For the past few months, Ubisoft has been at the center of an ever-evolving reckoning in the video game industry; across the board, people have been stepping forward and sharing their stories of abuse. Ubisoft’s prevalence in the situation was particularly alarming, especially considering how seemingly universal it was at the worldwide company. They’ve been
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The gaming industry is in a bad place at the moment with many victims of sexual assault, abuse and harassment bravely coming forward and sharing their stories prompting companies like Ubisoft and Twitch to speak out. The most recent cases include a spate of competitive Super Smash Bros. players and commentators and the co-founder and
After yesterday’s Direct, it was revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will add six more DLC fighters to its ridiculously large roster. That means when the entirety of the aptly named Fighters Pass Vol. 2 releases, there will be a total of 86 fighters in the popular Nintendo Switch title. I’ve been mulling over who
It’s taken a long time to come about, but Ubisoft is finally developing Beyond Good and Evil 2. While the long-awaited and highly-anticipated sequel to the 2003 classic took over a decade to finally enter development, Ubisoft’s CEO recently explained a bit about why the company thought it was the right time to bring the series
Splinter Cell has long been one of Ubisoft’s most iconic and popular franchises, which makes it all the more strange that the series has been dormant for the entirety of this current console generation. In a new conversation, Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot explained more of the reasoning as to why Sam Fisher has been away
During Ubisoft’s financial conference call hosted today, Chief Executive Officer Yives Guillemot talked about the performance of Tom Clancy’s The Division 2‘s beta and more. According to Guillemot, The Division 2 was the fastest-registering beta in Ubisoft history, with over four times the registrants of the original game (which was the previous record-holder) in 2015. We also
During Ubisoft’s quarterly conference call for investors and analysts, Chief Executive Officer Yves Guillemot talked about the performance of the Nintendo Switch, on top of the publisher’s plans and expectations for the console. Guillemot explained that the strong revenue from games for the console in the past quarter came from Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle and Rayman Legends, with