Ubisoft News Articles
Monday15th Jan 2024
Reminder Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Is Playable Today With Ubisoft Plus
And it's the Deluxe Edition!
The Standard Edition launch for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown doesn't arrive for a few more days, but players can officially start playing today through a few avenues. The game's 'Deluxe Edition' is out now, January 15th, and this edition is included with the Ubisoft+ subscription service! Yep, anyone who subscribes...
Friday12th Jan 2024
News Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown 'Simply Beautiful' On All Consoles, Especially Xbox Series X
A blistering 120FPS
Ubisoft's new Prince Of Persia title officially arrives next Thursday, with media going hands-on with game this week ahead of launch. As we've already established, it's going down very well with the critics so far - and that extends to tech-focused outlet
Thursday11th Jan 2024
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown
Regaining its crown
The Prince Of Persia series is about to make its grand return with The Lost Crown, and ahead of its upcoming release, critics have gone hands-on with this new Ubisoft adventure - including us here at Pure Xbox! So, here's what reviewers are saying about the title so far: Pure Xbox (9/10): "P
Tuesday9th Jan 2024
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (January 9)
Including the mighty Assassin's Creed Valhalla!
January's Xbox Game Pass lineup for 2024 continues to grow today with two new additions to the service. We've got Ubisoft's 2020 RPG Assassin's Creed Valhalla, alongside the gorgeous indie adventure Figment; from Bedtime Digital. Here's a quick look at both of today's new Xbox Game Pass titles:
Thursday4th Jan 2024
News Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Resolution & FPS Revealed For Xbox Series X|S
And Xbox One, too
January is already looking quite busy on the Xbox front this year and to top it off, Ubisoft will be releasing its new Metroidvania-style platformer Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on January 18th. If you're looking at picking this one up on the current generation or previous generation Xbox platforms, and are curious to know it...
Friday15th Dec 2023
News A Bunch Of Xbox Games Are Closing Their Servers In 2024
Living in an online world
Update: We've got a couple more to add to the list! FromSoftware has announced that two of its Xbox 360 titles will also be shutting their online servers in March of 2024. Here's more info about each of them: <related ids="160081"> Original story: As more and more games rely on online connectivity to fully...
Thursday14th Dec 2023
News Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora's 60FPS Mode Saved By 'VRR' On Xbox Series X
Series S performs well at 30FPS!
Digital Foundry has just dropped another look at Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - this time focusing on the console versions and how each of them perform across a variety of modes. On Xbox Series X and PS5 we have both a 30FPS and a 60FPS mode, whereas Xbox Series S has just one 30FPS option. On the whole, it looks...
News Two Games Are Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (December 14)
Including Far Cry 6!!
Welcome to what is currently our final Xbox Game Pass drop for 2023, featuring two new additions to the library. We already knew about Ubisoft bringing Far Cry 6 to the service, but Obsidian has also surprised us with a PC addition! Here are your new Xbox Game Pass arrivals for December 14: Far Cry 6 - Console, PC, Cloud...
Wednesday13th Dec 2023
News Assassin's Creed Mirage 'New Game Plus' Update Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Two new modes now live!
Last month, Ubisoft announced a major Assassin's Creed Mirage update for December - and the time has now arrived! Version 1.0.6 of AC: Mirage is now live on Xbox, containing New Game Plus, 'permadeath' mode and more. The patch clocks in at roughly 4.76GB on Xbox Series X|S and 3.33GB on Xbox One; a pair of modest download...
Friday8th Dec 2023
News Skull & Bones Will Finally Wash Ashore In February 2024
Shiver me timbers!
Update: This has now been confirmed! Skull & Bones will officially arrive on February 16th, 2024. Original story: So, Skull & Bones. Ubisoft's seafaring pirate adventure has been floating among the seas for ages at this point - development began around a decade ago on the back of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. As you...
News Ubisoft's New Prince Of Persia Is Getting A Free Xbox Demo Ahead Of January Launch
Try 'The Lost Crown' for free!
Ubisoft has officially announced a free demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on all platforms. Ahead of the game's full launch on January 18th, players can get stuck into a chunk of the action for absolutely free on Xbox Series X|S. The Lost Crown's pre-release demo officially lands on January 11th - and you can...
Wednesday6th Dec 2023
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Ubisoft's 'Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora'
The new open world adventure arrives this week
Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment have been working on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for a good few years now, and it's finally out this week! Ahead of launch on December 7th, we've rounded up some early reviews of this new open world Avatar title so you can get a taste at what the team has crafted here...
Wednesday29th Nov 2023
News Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Xbox Listing Appears On Microsoft Store
Update: Ubisoft confirms an early 2024 release!
Update: Ubisoft has now confirmed the existence of this special 20th Anniversary Edition, revealing that it was accidentally made downloadable earlier today and won't actually be releasing until some point in early 2024. Here's the full statement from the company: "Well, looks like the cat’s out...
Wednesday22nd Nov 2023
News Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake Hits 'Important Development Milestone' At Ubisoft
"We look forward to sharing more in the future!"
As Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time passes its 20-year anniversary, the team at Ubisoft has provided an update on its much-delayed remake of the 2003 original. The new project was first announced more than three years ago, before development was halted and restarted in 2022
Tuesday21st Nov 2023
Deals Five More Backwards Compatible Games Added To This Week's Xbox Sales (November 21-28)
Loads of Black Friday discounts are still available too!
Xbox's huge Black Friday digital sale is still live, featuring around 100 backwards compatible titles, but the team has just added another five classic games to the discount pile - and there are some good ones in here too. So, we've gathered up all of the newly-discounted backwards compatible...
Friday17th Nov 2023
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Is Getting Two New Modes On Xbox This December
One for you masochists out there!
Assassin's Creed Mirage dropped last month, and as you'd expect with Ubisoft, the team is already planning its post-launch support pipeline as we speak. More details on the game's next update are coming "soon", but for now, two new modes of play have been revealed. The first is a New Game+ mode for folks who've...
Tuesday14th Nov 2023
News Ubisoft's Open World FPS 'Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora' Has Officially Gone Gold
The title launches on Xbox next month
The release of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora seems to be creeping up on us a little bit - it often feels that way when games launch in December! The good news is that it will definitely be out on Xbox next month anyway, as the dev team has announced that the title has officially gone gold. Yep, Ubisoft's open...
Wednesday8th Nov 2023
News Ubisoft Axes 124 Jobs As Part Of Company Restructure
Assassin's Creed dev Ubisoft Montreal impacted
Following the news last week Bungie had cut "an estimated 100 jobs", the French video game publisher Ubisoft has now axed 124 employees to "streamline" its operations and enhance the company's "collective efficiency". This company restructuring will remove 98 positions in Canada, which is reportedly...
Tuesday7th Nov 2023
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Update Out Today, Here's What's Included
Chromatic aberration options & more
Assassin's Creed Mirage took the series back to its stealth roots when it arrived on Xbox Series X|S last month, and with the game's launch now out of the way, Ubisoft is focused on improving the experience with updates. According to the official social media account, the highlights include the ability to switch...
Tuesday31st Oct 2023
Video Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora Impresses In New Open World Preview
Coming to Xbox in December!
We've been looking forward to Massive Entertainment's upcoming Avatar game for ages at this point, so, we absolutely leaped at the chance to try out Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora early at a recent Ubisoft preview event. As you can see up above, we sent our video producer Craig along to the virtual event; spending two to...
Monday30th Oct 2023
News Ubisoft Ending Online Services For Three Xbox 360 Titles Early Next Year
Assassin's Creed & Splinter Cell listed
Ubisoft has today announced it will be decommissioning some "additional online services" for older games and three Xbox 360 titles are listed. These games include Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed Liberation HD and Splinter Cell: Conviction. The online services tied to these games will terminate on 25th...
Friday27th Oct 2023
News Ubisoft's Pirate Game Skull & Bones Gets New Release Window, Again
It's now expected between January and March 2024
If the reports are true and Star Wars Outlaws is Ubisoft's "large game" pushed out of an "early 2024" release window, it seems we might already have another Ubisoft title to fill the same launch period. According to the video game company's latest earnings report, an update on Skull and Bones says...
News Ubisoft Delays Large-Scale Game, Reports Suggest It's Star Wars Outlaws
The new title was previously confirmed for 2024
There's some big news on the Ubisoft front today, with the company revealing in its latest financial report that it has delayed a "large game" that was scheduled to launch early next year. While there's no specific title mentioned, there are suggestions it's the anticipated Star Wars Outlaws game by...
Monday23rd Oct 2023
News Far Cry Spin-Off 'Project Maverick' Reportedly In Development At Ubisoft, Alongside Far Cry 7
"Its multiplayer game is called Project Maverick"
Up for some more Far Cry soon? Well, you could be in luck! According to a new report from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, Ubisoft has got that much Far Cry on its plate that it's decided to split its next entry into two entirely different releases. Yep, Ubisoft Montreal is reportedly developing both...
Thursday12th Oct 2023
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Becomes Ubisoft's 'Biggest New-Gen Launch' So Far
"Thank YOU for joining us on this incredible journey"
Ubisoft has taken to Twitter to thanks fans for making Assassin's Creed Mirage its "biggest new gen launch" yet, at least in terms of pure units sold. The back-to-basics entry arrived on Xbox Series X|S last week, whisking players off to 9th-century Baghdad, while stripping back many of the RPG...
Tuesday10th Oct 2023
News Ubisoft's Free-To-Play Shooter 'XDefiant' Looks Like It's Been Delayed, Again
Will it come out this year?
So, what's going on with XDefiant? Ubisoft's upcoming free-to-play FPS was supposed to launch this summer — following a few well-received playtests earlier this year — but its full release never materialised after the game f
Monday9th Oct 2023
News The Crew Motorfest Is Getting A Lengthy Free Trial This Month, Alongside An Xbox Discount
The open world racer will be part of Xbox's deals of the week
We were mighty impressed with The Crew's third outing when Motorfest arrived on Xbox last month - and you too will soon be able to decide what you make of Ubisoft's new open world racer. Yep, the team is unleashing a free five-hour trial tomorrow, October 10th, and you can jump in until...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Seems To Have Turned Out Great On Xbox Series S
Complete with a 60FPS performance mode!
We've seen enough Xbox Series S negativity to last a lifetime in recent months with the whole Baldur's Gate 3 drama, but how about some positivity this week? Well, Assassin's Creed Mirage has just dropped, and Digital Foundry's initial look at the game has provided some lovely-looking results on Xbox Series X...
Friday6th Oct 2023
News Ubisoft Shows Off Gorgeous Assassin's Creed Mirage-Themed Xbox Series X
One of the prettiest custom consoles we've seen!
Assassin's Creed Mirage is out now on Xbox, and to celebrate, Ubisoft France has created an absolutely gorgeous Series X system that'll rival any of the custom consoles we've seen so far. Adorned with main character Basim front and centre, and with a bunch of cool Assassin's Creed art covering the...
Wednesday27th Sep 2023
News Halo's Master Chief Drops Into Ubisoft Team Shooter Rainbow Six Siege
Spartan 117 reporting for duty
If you happen to like Rainbow Six Siege and the Halo series, today is your lucky day. Ubisoft's multiplayer shooter has launched a new crossover with the Master Chief! It's an Elite set for Sledge that outfits him in the armour of Spartan 117, based on the gear the Chief wears in his latest outing in Halo Infinite...
