Assassin’s Creed: Origins — How Ubisoft created the art for the massive open world
Ubisoft created such a massive world for Assassin’s Creed: Origins, the latest open-world game set in the world of ancient Egypt. And one of...
For Honor: How Ubisoft created a new brand and genre
Shoot-em-ups are a popular genre in video games. But Ubisoft wanted to make a “chop-em-up” melee game, and it had to think hard about...
Ubisoft gifts Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and World in Conflict to PC players
Who needs that fancy new Assassin’s Creed game? Ubisoft is giving away Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and World in Conflict on the PC this...
Vivendi says it won’t make hostile takeover bid for Ubisoft in near-term
Media conglomerate Vivendi spent perhaps $683 million acquiring about a quarter of the stock of French video game publisher Ubisoft over the past year...
Ubisoft Berlin will open in early 2018 and help on Far Cry series
Ubisoft Entertainment is opening a new studio in Berlin in early 2018. Its first project will be to collaborate on the Far Cry series,...
Rainbow Six: Siege gets free weekend to add to its 25 million players
Ubisoft’s competitive multiplayer hostage-rescuing shooter Rainbow Six: Siege has already had 25 million players, but the publisher wants even more people to check it...
Switch happens: Ubisoft’s bottom line feasts on Nintendo’s new console
When Ubisoft Entertainment announced Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, everyone thought it was bizarre. But sometimes bizarre works. Ubisoft released its earnings for the first...
Assassin Creed: Origins doubles Syndicate’s first 10 days of sales
It looks like taking that year off was good for the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Ubisoft revealed as part of its yearly financials today that...
Rainbow Six Siege quietly captures 25 million players
If Assassin’s Creed: Origins does well, Ubisoft could end 2017 with three or four of the biggest releases of the year. But one of...
For Assassin’s Creed: Origins, you’re holding the Xbox One gamepad the wrong way
After taking a year off, Ubisoft is back with another Assassin’s Creed, and this time the default combat controls are wack. I only just...