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News Ubisoft Really Is Desperate to Break Records with The Division
Like, really desperate
Is this really necessary? Tom Clancy's The Division is riding high on pre-order charts, has a ton of marketing muscle behind it, and is clearly going to be a very popular game, so we're not sure why publisher Ubisoft is desperate for it to break records. Alas, it's had its PR team blast out some big news today: the game's beta...
Evolution not revolution
It's easy to imagine that when the team behind Far Cry Primal were deciding what their latest outing should be, they looked back over their previous titles and asked: what do people most enjoy about Far Cry? One of the things that would probably be near the top of that list would be the hunting and crafting that acted as one...
News Ubisoft May Be Easing Off Assassin's Creed in Future
Good news?
Assassin's Creed has been an annualised franchise for quite some time. Over the years, we've gotten used to the typical pre-release build up as we near the wintry months when Ubisoft's series usually deploys its mainline entries - but as you may already know, that's not actually happening in 2016. Indeed, you're going to have to wait a...
News Download The Division's PS4 Open Beta Right Now
Mankind divided
You won't be able to play The Division's open beta until tomorrow on the PlayStation 4 – once again, Microsoft has secured 24 hours of exclusivity – but you can start downloading it from the PlayStation Store right now if you wish. This online stress test is available to everyone with a PlayStation Plus subscription, so you don't...
Weirdness Ubisoft Chiselled a PS4 Out of Stone Because Far Cry Primal
Stoners
Reckon your PlayStation 4's a paperweight in its plastic guise? Well, publisher Ubisoft's crafted an even more useless version of Sony's console – out of stone. It's a publicity stunt for Far Cry Primal which we're totally playing into, but it is pretty cool. The company commissioned accredited master carver Nick Roberson to create the...
News You'll Be Waiting for The Division's DLC on PS4
Consoles divided
A bit of regurgitated news regarding The Division is doing the rounds today, and because we're sitting twiddling our thumbs waiting to clock off and play Street Fighter V, we figured that we'd share it. Basically, it's been re-confirmed that DLC for Ubisoft Massive's loot-'n'-shooter will arrive 30 days late on the PlayStation 4...
News Watch Dogs 2 Will Don Its Iconic Cap by April 2017 on PS4
Yeah, dawg
Fear not, collect-a-thon fans: the removal of Assassin's Creed from publisher Ubisoft's annual release schedule means that there's space for a different kind of tower climbing, and Watch Dogs 2 may just fill the game's space. The French publisher has confirmed that Aiden Pearce will return prior to April 2017. Well, to be precise, no one...
News Nope, There Won't Be a New Assassin's Creed Game in 2016
Ubisoft is resting the franchise
After a long spell of rumours that Ubisoft would be resting mega franchise Assassin's Creed this year, the company has confirmed that this will indeed be the case. "This year, we also are stepping back and re-examining the Assassin's Creed franchise. As a result, we've decided that there will not be a new Assassin's...
News Here's What You Need to Know About Far Cry Primal
The game in under 5 minutes
Launching in just a couple of weeks on the 23rd February, Far Cry Primal is no doubt near the top of many most wanted lists, but if you're unsure what Ubisoft's latest sandbox is all about, then we suggest taking a look at its newest trailer. The five minute video goes over just about everything that you can expect from...
Review Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (PS4)
Bad Marx
What's most puzzling about Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia is who its target audience is. Anyone who didn't like the previous two games has no reason to play this, yet because of the carbon-copied formula, anyone who did like the previous two games has no reason to play it either, because it's quite literally same thing. What's...
News TrackMania Turbo Speeds onto PS4 in March
Vroom
If you love racing around in thousands of custom-made tracks at a rapid pace while driving your own customised car then you'll be excited to hear that TrackMania Turbo has been given a release date, so mark on your calendar 22nd March – the day where it all kicks off in North America. Those of you in Europe will have to wait until 25th...
Rumour The Division Open Beta Infects PS4 Later This Month
Accidentally leaked by Xbox Italy
Tom Clancy's The Division has had a closed beta that's been running since Friday – check out our first impressions piece for our thoughts on it – but if you weren't able to get in, no need to worry. Our friends over at Eurogamer discovered a blunder on the Xbox Italy Facebo
First Impressions The Division Shows Promise on PS4, But There Are Worries
Our thoughts after five hours with the beta
Every time that we have something good to say about Tom Clancy's The Division, there's a 'but' at the end of the statement. Maybe we're just miserable gits, or perhaps we're just wary of Ubisoft's ability to con us into thinking something's really good when deep down, it's actually pretty unremarkable...
News You Can Play The Division's Beta on PS4 Right Now
Like, now
The long-awaited beta for Tom Clancy's The Division is live on the PlayStation 4 right now, in case you were, y'know, not sure. We've got our roving reporter Robert Ramsey working through it now in order to bring you a few first impressions. Here's what he just said on Google Chat: Robert Ramsey (16:22): Just found a dog doing a...
News Pre-Ordering The Division on PSN No Longer Gets You Access to the PS4 Beta
FYI
A couple of days ago, some cheeky PlayStation 4 users discovered that they could gain access to the beta for Tom Clancy's The Division without spending a penny. They accomplished this by pre-ordering the game through the PlayStation Store, downloading the beta, and then cancelling the pre-order. Since the title isn't yet released, no funds would...
Guide When Does The Division Beta Begin on PS4?
How can you get access? How big is the file?
Ubisoft, you sly dogs. At first we thought that all of the snow in New York City was a freak natural occurrence, but now we've realised that it was just viral marketing for Tom Clancy's The Division, which is set to receive its inaugural public beta this week. Of course, you may be wondering how to get...
News You Can Download The Division's PS4 Beta Now
It's a big one
If you've been looking forward to digging into the upcoming beta for The Division on PlayStation 4, we'd advise redeeming your code as soon as you possibly can. Why? Well, mainly, it's because it doesn't care much for your spare hard drive space: all in all, the beta will set you back around 28GB. Oof. As you've probably guessed, the...
News You Won't Be Able to Trade Equipment with Friends in The Division at Launch
Mine, mine, mine
We remember when people were mad about the fact that you couldn't trade weapons and armour with your friends in Destiny, but really, that particular feature would have put a bullet in the game's lasting power. With that in mind, and with all of the recent comparisons between Bungie's sci-fi adventure and Tom Clancy's The Division,...
News A Portion of The Division's Open World Has Been Cut from the Finished Game
Bye-bye Brooklyn
When Tom Clancy's The Division was initially revealed, we were thrown into a snowy recreation of Brooklyn - one of New York's most famous boroughs. However, according to a statement from creative director Magnus Jansen, published by Examiner, Brooklyn won't feature in the finished game - at least, not at launch. "For Tom Clancy's...
News Ubisoft: The Division Is a Great Single Player Game, Period
Let's hope so
Always a hot topic these days, many gamers get ruffled when they hear that the latest blockbuster won't have a traditional single player mode. Indeed, before Destiny launched, we remember seeing people go crazy over the fact that they'd need to form teams in order to see out the title's toughest content, but hey, some of us just like...
News How Do You Think The Division Looks in 14 Minutes of Brand New Gameplay?
Ubisoft's open world shooter blows up
Ubisoft's began the marketing blitz for Tom Clancy's The Division - its upcoming open world shooter that's apparently peppered with role-playing game elements. When the title was originally shown years back at the end of one of the French company's E3 press conferences, no one was quite sure what to make of it,...
News The Division's PS4 Beta Deploys on 29th January
Black Friday
Xbox One owners will unlock early access to The Division's beta later this month – but fortunately, you'll only have to wait 24 hours if you plan to play the game on your PlayStation 4. After rumours earlier in the week, Ubisoft has confirmed that the online stress test for its squad-based third-person role-playing shooter (!) will b
News You Can Finally Play The Division Thanks to This Month's Beta
But will it be divisive?
One of those games that feels like it's been hanging around the in background for decades, it's finally time for Tom Clancy's The Division to step into the light and show us what it's capable of. Eagle-eyed publication WCCFTech noticed that the Uplay mobile app outs the public beta's launch window - and the good news is that...
News Medieval Mutilator For Honor Will Have a Single Player Mode
Solo slaughter
Oh, right – we'd almost forgotten about Ubisoft's four-versus-four hack-a-thon For Honor. But, speaking as part of a new recap video designed to remind us that the title's coming to the PlayStation 4, producer Stephane Cardin stresses that the release won't solely offer multiplayer, as there'll be a single player campaign for those...
Review Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (PS4)
We can't think of a pun(jab)
The Assassin's Creed series – hell, Ubisoft's entire portfolio – has been getting a lot of flak lately due to the samey nature of each instalment. The expected announcement of Watch Dogs 2 seemed to excite no one, and it seems like no one really cares about the Assassin's Creed movie that's coming out this very year...
News Far Cry Primal Looks Anything But Prehistoric in PS4 Gameplay
Primal carnage
Ubisoft tends to rattle these open world games out like they're in danger of becoming unfashionable, but Far Cry Primal certainly doesn't look rushed in this hour or so of PlayStation 4 gameplay footage. In the video, key personnel from the development team outline some of the main mechanics from the Stone Age spin-off, and it all...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Sequel Set in Egypt and Skipping 2016
Watch Dogs 2 may fill its place this Christmas
Good news: Ubisoft's not going to run the Assassin's Creed franchise into the ground, with Kotaku sources stating that the next entry in the series will not release until 2017. Bad news: you're probably going to get a Watch Dogs sequel in place of the stealth series' – pulls out calculator – tenth...
Review Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack the Ripper (PS4)
From heaven
There's a perverse fascination with Jack the Ripper, so it's no surprise that Ubisoft has selected the infamous serial killer as the star of Assassin's Creed Syndicate's first major expansion pack. The romanticised murderer – portrayed as a kind of low-rent Scarecrow here, complete with growly lower-class accent and sack mask –...
News Assassin's Creed Chronicles Eagle Dives onto PS Vita
Remaining PS4 episodes also due next year
This is a pleasant surprise: Assassin's Creed Chronicles will take a leap of faith onto the PlayStation Vita next year. According to a Times of India report, the game will be available from 5th April as a bundle featuring all three of the side-scrolling spin-off's episodes: China, India, and Russia. The game...
News Follow the Trail of Blood to Jack the Ripper's Assassin's Creed Syndicate Add-On
Launching next week on PS4
Romanticised murderer Jack the Ripper will brutalise his way into Assassin's Creed Syndicate on the PlayStation 4 next week, as Ubisoft deploys its biggest add-on pack for the open world adventure yet. The meaty expansion will see you play as an aging Evie Frye some 20 years after the conclusion of the main game, as you...
Review Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege (PS4)
Once more unto the breach dear friends
A teammate is yelling at the hostage to be quiet. Whether they've had a serious mental break causing them to scream at what amounts to a collection of polygons on a screen is up for debate, but what is certain is that you're both in deep trouble. What was believed to be a fortified, secure room is now anything...
PSX 2015 Ubisoft Flaps Its Wings with Eagle Flight on PlayStation VR
Creed with crash helmets
Will the big publishers support PlayStation VR? It looks like Ubisoft's up for the challenge, as it's announced Eagle Flight for Sony's expensive headset. The game appears to be based on Assassin's Creed, and will see you take control of those birds that always hover around vantage points. But won't it be cheating if we can...
News The Rainbow Six: Siege Open Beta Has Breached PS4
Blow the bloody doors off
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is out in under a week, but that fact didn't stop Ubisoft from delaying the game's open beta at the last minute yesterday in order to sort out some matchmaking issues. Fortunately, if you're hankering for some intense teamwork, you'll be happy to know that the open beta should now be live on...
News Far Cry Primal Gameplay Will Thaw Out at The Game Awards Next Month
An exclusive of mammoth proportions
Always one to tout his exclusive dealings, Geoff Keighley has revealed that next month's The Game Awards will feature our first ever look at Far Cry Primal gameplay. The newest instalment in Ubisoft's series takes a step into the prehistoric past, and it's slated to release on the 23rd February 2016. So far, all...
Weirdness Zombi Rises Again for Retail on PS4
Boxed version to emerge on 21st January
Talk about beating the undead horse – Ubisoft has decided to announce a boxed retail version of Zombi, a game that it's pretty much bled dry over the course of three years. First starting out as a Wii U game, Zombi then was ported to PS4 earlier this year, and was well received by reviewer Greg Giddens, who...
News Rainbow Six: Siege's Season Pass Isn't Very Explosive
No bang for your buck
Okay, so if you didn't already know, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is getting a year's worth of free downloadable content. Maps, new characters, and so on will be released bit by bit over the next 12 months - and that's pretty cool. Ubisoft's tying a season pass into the equation, though, which complicates things ever so...
Tonight's gonna be a good night
Just Dance is the bane of every Ubisoft press conference – from last year's huge group of dancers to this year's out-of-tune and insanely awkward Jason Derulo, it's never been a property that's been taken too seriously. Yet this year's edition has plenty of new features and content – most of which isn't available...
Guide Eight London Liberating Tips for Assassin's Creed Syndicate on PS4
Don't be a Rookie
Assassin's Creed Syndicate may be more of the same, but it's a dignified step forward from the flaky Assassin's Creed Unity. A traditional English Frye up with an extra helping of tower climbing, this open world outing sees you stealing back Victorian London from the grips of moustachioed mad man, Crawford Starrick. While many of...
Review Assassin's Creed Syndicate (PS4)
Ten a penny
Yes, it's better than Assassin's Creed Unity. Ubisoft's romp through revolutionary Paris was a steaming mass of merde, so the publisher had little margin for error with Assassin's Creed Syndicate – the latest instalment in the French firm's flagship open world franchise. But while transposing the property's iconic undercover killing to...
News The Reaction to Ubisoft's New Club Hasn't Been Great
Uplay is being reborn
Hands up if you actually used Ubisoft's Uplay service on a consistent basis. Okay, we obviously can't see your hands, but we're going to assume that there aren't many of them in the air right now - and that's because Uplay always seemed like an afterthought that the French publisher tacked onto its games for, er, reasons that...
News Ubisoft Filmed an Eagle Flying Over London Because Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Eagle eyes
London's one of the most iconic cities in the world, and to prove it, Ubisoft flew an eagle over the English capital and recorded the sights with a 4K camera. Alright, this may just be fodder to ensure that Assassin's Creed Syndicate receives its daily trailer, but we do get a good look at iconic landmarks like Big Ben. The video even...
News Assassin's Creed Syndicate PS4 Trailer Shows Some Famous Geezers
Alright, mate
As with every other game in the series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate will include many famous faces from the Victorian era. And this brand new trailer introduces a few of them – like Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone turned explosives expert. It's fair to say that Ubisoft's taking a few liberties again, then, but as...
News Far Cry Primal Takes You to the Stone Age in February 2016
Mammoth news
We didn't expect this: Far Cry Primal, the next entry in Ubisoft's open world property, will release worldwide on 23rd February for the PlayStation 4. The recently teased Stone Age-set spin-off will be a full game as opposed to a Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon-esque digital download, and will boast a "fully-fledged single player campaign"...
News Far Cry Primal Will Freeze Your PS4 in the Ice Age
Got the eye of the saber-toothed tiger
Far Cry Primal will whisk you away to the Ice Age, reports are starting to claim. The pre-historic spin-off – which is currently being teased via a livestream – has been revealed by Kotaku, with an IGN Turkey leak corroborating the report. It's still unclear whethe
News Ubisoft Unleashes Its Inner-Caveman with Teaser Stream
Pre-historic Far Cry on the horizon?
Dinosaurs are back in a big way, and Ubisoft seems poised to capitalise on the craze. The publisher's just uploaded a mysterious livestream (!!!) to its YouTube channel which teases an impending announcement. The footage shows a cave drawing of a Neanderthal with a bow, and in the background there's the sound of...
News Of Course Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Got Microtransactions, You Plum
Cor blimey, they're 'avin a larf
'ere mate, we've got some bleedin' obvious news for you on this lavely London afternoon: Assassin's Creed Syndicate's got bits in the game that you can nab wiv real cash, and just the thought of it's got us up the bloody wall. According to the title's director, Francois Pelland, these in-game purchases can be used...
First Impressions Breaching the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Beta on PS4
Breaking down barriers
Here at Push Square we've been checking out the closed beta for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege on the PlayStation 4 – and boy has this game been kept under a rock since its first announcement at E3 last year. There's been a distinct lack of interest in the title since its reveal, but it finally appears to have found its feet...
First Impressions How Well Does Assassin's Creed Syndicate Run on PS4?
London's not quite burning
After Assassin's Creed Unity launched in shameful condition on the PlayStation 4 last year, there's been much discussion over how 2015's follow up, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, will run on Sony's home console. After the beating that Unity took, you'd assume that Ubisoft would do its best to ensure that Syndicate performs...
News London Is Full of Evil Cockneys According to Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Story Trailer
Needs more rhyming slang
Assassin's Creed Syndicate's story is all about the never-ending war between Assassins and Templars - but you knew that already. However, Ubisoft's latest blockbuster is attempting to add some personality to its cockney cast by filling London full of ne'er-do-wells. There'll be seven big baddies to bring down to size, and...
News Assassin's Creed Syndicate Blows the Smog Off Its Exclusive PS4 Missions
Blood on the streets
Buying Assassin's Creed Syndicate on PlayStation 4 gets you access to a string of missions that involve grizzly murder. Solving these crimes typically falls to main characters Jacob and Evie Frye, as they scour the smoggy streets of industrial London in order to hunt down the killer and find out just what the heck is going on...
