getting a multiplayer addition, free of charge, allowing you and other players to work together […]
A new stunning fact has come to fruition from Ubisoft as a good chunk of the company experienced some form of harassment. The story comes from Kotaku, who reported that CEO Yves Guillemot updated the staff on the current status of the ongoing misconduct investigations that have led to multiple employees either being terminated or […]
Ubisoft has released a new trailer today for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, showing off more of the saga behind the story you'll encounter. This is, by far, the most in-depth they've promoted the actual story to the game so far as we're looking at why the Norse in this timeline made their way over to England. […]
Aiden Pearce is possibly the most despicable "hero" of a AAA video game in years. He's the main character in Ubisoft's first Watch Dogs. Pearce is a hacker seeking revenge for the killing of his niece and goes up against mobsters, other hackers, and an evil megacorporation that's running a mass surveillance system on the […]
Some positive personnel news for a change coming out of Ubisoft as the company announced Michel Ancel has departed the company. In a year where a lot of employees have had to depart for not-so-stellar reasons, Ancel is leaving for what appears to be a much more positive endeavor as he is off to work […]
During yesterday's UbiForward event, Ubisoft revealed the details to the third episode of Ghost Recon Breakpoint coming out this month. The update will feature the new adventure Red Patriot, as you will also be given a new class in The Pathfinder. There will also be the addition of a few new PVP maps and a […]
Ubisoft revealed a new VR title on the way this October during UbiForward yesterday as we'll be experiencing AGOS: A Game of Space. This particular title is a space exploration adventure built for virtual reality. You will go on a unique interstellar journey to reach a new habitable planet for you to live on, if […]
