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News Ubisoft Has Three Unannounced Blockbusters Lined Up
Watch Dogs 3 will be one
Ubisoft will release three unannounced games during the fourth quarter of its current fiscal year, meaning that it’s planning a trio of AAA titles between the beginning of January and the end of March. The ginormous French publisher confirmed the tidbit in a slide to investors, also acknowledging
News Skull & Bones' Release Date Shipwrecked, Skips E3 2019
No new launch window announced
Skull & Bones was scheduled to wash up on the PlayStation 4 this year, but the long-in-development online pirate ship simulator has been pushed back yet again. This time there’s no new date been attached to the project, and it will skip E3 2019 entirely. No real reason was given for the delay, but it’s safe to...
News Ubisoft Lead Prompts Publisher to Explain After Drunken Splinter Cell Troll
Nothing to announce
A creative director at Ubisoft has prompted the publisher to release a public statement shooting down hopes of a new Splinter Cell, after he caused the Internet to explode by drunkenly Tweeting that he's working on a new instalment in the popular stealth property. At the Ubi Summit, an intoxicated Julian Gerightly told his...
News The Division 2’s First Raid Launches Tomorrow, Will Not Have Matchmaking
Title Update 3 delivers
The Division 2’s long-awaited raid, a first for the series, is finally launching tomorrow by way of a significant patch. Controversially, however, you won’t be able to matchmake if your team is looking to fill the last couple of slots in your eight-player group. Titled Operation Dark Hours, the centrepiece of Title...
News PS5 May Be the Last Console Before Streaming Takes Over, Says Ubisoft Boss
Next-gen, last-gen?
Never one to shy away from reasonably bold claims, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot reckons that the next console generation will be the last of its kind. Once it's done and dusted, Guillemot expects hardware to shift towards streaming services. "I think we will see another generation, but there is a good chance that step-by-step we...
News Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Beta Confirmed, and You Can Sign Up Now
Set for later this year
Even though the game's only just been announced, you can already sign up for the Ghost Recon: Breakpoint beta. There are no real details on the beta itself just yet, but if you head over to the official Ghost Recon website, you can apply for a place. All you've got to do is select a platform and sign in to your Ubisoft...
News Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Infiltrates PS4 on 4th October
What's your breaking point?
Ubisoft’s gunning for the complete co-op experience with Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, which was officially announced as an open world tactical shooter for the PlayStation 4 today. The military shooter’s also trying its luck in the holiday release slot, following the enormous success of its 2017 predecessor, Gh
We've got the intel
Ubisoft has blown the lid off Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. As many predicted, it's something of a sequel to Ghost Recon: Wildlands, inheriting a lot of its features while also adding to the formula. Below, we've gathered all of the key points from the title's gameplay reveal, which you can watch in full above. Breakpoint has an...
Live Watch Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Reveal Here
Breaking point
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is looking like the next entry in Ubisoft’s tactical shooter series, as the name leaked on the publisher’s website yesterday. Of course, there’ll be much more to the title than its, er, title – and the French firm is set to reveal all in a livestream later today. Tune in from 11:30AM PT/2:30PM ET for...
Rumour Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Leaks Ahead of Its Official Announcement
Couldn't ghost that one
Bloody hell, video game companies must hate when this happens. Just 24 hours before its official reveal, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint has supposedly leaked. As caught by eagle-eyed Reddit user jrmywl30, an image of the title's collector's edition popped up online before it was quickly taken down. Admittedly, there's not that...
News A New Ghost Recon Game Is Probably Being Announced This Week
Wildlands 2?
After a few weeks of speculation and some weird teasers from Ubisoft (which we won't go into here because frankly they'd take too long to explain), the publisher has confirmed that there will be a Ghost Recon-based announcement later this week. We can only apologise to hopeful Splinter Cell fans who thought that Sam Fisher might have...
News Child of Light Director Isn’t Working on a Sequel
It couldn't be a game as a service
While never officially announced, a sequel to Ubisoft's Child of Light has been hinted at a couple of times. However, according to an interview with the original game's director, if it is in development, he isn't working on it. Speaking with Videogame Chronicle, director Patrick Plourde said that the game isn't in...
Sinking feeling
After the fantastical greatness of Assassin's Creed Origins: Curse of the Pharaohs, we had high hopes for The Fate of Atlantis -- a chance for the developers of Assassin's Creed Odyssey to let their imagination run wild. While Odyssey already features a number of mythological elements, this DLC saga promises even more creativity...
News The Division 2's Next Big Update, Including the Raid, Delayed into May
Dev wants to balance things right
Title Update 3 for The Division 2 has been delayed. It was originally meant to land next week, on the 25th April, but now it's been pushed back into May 2019, with no specific date given. According to developer Massive Entertainment, the delay will allow for the fine-tuning of the game's balance. "The final release...
News Trials Rising's First Expansion Pack, Sixty Six, Is Out Now on PS4
24 new tracks, skill games, and outfits
Believe it or not, there is other news to sink your teeth into today besides the big PlayStation 5 announcement. One example is the launch of Trials Rising's first piece of post-launch DLC, titled Sixty Six, and it's available to download for season pass owners on PS4 right now. The expansion pack celebrates...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Goes Off the Deep End With Stunning Fate of Atlantis DLC Trailer
You want to be a god?
Wow, Assassin's Creed Odyssey appears to be pulling out all the stops with its second and final DLC saga, The Fate of Atlantis. Much like Assassin's Creed Origins' brilliant Curse of the Pharaohs expansion, this looks to be another fantastical adventure where the developers have been allowed to let their creativity run wild...
News The Division 2 Dev Shares Long List of Update Plans, Loads of Welcome Changes Being Looked At
This is what it's all about
With The Division 2 getting its big title update last week, developer Massive Entertainment is now back to working out what's next for the game. In a new forum post, the studio shares a load of details on what it wants to alter and improve via future updates. It's a lengthy list that covers many popular topics, including...
News The Division 2's Getting a Public Test Server, Which Should Allow for Better Updates
Good news, agent
Developer Massive Entertainment has revealed that The Division 2 will soon be getting a public test server on PC. This may not immediately seem like a big deal -- especially here on a PlayStation website -- but in theory, it should allow for a better update process going forward, regardless of platform. Public test servers are used...
News Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on Splinter Cell: 'At One Point, You Will See Something'
"But I can't say more than that"
A new Splinter Cell game has been heavily rumoured for some time now, to the point where people were left wondering what happened when it didn't show up during Ubisoft's E3 2018 presentation. The conversation surrounding the franchise has been a little muddy for a while, but thankfully, t
News Strut Across San Francisco in Watch Dogs 2 Timelapse
San Fran's biggest fan
What year is it? Watch Dogs 2 is a good couple of years old now, but there’s renewed interest in the series as Ubisoft prepares to announce its Brit-based sequel. So here’s a video reminder of just how good the sequel’s Bay Area was, as one player has decided to strut across the entire map in a nifty new timelapse video...
News All Clues Point to a London Setting for Watch Dogs 3
Oi oi
Watch Dogs 3 will very likely be revealed at E3 this year. The sequel's been rumoured for what feels like an age, and in a year when Ubisoft has said that Assassin's Creed will be taking a break, it makes sense for the open world hack-a-thon to make a return in its absence. It's also long been rumoured that Watch Dogs 3 will take place in...
A lengthy list of tweaks
The Division 2's 1.05 update deployed earlier today alongside the game's first big content drop, and now we've got our hands on the official patch notes. As previously reported, there are a bunch of weapon buffs and nerfs, while skill mods have been overhauled along with weapon mods. Developer Massive Entertainment hopes...
News It Sounds Like the Next Assassin's Creed Will Be All About Vikings
Kick axe
Just the other day, players found what seemed to be a teaser for the next Assassin's Creed game inside The Division 2. There's a poster that advertises an opera called 'Valhalla' (a hall that welcomes warriors who die in battle in Norse mythology), and it features a character clad in red and white robes -- traditional Assassin's Creed...
News The Division 2's Battle for D.C. Content Update and Patch Is Live
Fighting the good fight
Today's the day, agents! The Division 2's first big content drop, Battle for D.C., is now live on PlayStation 4 following a few hours of maintenance. The update adds a new Black Tusk stronghold, Tidal Basin, and World Tier 5, bringing an extra layer of difficulty to the looter shooter. The title's latest patch has hit...
News The Division 2 Trailer Outlines Year One Updates, Teases Next Specialisation Class
Gunning it
Tomorrow (that's Friday the 5th April at the time of writing) sees the release of the first big content update for The Division 2. It's set to add a new stronghold (supposedly the toughest of the bunch) alongside a new world tier. A few fresh weapons will also be introduced, and you'll be able to get your hands on specific gear sets. But...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Patch 1.20 Adds Custom Gear Loadouts, Support for Next DLC, and More
Atlantis beckons
A new update is available to download for Assassin's Creed Odyssey on PlayStation 4. Patch 1.20 is around 4.4GB in size, and it's mainly being deployed in order to add support for the title's next DLC, The Fate of Atlantis. The first episode of which, Fields of Elysium, is due out on the 23rd April. There's more to this update than...
News The Division 2 Details Big Changes to Skills and Mods Ahead of the Game's Friday Update
Modding the mods
Developer Massive Entertainment has outlined a number of changes coming to The Division 2 in the game's next update. Dropping at the same time as the title's new world tier and stronghold, the incoming patch aims to make positive changes to skills, skill mods, and weapon mods. It'll also include some weapon balancing. For starters,...
News Ubisoft's Rabbids Invade For Honor for 24 Hour April Fools Event
Toilet brushes in hand
This has to be up there with the very best in-game April Fools events ever. Ubisoft's legion of Rabbids has invaded For Honor for a 24 hour event that sees them take the fight to the standard knights, samurai, and viking classes. Check them out in action in the tweet below. Just look at them all! Kitted out with their...
Review Space Junkies - Arena Shooters Have Met Their VR Match
Now it's time to get junky
You don’t need us to tell you that maintaining a consistent player base in multiplayer-only PlayStation VR games continues to be a struggle for any studio that claims to be up to the task. Some have lowered the barriers to entry by adopting free-to-play models or by opening the doors to non-VR players too, but the fact...
News The Division 2 Patch 1.7 Is Live on PS4, Fixes a Load of Bugs and Gameplay Issues
Taking back control
After a few hours of downtime earlier today, The Division 2 is back up and running alongside its latest update. Patch 1.7 can be downloaded on PlayStation 4 now, and it promises to fix a list of remaining bugs and pesky gameplay issues. You can find the full patch notes below: Performance Various improvements to reduce frame...
The revolution begins again
From gliding through the sandy deserts of Origins to basking in the ostentatious ancient Greek environments of Odyssey, the last few Assassin’s Creed instalments have not failed to astound players with their mind-blowing finesse. That said, regardless of how far the series has progressed (undoubtedly for the better),...
News Incoming The Division 2 Patch Aims to Fix Frame Rate Drops, Co-Op Scaling Issue
Stay safe, agent
Tomorrow (that's the 28th March), the latest patch for The Division 2 will be deploying on PlayStation 4. The primary goal of update 1.7 will be to address a number of remaining, high priority issues that some players may still be running into. This includes fixes for noticeable frame rate drops, bugged skill cooldowns, and broken...
News Ubisoft Dates Its E3 2019 Press Conference
Watch Dogs? Splinter Cell? More Creed?
Yes, Ubisoft will indeed be hosting its own press conference at E3 this year. Following on from Bethesda's announcement last week, Ubisoft's event will take place on the 10th June at 13:00 PT. That's 21:00 UK time -- decent enough timing for the Push Square crew. This means that, at the time of writing, we...
Take back D.C. from the Black Tusk
The Division 2 already has a lengthy and robust endgame, but it's going to get a whole lot bigger on 5th April when the first batch of post-launch content drops for free. This will include the unlock of the Tidal Basin Stronghold that players who have already reached the maximum gear score have been eagerly...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Latest Lost Tales of Greece Quest Is Live Now
A Friend Worth Dying For
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is one of those games that just never seems to stop giving. Its latest Lost Tales of Greece quest, titled 'A Friend Worth Dying For' is now live, free for all players. These quests have been good additions to the game so far, bringing some interesting little stories to the Greek world. This newest...
News Brawlhalla Adds Hellboy Characters in April
Hell yeah
Free-to-play fighting game Brawlhalla will help to promote Lionsgate’s upcoming Hellboy movie with the addition of several new characters from the comic book adaptation. The eponymous anti-hero will be joined by Nimue, Gruagach, and Ben Daimio in April. There’s no other information in the press release, aside from the fact that the...
Review The Division 2 - With a Few Tweaks, This Could Be Something Special
Land of the free hit
The Division 2 is a good, solid looter shooter. At points, it's a fantastic looter shooter, but at the time of writing, it has just a handful of notable issues holding it back. Ideally, a game releases with no problems whatsoever, but in this age of live services, regular content updates, and feedback-based patches, expectations...
News The Division 2 Skill Bug Supposedly Fixed After Game Goes Down for Maintenance
That was fast, thankfully
Well, props to Massive Entertainment -- the developer has reportedly managed to fix The Division 2's most frustrating bug. Over the last couple of days, players have stumbled across an issue that basically makes skills unusable. You'd pop out a turret or drone or some other doohickey, and it'd almost immediately disappear...
News Fixing The Division 2's Disastrous Skill Cooldown Bug Is the Developer's 'Highest Priority'
But it doesn't want to rush
There's a major bug in The Division 2 right now that's seriously damaging the experience for many a player -- ourselves included. The issue causes skills to malfunction, essentially rendering them useless. Instead of throwing out a turret or deploying a drone and having them operate as expected for a set amount of time,...
Round Up The Division 2 PS4 Reviews Start Relatively Strong
First critics weigh in
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 has come in hot, and that means there aren’t really any reviews available right now. We’ve been busy playing the game and we’re enjoying it so far, but some critics have started to publish their own opinions on the title. Seeing as verdicts are in short supply, we figured we’d run a Round...
Hands On A Complete Package at Launch, The Division 2 Puts Its Looter Shooter Competition to Shame
Target acquired
The Division 2 is here, and while we haven't yet played enough to bring you a full review just yet, we can go ahead and say that we think the game's off to a great start. For this hands on article, we've got deputy editor Robert Ramsey and senior staff writer Liam Croft -- both of them well versed in the ways of looting and shooting...
Poll Have You Bought The Division 2?
All good, agent?
The Division 2 is officially out on PlayStation 4 today, but technically, it's been available for a few days due to the early access granted by the game's Ultimate and Gold editions. Still, we're here to ask the all-important question: have you nabbed a copy of The Division 2? Maybe you got one of the special editions early?...
News The Division 2's 1.03 Update Issues Mission and Weapon Fixes on PS4
Some massive support
The Division 2's latest update, patch 1.03, brings with it multiple fixes to issues concerning missions and weapons on PS4. As well as that, XP rewards for endgame activities have been better adjusted to scale to the player's level. Here are the full patch notes for the 1.03 update where the PS4 is concerned: Weapons We...
News The Division 2 PS4 Frame Rate Issues Plaguing Some Players, But There Is a Quick Fix
Thankfully
The Division 2 is now live on PlayStation 4 for those who bought the Gold or Ultimate edition of the game. By most accounts it's been a smooth early launch experience so far, but that's not to say everything's perfect. A number of reports on Reddit and social media claim that, on consoles, the game's frame rate can plummet while out in...
News The Division 2 Character Creation Looks Like a Huge Improvement Over the First Game
Sculpt that perfect face
The character creation system in The Division 2 seems quite in-depth, based on this video from the guys over at Arekkz Gaming. You'll be able to tweak a number of settings in order to sculpt an ideal mug for your agent, from eye spacing all the way to lip size and jaw structure. Needless to say, it's a huge improvement over...
News The Division 2's Trophy List Is Looking for the Most Iconic Agents
Going for the Platinum
If you're hoping to add The Division 2's Platinum Trophy to your virtual collection, you'll need to engage with and master almost everything the game has to offer. The loot shooter's Trophy list has popped up on Exophase a few days before the launch of the Gold Edition, and it's most certainly not one thats finishable in a...
News Physical Copies of The Division 2 Will Require a Gigantic 90GB Download
Full game is the same size
Remember the days when you could just pop a disc into your PlayStation and play it immediately? Those days are long gone, we're afraid, and this fresh information about The Division 2 is a grim reminder. Ubisoft has noted that those who purchase the game physically will be prompted to download an absolutely massive 90GB...
Blood on the sand
The third and final instalment in Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Legacy of the First Blade series, Episode 3: Bloodline ties everything together quite well. After Episode 2: Shadow Heritage ended with your hero controversially starting a family, this next chapter opens on a sweet note as your character attempts to live out a quieter...
News The Division 2 Gets One Heck of a Dramatic Launch Trailer
Plus guns and explosions, obvs
The Division 2's not far away at all, and so as we've come to expect, the Ubisoft marketing machine is really kicking into gear. The publisher's released the game's launch trailer, which opts for drama and a lot of bullets. Not to mention a few explosions, obviously. The Division 2's due out next week, on the 15th...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Final Legacy of the First Blade DLC Episode Is Out Now on PS4
But we're only really halfway through
Assassin's Creed Odyssey's prolific post-launch support continues today with the final episode in the Legacy of the First Blade saga. The DLC is set to wrap up the story of the Order of the Ancients and their assault on either Kassandra or Alexios, which ended on a pretty controversial plot point last time out...