Category Archives: Ubisoft

Ubisoft has unlocked a new map variant to reward diligent Assassin’s Creed: Revelations players.

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Using Microsoft’s motion controller is akin to resorting to sex toys over real human interaction, according to Ghost Recon: Future Soldier IP director Adrian Lacey – a man who knows how to get a headline.

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Ubisoft’s announced it’s to release amazing platformer Rayman Origins on PC, and the 3DS version has been moved to the later part of March.

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As Ghost Recon: Future Soldier readies its assault on consoles, Stace Harman tracks down director Eric Couzian and production manager Yann Suquet to talk delays and the on-off PC version.

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Virgin has announced one million users have signed up for its online gaming tournaments.

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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has vowed this year’s Assassin’s Creed will be its “biggest to date”.

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Ubisoft’s launched the Mediterranean Traveler Map pack for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. The pack includes three new maps with Jerusalem, Constantinople and Dyers, as well as three fan favorites from Brotherhood, such as Firenze (Florence), San Donato and Siena. The pack will set you back 800 MS points on Xbox Live and £7.99 on PSN and PC. There’s a video of it in action below.

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The long-awaited 3DS release of Rayman Origins has secured a slot on the US retail calendar: March 30. Europeans are expecting it on March 16. A Vita release is due the week before the console’s launch, and PlayStation 3 Wii and Xbox 360 versions are available now. The luciously beautiful platformer had a rough start, launching right in release crunch, but is starting to make a splash at retail.

Thanks, Joystiq.

In a media blast regarding its action RPG Dungeon Hunter: Alliance, Ubisoft has announced it intends to push all its Vita releases out by February 14, a week in advance of the console itself. The decision will make all Ubisoft’s launch titles available to those who receive their console a week early as part of a US-only advance sales scheme. Early adopters look forward to Rayman Origins, Lumines, Michael Jackson: The Experience and Asphalt Injection.

Additionally, Gravity Rush, the gorgeous-looking adventure, is now officially expected on February 22.

Thanks, Siliconera – twice.

Nelson’s dropped the full list of dates and prices for this year’s Xbox Live House Party line-up, with the main bits being Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, launching on February 22 for 1200 MS points, and I Am Alive, releasing for the same price point on March 7. EA and Trapdoor’s Warp launches for 800 MS points, while THQ-published shooter Nexuiz releases on February 29 for the same pricepoint.

FIFA 12′s stay at the top of the UK charts continues for a fifth straight week, but Rayman Origins finally gets its due credit and enters the top ten.

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BlueByte has removed the component in its Tages DRM, which logged hardware changes on a user’s PC, thus using up one of the limited activations allowed for Anno 2070. According to a developer statement provided to Guru3D, “the graphics hardware from the hash used to identify the PC” was removed, which means you can now “switch the GFX as many times” as you want in your PC. At first, Anno players thought there was an error in the DRM causing the issue, but Ubisoft said the inclusion was “intentional” and that many users hadn’t experienced a problem with it. Thanks, RPS.

Ubisoft, if a listing from Play.com is a pointer, is set to release a retail package featuring three of its biggest digital titles of last year: From Dust, Outland and Beyond Good and Evil HD. The triple-pack will launch on March 19 for £19.99 for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Thanks, Gamerzines.

Ubisoft has said good customer support will resolve the few occasions when its Tages DRM affects players.

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Ubisoft has released a new developer diary for Ghost Recon Online in which the developers discuss the game’s three main classes. The diary also explains the customization and leveling options which will allow players to become the “ghost” they wish to play in the game. The free-to-play shooter, which was slated for release at the end of 2011, is out this year on PC with a Wii U version to follow. You can still sign up for the beta through here.

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Ubisoft has released a new video for I Am Alive, which explores the game’s combat system. According to the video, it will be in the player’s best interest to save bullets and use bluffing and surprise techniques if possible. Nothing more satisfying than sneaking up behind and enemy and slashing his throat with a machete, is there? I Am Alive is slated for a Q1 2012 release on Xbox Live.

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Ubisoft has announced it’s closed its Vancouver studio, which was previously known as Action Pants before the publisher acquire it in 2009. Under the Ubisoft umbrella, the firm works on various sports titles such as Pure Futbol, Academy of Champions: Soccer, and Motionsports Adrenaline. “We have made the difficult decision to close its studio in Vancouver [as] unfortunately, we haven’t found the right formula for success for the talented team there,” a Ubisoft spokesperson told GameInformer. “Team members will have the opportunity to consider positions in other Ubisoft studios and we will work with each of them to help find the best next step, whether it be within Ubisoft or outside.”

TorrentFreak has said the European arms of publishers such as Atari, Codemasters, Square Enix and Ubisoft are targeting pirates by asking them to pay €800 for each title downloaded illegally. According to the torrent site, the publishers are contacting the accused by tracking IP addresses, something CD Projekt stopped doing last week. The issue with tracking IP through torrents is that the majority of clients do not use the customer’s IP address when uploading or downloading. So, while some legitimate pirates could be caught using this method, innocent people could be caught in the middle as well. Thanks Gamefront.

Something of a kerfuffle has broken out – again – over Ubisoft’s ever-troubled DRM policies, which don’t like it when you switch out hardware.

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Ubisoft has announced the Just Dance series has sold 25 million units worldwide. Just Dance 3 helped the franchise reach the mark by selling 7 million units since it’s October release. Titles in the series include: Just Dance, Just Dance 2, Just Dance 3, Just Dance Kids, Just Dance Kids 2 and Just Dance Summer Party. Thanks, Gamasutra.