Assassin’s Creed Remakes Inbound, Ubisoft Boss Confirms
According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, Assassin's Creed remakes are coming. The Ubisoft boss said as much in a freshly-published interview on the Ubisoft blog.
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Ubisoft has cancelled The Division Heartland
Ubisoft has cancelled The Division Heartland.
Ubisoft cancels The Division Heartland to focus on ‘bigger opportunities’
Ubisoft announced Wednesday that it would be canceling its in-development,free-to-play third-person shooter Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, citing a recalibration of its resources. It also said that it would be moving workers at Red Storm, the support studio in charge of the game, onto other projects.
Ubisoft boss: generative AI is just another new technology to be tested
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has discussed the company's strategy of experimenting with generative AI, as detailed in today's announcement of NEO NPCs — a new prototype project from Ubisoft designed to let video game characters respond with custom responses to players' speech input.
Skull and Bones’ price has been slashed by $25 after less than three weeks
Ubisoft’s second $70 game, Skull and Bones, has seen its price reduced significantly less than three weeks after its release.
Meta Quest+ Introduces Xbox Game Pass-Like Free Game Catalog
Meta Platforms, the maker of the Oculus Quest and its successors, has added a new feature to its Meta Quest+ subscription service: a rotating games catalog like Xbox Game Pass. The company formerly known as Facebook introduced its first generation of VR headsets back in 2019 and, since then, it's sought to build on the technology. The Oculus Quest was followed by the Meta Quest 2 and then the Meta Quest 3, and the library for all the headsets has grown over time.
If Skull and Bones has you hungry for a better pirate game, try this one
After a long voyage filled with delays, Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones is finally out. The multiplayer pirate game sailed through troubling waters in order to get to where it is today, but its launch hasn’t been smooth sailing. It’s earned a mixed reaction so far, despite its combat and visuals impressing. Those highlights couldn’t turn the tides of criticism against it, as some reviewers aren’t as impressed with its narrative and repetitive missions.
Skull and Bones' Metacritic user reviews open to "generally unfavourable" scores
Despite claims it is a «quadruple-A» live-service experience, Skull and Bones's user Metacritic score has taken a pummelling since the pirate ship game was released on Friday, 16th February.