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Rumour Two Rayman Games Are in the Works as Franchise Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Everybody loves Rayman
Attention, Rayman fans: Ubisoft has acknowledged the series! The Rayman franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, there's a new, official video on socials, and it's worth a watch: Of most interest is the comment about game development; brand producer Loic Gounon says teams at Ubisoft...
News Atari Now Owns Rights to Several Ubisoft Games, Will Bring Them to 'New Platforms'
Growing up
Publisher Atari has secured a number of IPs from Ubisoft, with a view to bringing them onto new platforms. As reported by Business Wire, the company now owns the publishing rights to the following titles: Child of Eden Cold Fear Grow Home Grow Up I Am Alive These Ubisoft projects were published between 2005 and 2016, and all left...
News The New Assassin's Creed Mirage DLC Isn't Suspicious at All
Saudi Arabian setting thanks to Saudi Arabian funding
Ubisoft has announced 2023 game Assassin's Creed Mirage will, all of a sudden, be receiving a new DLC for free, set in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. The news was shared at the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia, following reports the Saudi-backed Savvy Games firm would be providing the funding for such an...
News Surprise! The Rogue Prince of Persia Is Available Today on PS5
Rogue-lite action game ready to roll
Well, we weren't expecting this. The Rogue Prince of Persia is releasing on PS5 today, 20th August 2025, out of pretty much nowhere. We did know that the rogue-lite action platformer was leaving PC early access this month, but we thought a console launch would be a little further out. Turns out the PS5 version...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Europe's Best-Selling New Game of 2025
Until FC 26, at least
Much has been made of Assassin's Creed Shadows' commercial performance — mainly because Ubisoft has been reluctant to share actual sales numbers — but we know one thing for sure: the title's been a major hit in Europe. Often overlooked in a media industry that's very US-centric, Europe remains a colossal video game market...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch 1.0.7 Out Now on PS5, Adds New Game+, Increases Level Cap, More
Full patch notes revealed
Patch 1.0.7 for Assassin's Creed Shadows is available to download now on PS5, weighing in at just under 9GB. As detailed by the development team last week, this update adds a pretty extensive New Game+ mode, letting you replay the entire game with all of your levels, upgrades, equipment, and hideout unlocks intact. It...
News Star Wars Outlaws Sequel Reportedly Cancelled, Will Stay in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
There's a light that does go out
A lot of people swear by Star Wars Outlaws these days, but that doesn’t change the fact that the game was a colossal flop upon launch. Embattled Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot recently commented on the catastrophic open world outing, admitting that it failed to meet expectations, and blaming its underperformance on...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows' Big New Game+, Level Cap Update Arrives Next Week on PS5
Back into the Shadows
Ubisoft has confirmed that the next big update for Assassin's Creed Shadows will drop next week, on the 29th July. The introduction of an extensive-sounding New Game+ mode is the headline act here, allowing players to restart the game (having already finished it at least once) with all of their character progression and...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Tops 5 Million Players, Performs 'In Line with Expectations'
Shadows broker
Assassin's Creed Shadows has now topped an impressive-sounding 5 million players, according to Ubisoft, having launched back in March. But of course, player count does not necessarily equal total sales, and so there'll always be arguments over how many copies Shadows has actually shifted. Unfortunately, Ubisoft simply doesn't seem to...
News Avatar PS5 Game Gets a Third-Person Mode, New Game+ in Huge December Update
To mark game's second anniversary
Massive Entertainment has confirmed its PS5 open world game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will receive a third-person mode and a New Game+ option to mark the title's second anniversary in December. Also timed to release alongside the third movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash, the Ubisoft developer has "reworked animations,...
News New First-Person Ghost Recon Game Is Real, Ubisoft Confirms
Target acquired
Ubisoft really is making a first-person Ghost Recon title, as has only been rumoured up until this point. It's not like many people were actively questioning said rumours, but this is still official confirmation from the publisher itself. During its latest shareholders meeting (as per Game File), company CEO Yves Guillemot spoke of...
News Ubisoft Reckons Microtransactions Make Games 'More Fun'
Calls them a "monetization offer"
Ubisoft has suggested the microtransactions it includes in premium titles like Assassin's Creed and Far Cry make those games "more fun" for the players. Buried in a financial report from the French publisher, it's claimed the "golden rule" at Ubisoft is to "allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to...
Rumour Realistic, First-Person Ghost Recon Game Is Ticking Along, Targeting 2026 Release
Intel acquired
Development of the next Ghost Recon game is reportedly progressing as planned, with the title now targeting a 2026 release. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who, of course, has a fantastic track record when it comes to all things Ubisoft — the project is set for "internal alpha" testing this autumn / fall. The...
News Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Rumours Return as Actor Drops Big Hint
"You might have to beat it again"
The long-rumoured remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is one of the worst-kept secrets in gaming at the moment, and its lead actor may have just dropped the biggest hint yet that it's on the way. Matt Ryan, who voices player character Edward Kenway in the open world pirate action title, was captured during a...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.0.6 Out Tomorrow on PS5, Full Patch Notes Revealed
New quests, ally, difficulty mode, and more
Originally teased late last week, Ubisoft has now fully unveiled the next big update it has for Assassin's Creed Shadows. It releases tomorrow (25th June) on PS5, and adds a new questline, ally to call upon, a nightmare difficulty mode, and a headgear toggle for free. On PS5, the patch is expected to be...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows' Next Huge Update Teased for 25th June
Free patch adds quests, characters, and more
Ubisoft has revealed its next big content update for Assassin's Creed Shadows will go live next week on 25th June 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. This will be title update 1.0.6, and the French publisher teases it'll contain a new questline, fresh characters, and a batch of quality of life...
News Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Deep in Development by 'Team That Truly Cares'
Ubisoft offers brief update
Ubisoft has offered up the smallest of updates on the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. In a social post, the publisher says it's still "deep in the game", being crafted "by a team that truly cares": It's not much to go on, but it at least is showing signs of life in the project. The remake was first...
News The Rogue Prince of Persia Leaves Early Access This August, Console Details Coming Soon
If only we could manipulate time
In case you forgot, developer Evil Empire — behind much of Dead Cells' post-launch development — has been beavering away at an all-new entry in the Prince of Persia series. It's called The Rogue Prince of Persia, and as the name implies, it's a roguelite action platformer. The game has been in an early access...
News Ubisoft Forward Skipped This Year to Put Games in Other Showcases
Part of PC Gaming Show, IGN Live
Ubisoft will not be hosting its annual Ubisoft Forward livestream this year as part of the summer season of gaming announcements. Instead, you'll see the publisher's titles appear in other showcases like the PC Gaming Show and IGN Live. Ubisoft also confirms it'll be part of Gamescom in August. The news was...
News It's Crazy How The Division 2 Is Still Getting Superb Support on PS4
Massive new expansion out now
Say what you will about French publisher Ubisoft, it knows how to keep a game alive. The company still supports ancient games like For Honor and Rainbow Six Siege today, and it’s not given up on its squad-based shooter The Division 2 either. That ongoing support has been marked by the release of a new major...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.0.5 Out Now on PS5, Full Patch Notes Revealed
Dead by Daylight quest and more
Ubisoft promised an Assassin's Creed Shadows update around the end of May, and now it's been fully detailed ahead of its launch on the 27th. Expected to weigh in at around 3.3GB on PS5, patch 1.0.5 includes the previously teased Dead by Daylight crossover quest, alongside parkour improvements, photo mode additions,...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Shadows Co-Op Mode Still In Development, First Expansion Targets September
Shadowy business
Assassin's Creed Shadows' long rumoured co-op mode is apparently still in the works, with the intention being to release it as part of the game's ongoing post-launch support. This is based on a fresh report from the ever-reliable Insider Gaming. Sources close to the open world title's development say that Shadows' team has been...
News Ubisoft Hiring for a 'Prestigious' Big-Budget Rayman Game
It's a "AAA title for the Rayman brand"
New job adverts at Ubisoft have revealed that the Mario + Rabbids developer Ubisoft Milan is taking on staff to create a new "prestigious AAA title for the Rayman brand". The successful applicant shall "be responsible for ensuring the quality and content of gameplay animation assets align with the game’s...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Can't Stop the Ubisoft Rot of Star Wars Outlaws and XDefiant
Publisher reports big losses
Assassin's Creed Shadows may have ended up being a hit for Ubisoft, but the company's financial report for the previous fiscal year shows it wasn't nearly enough to make up for other losses. This was a largely expected outcome amongst many onlookers (ourselves included), but the figures are still rather damning. The...
News Ubisoft Game Riders Republic Will Be Made into a Movie, for Some Reason
Directed by Bad Boys for Life duo
Game-to-movie adaptations are proving so popular at the moment that Ubisoft even feels justified in turning its extreme sports title Riders Republic into one. The project was confirmed as part of the French publisher's latest financial earnings call, where it was revealed the live-action film shall be directed by...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Was Such a Hit, Ubisoft's Delaying Unannounced Games
Light from Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows has been a much needed hit for Ubisoft amongst its business-side woes, and its success has actually prompted the publisher to push back other projects. You may recall that Shadows itself was delayed well beyond its original November 2024 release date. It was first moved to February 2025, before being...
News Major Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch Dated, Teases Dead by Daylight Crossover Quest
Run and hide
Assassin's Creed Shadows' first crossover has been revealed — and it's with evergreen multiplayer title Dead by Daylight. All we have to go on at the time of writing is a social media teaser. "Step into The Fog. A new Dead by Daylight quest begins. Slip through the shadows. Survive the ordeal," it reads. The text is accompanied by a...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch 1.006 Out Now on PS5, Adds New Quest, Character Codex, More
Get the patch notes here
Last week, Ubisoft announced its plans for a major Assassin's Creed Shadows update in early May — and now we've got the details. Patch 1.006 is set to release tomorrow (that's the 6th May), weighing in at around 5GB on PS5. There are two big additions here. The first is the introduction of a new story quest featuring...
Rumour Six Years of Assassin's Creed RPGs, Remakes, Multiplayer Games Planned at Ubisoft
Not-so-hidden blades
We hope you like Assassin's Creed, because it sounds like you'll be seeing a lot more of it over the next few years. Ubisoft has apparently mapped out the next six years of the franchise, breaking it up between tentpole 'RPG' games, remakes of older titles, and multiplayer-focused projects. This is according to the...
News As Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Passes 2 Million Players, Ubisoft Teases More to Come
Is the series back?
2024 brought us lots of fantastic games, but one that remains largely overlooked (or, at least, it feels that way) is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Releasing on PS5 and PS4 in January of last year, the game attracted critical acclaim and lots of love from those who played it, but never made as big an impact as it perhaps...
First patch drops in May
Ubisoft has spilled the beans on Assassin's Creed Shadows' post-launch support, providing a roadmap for upcoming content. There's actually quite a lot to get through. First off, there are some pretty big updates in the works, which aim to bring more story-related stuff and fan-requested features to the release. In early...
News Far Cry 4 Gets Surprise 60fps Patch for PS5, Update Available Now
Cry, Cry again
Ubisoft seems determined to get its Far Cry franchise boosted on PS5, as it's just released yet another update for one of the older titles in the series. Far Cry 4 is the latest game to receive an update; the PS4 version has today gotten a patch that upgrades the game to run at 60 frames-per-second when played on PS5. The game...
News The Crew 2's Offline Mode 'Progressing Smoothly', Hybrid Mode Coming This Year
Off grid
After coming under heavy fire for the total shutdown of The Crew, publisher Ubisoft has released a new video update on its efforts to bring offline modes to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest. In it, producer Grégory Corgié explains the team's current progress and plans for the rest of 2025. He says the team is focusing firstly on an...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Update and DLC Roadmap Will Be Revealed Next Week
Shadowed
Ubisoft will lift the curtain on post-launch support for Assassin's Creed Shadows next week, the developer has confirmed. The open world adventure released just over a month ago at the time of writing, and outside of one large title update that dropped a couple of weeks back, the team's been biding its time. It's fair to assume, then,...
News Team Up with Hondo in Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate's Fortune DLC, Arriving Next Month
A Hondo hours of new content
The second story DLC for Star Wars Outlaws is named A Pirate's Fortune, and it's coming to PS5 on 15th May, 2025. A new trailer has been released for this narrative expansion, which features Hondo Ohnaka as an ally as you explore the Khepi system and face off against a band of pirates. While the DLC itself is a paid...
Rumour Ubisoft Still Chasing Live Service with New Battle Royale Now in Development
Scouting things out
Ubisoft has a new battle royale game in development, reportedly. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who, we must reiterate, has an immaculate track record when it comes to the French publisher — this project is "heavily inspired" by Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends. Its working title is apparently 'Scout',...
Also addresses PS5 crashes
A small update for Assassin's Creed Shadows will be deployed later today (the 16th April), Ubisoft has confirmed. Patch 1.0.3 is basically a hotfix for issues introduced via the title's previous update. In particular, the ability to sell multiple items at once is actually being removed, as it was discovered that selling...
News Skull and Bones Year 2 Roadmap Hopes to Get You Back on Board on PS5 with Major Updates
Yo ho
The much maligned Skull and Bones might have gotten off to a shaky start (to say nothing of its agonisingly prolonged development), but this is a Ubisoft live service game — and that means it's getting major post-launch support. The publisher has released a new video in which the developers talk through their plans for the game's second...
News PS5 Pro Version of Assassin's Creed Shadows Rivals Ultra High-End PCs, Says Ubisoft
"The ultimate console experience"
A new version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available to download now, which makes huge improvements to the excellent open worlder when played on a PS5 Pro. As part of an enormous and thoroughly informative
News Comments from Ubisoft's Legal Team Are Not Going to Improve the Embattled Publisher's Image
Buyers shouldn't have believed they'd get "unfettered access" to The Crew
We understand lawyers are employed to get their clients off the hook, but these comments from Ubisoft’s legal team are not exactly going to help the embattled French publisher’s image. The company is currently fighting a case involving The Crew, which you may recall was...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch 1.0.2 Out Now, Improves Horses, Item Selling, PS5 Pro's Graphics
And much more
Ubisoft has announced Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.0.2, which features a suite of improvements that players have been asking after since the game's launch last month. To be clear, this isn't Shadows' first major Title Update — it's just a 'smaller' (if you can really call it that) quality of life patch that's being released...
Rumour An XCOM-Like Rainbow Six Spin-Off Is in the Works for PS5
Breach
Ubisoft's Rainbow Six franchise exists almost exclusively as the evergreen Rainbow Six: Siege these days, but the publisher is reportedly gearing up to branch the property out into an entirely new genre. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who quite clearly has credible sources at Ubisoft — a tactical, turn-based Rainbow Six...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows a Big Sales Hit in US, Beaten Only By Monster Hunter Wilds
One of 2025's best-sellers
Ahead of the latest US sales charts, Circana (formerly NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella has given us some insight into how well Assassin's Creed Shadows performed, following its launch on the 20th March. According to Circana's data, Ubisoft's open world RPG immediately cemented itself amongst the best-selling games of 2025 so...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Dev 'Actively Looking' at Adding Harder Difficulty Mode
We hope it's lethal
Assassin's Creed Shadows provides multiple difficulty options for players, allowing them to cater the stealth action series to their liking. Expert Mode is the toughest, and under this designation, stealth is the series at its very best; still, sickos will always crave more challenge from their games, and we're glad to know...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Work in the dark to serve the light
It's been just over a week since the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, and as always, we want to know your thoughts on the latest PS5 blockbuster. Granted, many of you may not have actually finished the open world adventure just yet. Ubisoft had said that Shadows was going to be a smaller instalment compared...
News Animus Hub to Bridge Assassin's Creed Shadows to Modern Day Story
Desmond if you do, Desmond if you don't
We were initially bewildered by the Animus Hub when first booting up Assassin's Creed Shadows. The Hub chronologically links a bunch of the more recent games in the series, and if you have the associated games installed, it allows you to launch them. It seemed like standard Ubisoft launcher chicanery, but it...
News Ubisoft Spins Off Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six into New Subsidiary with Tencent
"A new chapter in Ubisoft's history"
In a complicated corporate move, Ubisoft has announced it’s creating a new subsidiary to house its most important intellectual properties: Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six. The new company, valued at around €4 billion, will receive a €1.16 billion injection of cash from Chinese giant Tencent,...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Gets Positive Reviews In Japan as Bayonetta Director Speaks Out
Open world, characters, writing all praised
There's been much debate over how well Assassin's Creed Shadows would be received in Japan. After all, the game's set in the country's feudal 16th century, and its open world map attempts to recreate a vast swath of the island nation. In the months prior to release, there were reports that various...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows' Hideout Frame Rate Is a Bug, Set to Be Fixed in Major Update
Hiding in plain sight
Have you noticed that the frame rate takes a nosedive when you're visiting the hideout in Assassin's Creed Shadows? Well don't worry, because Ubisoft's apparently on the case. Even if you're playing on the game's dedicated performance mode, which grants a largely smooth 60 frames-per-second, the frame rate appears to get cut...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Patch 1.0.1 Available to Download Now
A small 1.41GB update on PS5
Ubisoft has released the first Assassin's Creed Shadows post-launch update today, 25th March 2025, and it is available to download now on PS5. You're looking at a 1.41GB download on PS5, which is considerably smaller than the patch for other consoles and PC. The patch works to improve stabilization across the board on...
