Tag Archives: UPlay

Ubisoft has confirmed Watch Dogs will be available worldwide on November 22. The North American release arrives on November 19, European users can pick it up on November 21, and the UK receives it on November 22. Players will be able to choose from four different versions that will include a variety of digital and physical goodies when the game arrives.

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Ubisoft’s uPlay has been breached by Russian hackers which provided them with free access to games on the distribution service – including the unreleased Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.

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Ubisoft is hoping to make huge strides in the PC market by offering greater diversity within its Uplay service.

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Ubisoft will add titles from EA and Warner Brothers to its expanded Uplay service, and has announced that it will start publishing its own titles through EA’s Origin service.

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The Uplay app from Ubisoft is now available on Wii U through the eShop. Instructions on how to find and download the app can be found through the Uplay website. Have fun.

Far Cry 3 has launched in the UK and Europe, but the PC build is currently experiencing server issues that stem from Ubisoft’s online service Uplay. The publisher has responded to the issue with a solution.

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The Uplay online service will arrive on Wii U sometime after launch, according to Ubisoft, and the firm says it also plans to support the Ninendo Network in the process.

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Ubisoft’s Uplay store currently offers digital sales of the it first-party titles. But that could change in future, according to Ubisoft’s Stephanie Perotti.

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Ubisoft has said yesterday’s Uplay browser plug-in exploit was caused by a “coding error” and that the online service did not include a rootkit.

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Ubisoft has issued a statement in response to security issues discovered in its Uplay DRM system.

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Ubisoft’s DRM stance has had gamers riled up before, but a new discovery today, which suggests the developer’s Uplay system may include a rootkit that potentially opens up your PC’s contents to the world, has the potential to create more than a little annoyance.

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Ubisoft’s Uplay system, which acts as an always-on DRM for many of its PC games, went down overnight – right in prime PC gaming time, thanks to the Steam sales. A representative for the publisher has issued an apology for the inconvenience and said servers are back online – but not before the downtime generated 200 or so angry forum posts on the ever-popular subject of is-DRM-the-very-devil.

To support the release of Driver: San Francisco, Ubisoft has announced a new free multiplayer content and a game-to-web service for PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Driver: San Francisco, the first title from Ubisoft to require Uplay Passport, is missing the code required to play online for the Xbox 360 version, according to a report on Joystiq.

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Ubisoft’s launched Uplay, a publisher-specific rewards program, alongside Assassin’s Creed II.

If you’ve been playing the game – it’s awesome: you should – you may have noticed the occassional “U” popping up as you going about your shit. It’s a system similar to Achievements and Trophies; you get points to spend in-game on weapons, skins, and so on, for completing “Actions”.

Check out all the available Actions and rewards here.

Only Assassin’s Creed II, Splinter Cell Conviction, and RUSE are compatible right now, and you don’t appear to be able to link your Gamertag or PSN ID with your Ubi profile, but it’s the thought that counts.

Take a look.

Yves Guillemont, head bossman at Ubisoft announced Uplay at E3 during its press event.

It’s a brand new web-based service and online destination that allows players to create content and share it with friends, and download game information.

Out later in the year, some of the big-shots the company will be working with include Peter Jackson and Stephen Spielberg, among others.

The first games get the UPlay integration are Avatar, AssCreed 2, and Splinter Cell: Conviction.