Ubisoft News, Ubisoft Features

Don't act like you didn't see this coming

Surprising no one, Ubisoft confirmed that their open-world adventure games, Watch_Dogs and Assasin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be released on Xbox One later this year. We may not have an exact release date for the next-gen versions of both games but it's safe to say they will be launch titles on Xbox One...

Pre-conference conference.

Ubisoft has confirmed that they'll be hosting their E3 press presentation on June 10th, the day BEFORE the show officially kicks off. Of course, this gives more weight to the rumours that Microsoft will show their next-generation system well before E3, as its highly unlikely that Ubisoft would want to hold a conference...

Kickstarted title incoming.

Ubisoft has announced that they've picked up the publishing rights to the procedurally-generated platformer Cloudberry Kingdom. The game - which rose to fame after a successfuly Kickstarter campaign back in May 2012 - is a platformer with an "infinite" number of levels, thanks to new levels being generated by an...

Creative Director 'fesses up

Ubisoft have released an interview with the Jean Guesdon, the creative director behind Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. It sheds some nice light on the game's main new character, Edward Kenway, so rather than pick it to pieces, we'll let you have at it word for word, as it came to us. There's plenty to digest, so brace...

Meet Edward Kenway.

Following on from last week's announcement of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag for Xbox 360 and potentially Xbox 720, Ubisoft aren't letting up with the information. Today, they've let out a new trailer which introduces the game's main character, Edward Kenway, who's a pirate trained by assassins. Bear in mind that we're firmly...

Pirate themed adventure coming to Xbox 360...

Ubisoft has announced the next installment in the popular Assassin’s Creed franchise, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The Pirate-themed adventure is coming to Xbox 360 and all other major platforms (PS3, Wii U and PC), with the PS3 release receiving 60 minutes of exclusive gameplay. A confirmed...

Bust a move!

Those lovely folks over at Xbox360Achievements have delved deep into the realms of Xbox Live and uncovered the full achievements list for Ubisoft's upcoming title The Hip Hop Dance Experience. The game - currently in development with iNiS (The Black Eyed Peas Experience) - will feature tracks from the likes of TLC and Chris Brown, and...

Publisher confirms new package.

Ubisoft has announced that they're putting the finishing touches on a second DLC pack for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Entitled Raven Strike, the pack will contain three new campaign missions, as well as a new Guerilla Mode map. The campaign missions look set to provide a challenge, taking place at a...

iNiS on board for new title

Ubisoft have announced that they'll be bringing a new title to their "Experience" range of games. The Hip Hop Dance Experience will be released in November, and is in development with iNiS, the guys behind last year's surprisingly good The Black Eyed Peas Experience. Featuring over 700 moves and routines choreographed by...

Out next year

Ubisoft's next Sam Fisher game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, is coming to Xbox 360 with Kinect voice commands in early 2013. The game has a new cover system and looks more like a third person shooter than the stealthy sneaking we've come to expect from Splinter Cell. With Kinect you'll be able to shout commands and have Mr Fisher react...

To arms!

Ubisoft wants to get you in The Avengers with a new Kinect game due later this year. The action game will land alongside a Wii U version and is in the works at Ubisoft Quebec, the team behind the rather good PowerUp Heroes. Expect to see more — you guessed it — at E3.

Blam blam

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is only a few months away from launch and Ubisoft is certainly ramping up the assets offensive with a new trailer. The video shows off some of the animation and cover systems that Ubisoft's put into place for its upcoming third-person shooter, which presumably are "unlike anything you've seen...

"Best of" rated

The Australian Classifications board has just rated Just Dance Best Of for multiple platforms, leading us to believe we're staring down the barrel of more garishly gaudy and hilarious dancing on Kinect later this year. If we were to don our speculation pantaloons we'd expect this to be a disc of songs previously released on Just...

Take cover

Hotly anticipated shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is still several months away, but this new trailer below might help fill some of those empty months. Detailing the single-player campaign and some of the brand new gadgets at your disposal to destroy terrorists, it doesn't shed any light on Kinect features but it's still a...

You've got the power

Legendary dance anthem The Power by Snap is one of new four songs out today for Just Dance 3. The track hits alongside Katti Kalandal, Why Oh Why and Skin to Skin as part of the latest DLC drop from Ubisoft. Tracks cost 240 Microsoft Points each. Be sure to read our Just Dance 3 review for our appraisal of Ubisoft's big dance...

End of the road

Ubisoft Vancouver, the studio behind MotionSports: Adrenaline and Pure Football, has closed its doors. A Ubisoft statement to Game Informer explained the publisher's stance: Ubisoft confirms that we have made the difficult decision to close its studio in Vancouver. Unfortunately, we haven’t found the right formula for success for...

Fitness first

Just Dance 3 gets some extra content today in the lithe form of a new Just Sweat downloadable pack. The extra content costs 480 Microsoft Points and includes three songs, all by Sweat Invaders. Here's what's on offer. Just Dance 3: Just Sweat Pack #2 Cardiac Caress, Merengue, Boomsday. It joins the existing DLC, also 480MSP:

How will you work out?

Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 is doing its best to keep your New Year's resolution going with new downloadable content due next week. From 17th January you'll be able to pick up two new packs: Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 - 2012 Weight Control (Ubisoft) — 400 Microsoft Points Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 - Cool...

About time

Ubisoft's much-delayed tactical shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is nearly ready for deployment, with a 25th May release date finally announced for Europe. The game will arrive with a Kinect-enabled Gunsmith mode and voice recognition in its combat too, augmenting its controller-led action. You can find out what we thought...