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Far Cry 5 is set to hit at a very interesting time in American politics, but it does raise a number of questions about developer Ubisoft Montreal's history with political commentary in previous Far Cry games, the Assassin's Creed series, and even in Watch Dogs and Ghost Recon: Wildlands The questions we had were many, including things like "who thought[...]

Far Cry 5 has just gotten its own short film and you can watch it now for free on Amazon Prime. One of Far Cry's defining features in the last few games

If you check out Ubisoft's job listing page, you'll see a number of new positions just popped up, many of them specifically for The Division How many jobs, you may ask? Two, three, maybe four? Try 25 brand new jobs, which include positions like a narrative designer, senior level artist, senior concept artist, technical game designer, prop[...]

There's already a ton of weird stuff surrounding Far Car 5 and the game hasn't even been released yet, but one of the strangest trailers Ubisoft has decided to release is this short 30-second trailer detailing your Bill Of Rights in the game This is about as all-American, Fourth Of July, guns and ammo, filled with[...]

However, Ubisoft is adding a new ban system to combat the racial and homophobic slurs in Rainbow Six Siege, which is a pretty surprising move considering Ubisoft has a tendency to come off as a good old boys club. Ubisoft announced the new system on the Official Rainbow Six Siege subreddit Their statement reads, in full: Starting next week,[...]

Ubisoft has picked up free-to-play fighting game Brawlhalla and it's studio, Blue Mammoth. There has been a bit of a swirl of Smash Brothers-esque games in the last few years Rivals of Aether and Brawlout come to mind, and it is clear that this genre is evolving outside of Nintendo's guise That's great too as it[...]

The short film is called Far Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate and you can check out the trailer for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV87YI3df_wVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Far Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate – Short Film Announcement | Trailer | Ubisoft [NA] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV87YI3df_w) The short will launch on Amazon Prime on March 5, 2018[...]

Rainbow Six Siege is entering it's third year on Tuesday, and with a bunch of new content changes, Ubisoft also announced some price hikes which made players distinctly unhappy While those hikes have been toned down, Ubisoft is now making Rainbow Six's operators and attachments easier to obtain. Players who own the Standard, Advanced, Gold, or Complete[...]

Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's The Division has hit its second anniversary, if you can believe it or not, and have made a few announcements about the game to celebrate The game has passed the 20 million player mark worldwide, which is pretty impressive especially with Rainbow Six Siege passing that marker a year ago The Tom Clancy series[...]

Ubisoft has released a new live-action trailer for Far Cry 5 which goes into the history of the game's main villain, Joseph Seed. The Far Cry 5 marketing has been a bit up and down in terms of tone From the more silly, to the more serious, Ubisoft has been yo-yoing between showing off the more[...]

According to the latest from Ubisoft, the second DLC expansion pack for Assassin's Creed: Origins comes complete with the ghosts of cursed pharaohs who will absolutely haunt you until you solve their unfinished business The DLC storyline will start off pretty simply Bayek is headed to Thebes to pick up a "mysterious artifact." You know,[...]

Who's a good doggie who can take down cultists and make animals run in fear? Yes, you are, Boomer! Yes, you are! Good times aside, Ubisoft partnered with IGN today to release a brand new video showing off Boomer from Far Cry 5 and everything he can do A couple weeks ago the company gave[...]

While this isn't unheard of, after all, even Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel has been censored in similar ways. The change is probably just reflective of Ubisoft heading off any possible outcry by concerned parents worried about their children looking at stone genitalia That said, for a mode designed to do nothing more than show off the glorious[...]

Enemy scaling is on by default but can be turned off. According to Ubisoft's FAQ on the mode, a mysterious reward awaits players at the end, but they're not saying what it is Your guess is as good as ours. The update comes today, along with the new Discovery Tour Mode The next update for the game[...]

Rainbow Six Siege Operation Chimera has finally hit the test servers, meaning players can try out the new content until March 2nd. credit//Ubisoft While I like to dabble in Rainbow Six Siege, it's not something that takes up most of my online multiplayer time It's clearly found a strong audience through three years of content though, with continued[...]

Ubisoft just posted their patch notes for the 1.3.0 update coming to Assassin's Creed: Origins, set to be added on February 20th Xbox will be getting the biggest update with 5.5GB while steam will only be 2.6GB, all of which is set to update a lot of bug fixes as well as adding in the[...]

Rainbow Six Siege's player base has been growing, and as the game reaches an audience of 27 million, Ubisoft says there are no plans for a sequel to the game Instead, they plan to continue to support the game for 10 years, with the goal to reach 100 operators Meaning Rainbow Six Siege is going[...]

During the Rainbow Six Invitational, Ubisoft revealed two new operators that will be added to the growing list of unique characters in Rainbow Six Siege.  The first character, Dr Lera "Finka" Melnikova (above), is a woman who was born in the irradiated city of Gomel, Belarus, three years after the Chernobyl disaster Her signature device allows her[...]

Ubisoft has put out two videos showing off both its The Father and Hope County, MT Editions of Far Cry 5 , but as spoof TV shopping shows. The marketing for Far Cry 5 has been a bit of a tricky one The game is dealing with some pretty heavy issues, especially in the current political climate[...]

Along with the news that Ubisoft is putting in new dedicated servers for their game For Honor on February 19th, we finally have details about their fifth season, "Ages Of Wolves" which launches today Below are a brand new video and a snippet from the game's official introduction to the new season, which promises new battles[...]

Ubisoft has revealed that a year on from release, For Honor is currently very healthy, boasting a large player base with a decent portion continuing to play the title every month. credit//UbiSoft Ubisoft has made a bit of a habit out of keeping their games happy and healthy even if they don't immediately take off[...]

Ubisoft is "concentrating at the moment" on Assassin's Creed: Origins, rather than a new entry in the once-annual franchise — which is probably a good thing Ubisoft announced back in 2016 that they would not be making another Assassin's Creed game that year because the one they were working on required "more polish." And what[...]

Add this to the list of unusual stuff to be banned for in a video game as a programmer received a permanent ban from Ubisoft for creating a mod for The Division that allows you to capture photos in the game. Matti Hietanen received his ban this week for what is essentially breaking the game's Terms[...]

Ubisoft has shown off the companions you will be able to recruit in next month's Far Cry 5 in a new video. Far Cry 5 isn't a long way off now, and it will certainly be interesting, to see how it deals with its rather charged subject matter Taking on the religious military coup out in Montana[...]

If you're wondering just what kind of characters you'll be able to work with on the "good guy" side of things in Far Cry 5, Ubisoft has taken the time to make a brand new trailer introducing them to you You won't be able to play as any of these characters, these are totally AI[...]

Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Siege is getting a free to play weekend later this month. Rainbow Six Siege has definitely been on a journey since its release When it first landed, it was liked, but hardly tore up critics or sales charts However, with a fair amount of TLC and a continued support of the[...]

Ubisoft revealed the latest additions coming to Rainbow Six Siege on the game's official website, detailing all the fun and disturbing materials on the way for the "Outbreak" event that will keep you on your toes and make you even more afraid of germs than ever before There will be three new co-op levels added[...]

Today, Ubisoft and Titan Comics showed off a little bit of the first issue of the new Assassin's Creed: Origins comic, featuring Cleopatra on the cover as a member of the creed and the main character in the miniseries If you're not familiar with Titan Comics, they do a lot of work with video game[...]

As I've said, the series isn't really known for the addition of the mode so its great to see Ubisoft extend support for the game and into new territories It's heartening to see By most accounts, the developers knocked it out the park with Origins, and the fact there are still players clambering to still[...]

Ubisoft announced this week that they would be replacing Rainbow Six Siege's $40 Standard Edition with a more expensive $60  Advanced Edition, which comes with everything included in the Standard Edition, along with 600 Rainbow Six Credits and 10 Outbreak Collection packs, which contain cosmetics from the upcoming Outbreak event. They attempted the explain the decision yesterday, but after[...]