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Interview Swan-Diving into the Music of Assassin's Creed Odyssey with Composers, The Flight
A musical odyssey
We recently had the chance to sit down and chat with the composer for the newest title in Ubisoft's long-running juggernaut of a series, Assassin's Creed. Joe Henson and Alexis Smith, known as The Flight, have lent their talents to many titles prior to this, including Horizon: Zero Dawn, Alien: Isolation, and even previous...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Adds a New Late-Game Boss, Victory Gets You a Legendary Bow
Eye eye
If you're somehow pining for more content in the unbelievably gigantic Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft has your back. Newly added to the game is an optional boss named Steropes, and yes, he's a bloody cyclops. Defeating him in battle will net you a legendary bow, but be warned: he's quite high level. This fresh boss encounter is free for...
News X Games DLC Brings Fresh Events and More to Steep on PS4
Sick
Remember Steep? Ubisoft's freeform winter sports game didn't exactly rock the boat when it launched a couple of years back, but it's a fun title with plenty to do, and more is being added over time. The latest DLC brings the X Games to the Alaskan slopes, adding a competitive flair and lots of new events and challenges to tackle. As you can...
As well as new missions
Ubisoft said that it would be supporting Assassin's Creed Odyssey for a long time to come, and it's already off to a good start. In a new video, which we've embedded above, the developer clues us in on what's coming to the game throughout November. Alongside the recently released patch 1.06, there are additional quests in the...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Weekly Mercenary Events Put on Hold Again
Now due later this month
Ubisoft's not having a great time trying to get these live events in Assassin's Creed Odyssey to work. The title's first mercenary event was cancelled after the developer couldn't get it into everyone's game, and so it was pushed into the next week. However, problems have arisen again, and now, it's been shoved even further...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey PS4 Patch 1.06 Adds a New Quest, Increases Mercenary Tier Rewards
The odyssey continues
Assassin's Creed Odyssey update 1.06 is out on PlayStation 4 today (the 1st November), and it brings with it the game's first additional quest. Part of a series of free missions dubbed The Lost Tales of Greece, Ubisoft has said previously that these story-based outings will be added to the title on a regular basis. Hopefully...
News New Assassin's Creed Odyssey Trophies Point to Free Content Update Coming Soon
The Lost Tales of Greece, we assume
Well this is interesting. Ubisoft seems to have added two new Trophies to Assassin's Creed Odyssey. They fall under a category called 'Additional Feats', and we assume that they're part of some free content drop that the developer has planned. It's probably something to do with 'The Lost Tales of Greece' -- a...
News SoulCalibur VI Sells 80 Per Cent of Its UK Physical Copies on PS4
Starlink, however, manages just 10 per cent
SoulCalibur VI proved once again that the PlayStation 4 is the home of fighting games, moving a whopping 80 per cent of its physical UK copies on Sony’s system. However, the wider picture doesn’t tell a particularly positive tale, as retail sales of the brawler were down 55 per cent at launch compared...
Review Starlink: Battle for Atlas - A Decent Space Romp Cluttered with Plastic
Toys that aren't so lively
The toys-to-life fad that fuelled the likes of Disney Infinity, Lego Dimensions, and Skylanders died out years ago, didn’t it? Apparently not, because here we are in 2018 with a brand new product line on the market. Starlink: Battle for Atlas, from French behemoth Ubisoft, releases alongside a slew of physical space...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey PS4 Patch 1.05 Brings Stability to Greece, Fixes Another Crash
Another one
As expected, Ubisoft is dishing out updates for Assassin's Creed Odyssey on a regular basis. This latest patch is another small one, coming in at just 160MB. According to the patch notes, update 1.05 "improves stability" and fixes "and issue that led to crashes to dashboard on PS4". Hopefully the game won't need many more of these and...
News This Is What Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Alexios and Kassandra Look and Sound Like in Real Life
Greek chic
Regardless of who you choose to play as in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Alexios and Kassandra are both really good leads. They've got sharp dialogue, and it's all tied together with some wonderful voice acting. And in this latest Odyssey video, we get to meet the two actors behind the Greek heroes. It's a relatively short video but it's...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey's First Live Event Has Been Cancelled
Try again next week
Unfortunately, the first live event for Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been cancelled. It was meant to start earlier this week on the 16th October, giving players the chance to hunt down and kill a powerful mercenary by the name of Damais, but Ubisoft's been forced to abandon its plans following technical issues. It's a bit of a...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey PS4 Patch 1.0.4 Promises More Fixes
Only a little one
Ubisoft's committed to squashing bugs quickly with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, it seems. Another update has hit PlayStation 4, but this one only weighs in at around 160MB. Patch 1.0.4 promises more fixes and improvements to the game's stability. Again, Ubisoft says that "more detailed patch notes" are still in the works, and they'll...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Rare But Massive Frame Rate Drops Remain Unfixed After Patch 1.0.3
And more players are reporting it
We've spent over 75 hours with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and in all of that time, we've stumbled across a particularly nasty bug twice. Well, we call it a bug but we're not really sure what it is. All we know is that during two especially large fights in two especially large enemy camps, enemies started clipping...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Live In-Game Events Begin Next Week, Offer Epic Rewards
A mercenary's work is never done
Much like Assassin's Creed Origins, Ubisoft plans on supporting Assassin's Creed Odyssey for a long time. In addition to the season pass content and numerous free updates, the developer will also be keeping players supplied with "Live Events", which are basically set missions that appear in the game world every now...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Sets New Series Sales Record
Well, that's the headline Ubisoft wants us to use
“Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has topped franchise sales records for the current generation*,” publisher Ubisoft has exclaimed in a press release. The caveat is that the organisation’s working off overall revenue rather than unit numbers – and it’s throwing players’ “recurring...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey PS4 Patch 1.0.3 Has Quality of Life Improvements, Fixes, More
The odyssey continues
There's an update for Assassin's Creed Odyssey available to download now on PlayStation 4. Patch 1.0.3 weighs in at around 2GB, and promises "quality of life and usability improvement features". Yeah, we're not totally sure what that means, either. The update also "addresses various 'game breaking' issues that could happen in...
Guide Best Assassin's Creed Games Ranked
Blade runner
Ah, Assassin's Creed. The success of Ubisoft's massively popular open world series is partly responsible for pushing the publisher up near the very top of the industry food chain, where it now sits alongside the likes of EA and Activision. But as is the case with any long standing franchise, Creed has had its ups and downs. Some of its...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Players Hit with Weird PS4 Capture Gallery Bug
Videos and screenshots won't load
Well this is one of the weirdest bugs we've seen in quite some time. We've received multiple reports stating that taking screenshots and videos in Assassin's Creed Odyssey using the PlayStation 4's built-in capture system is breaking the console's capture gallery. Funnily enough, we've been having the exact same...
News Assassin's Creed III Remastered Has Higher Resolution Textures, New Character Models
Tweaked gameplay, too
Ubisoft appears to be going further than the bare minimum for Assassin’s Creed III Remastered, which will launch next year as part of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s packed Season Pass. Writing on a support page, the French publisher confirmed that the re-release will boast tweaked gameplay based on player feedback, as well as...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Sales Down 26% from Origins At UK Retail
Tales from my Kass
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey sold 26 per cent fewer copies than its predecessor Assassin’s Creed Origins at UK retail, representing a downturn in physical sales for the series. It’s perhaps worth nothing that the title is releasing earlier in the year than Bayek’s Egyptian adventure, which deployed on 27th October, 2017. This...
Liam's loving the lack of stabilisers
The sheer existence of Assassin's Creed Odyssey's exploration mode feels like acceptance from French publisher Ubisoft. After a generation of games plagued by the "Ubisoft formula" of climbing towers to unlock new missions and locations, side activities that flood the map with icons, and sprawling skill trees,...
Review Assassin's Creed Odyssey - A Masterclass in Open World Design
Kraken good fun
After the deserved success of Assassin's Creed Origins, someone at Ubisoft must have decided to replay The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Bayek's Egyptian adventure had already borrowed heavily from CD Projekt Red's masterpiece, but Assassin's Creed Odyssey doubles down on every role-playing mechanic that it can. The result is an open world...
News Ubisoft Jokes About Assassin's Creed Odyssey Not Being a 'Proper Assassin's Creed Game'
Alexios isn't pleased
Ubisoft's marketing team's had a lot of fun with the Assassin's Creed Odyssey ad campaign. It made a very dumb but funny ad for an Odyssey-themed Amazon Alexa, in which Alexios, the game's male protagonist, lives alongside a modern family. Well worth a watch. And now the company's followed up with another video featuring...
News Ubisoft Boss Says It's Looking Into Bringing Multiplayer Back to Assassin's Creed
If the tech is there
The Assassin's Creed games had online multiplayer for a time, but it was eventually ditched somewhere along the line. It was quite an enjoyable way to play, with a spin on typical multiplayer modes that saw players hiding from, stalking, and assassinating each other. In a new interview with Game Informer, Ubisoft's chief...
Round Up Assassin's Creed Odyssey PS4 Reviews Paint an Epic Picture
Set sail
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is only a few days away, which can only mean one thing: reviews. Only a year out from Assassin's Creed Origins, there have been concerns over Odyssey, but going by what critics are saying, Ubisoft has pulled off another spectacular adventure. The game's being praised for its incredibly detailed open world, its...
Hands On Starlink: Battle for Atlas Shows Promise That Could Prove Costly
Toys to life
As a concept, it feels like Starlink: Battle for Atlas is three years late to the party. The toys to life fad died out a long time ago, and so to see a title basing itself around the act of collecting weapons and ships out in the real world in the year 2018 almost seems like a foolish business decision to us. We got a chance to sample...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gets a Suitably Epic Launch Trailer
Adventure awaits
What the heck is this? Ubisoft releasing a new video before 5PM here in the UK? Absolute madness. The French publisher is no stranger to really good trailers, and this launch trailer for Assassin's Creed Odyssey really gets the blood pumping. We could maybe do without the quotes from websites not named Push Square, but whatever...
Orthanc was a Ubisoft tower?
Transference is one of those games that’s best experienced knowing as little about what awaits you as possible. As such, we intend to remain as vague as possible when it comes to discussing narrative threads and consequences, while still giving you a good idea of how the experience adds up as a whole. Although, with...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Has a Lust for Life in New Live Action Trailer
Player choice and all that
We're quickly approaching the Assassin's Creed Odyssey release date, and that can only mean one thing: an avalanche of media courtesy of Ubisoft. The publisher's pumped out a new trailer, this time live action, in which we get to see Alexios do a lot of stuff while a sarcastic cockney talks over the action. The whole...
News Latest EU PS Store Sale Offers Up Discounts on Ubisoft Games
These games certainly aren't Steep
The European PlayStation Store has been refreshed with a brand new sale, and this time, it's the turn of Ubisoft's PS4 catalogue to be thrown in the bargain bin. Most of the publisher's titles are going cheap, and as you might expect, it's an eclectic mix. Headlining this sale are games like Assassin's Creed...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Is Finished and Ready for Release
Ice gold, baby
Wait, is this coming out soon? Good grief, there really is no let up, is there? Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has gone gold, which means that development is complete and the title is ready for manufacturing ahead of its 5th October release. “We hope you'll enjoy playing the game as much as we did developing it and can't wait to see...
News Huge Assassin's Creed Odyssey Post-Launch Plans Feature Episodic Stories and Free Updates
Big fat Greek roadmap
As previously reported, Ubisoft has big plans for Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The publisher is no stranger to strong post-launch support, but the upcoming open world outing is arguably its most ambitious endeavour yet. Okay, so Odyssey launches on the 5th October, and of course it'll have a season pass. Buying that gets you...
News Assassin's Creed III Stages a Remastered Revolution on PS4
PS Vita spin-off Liberation also being ported
The divisive American Revolution instalment in the Assassin’s Creed series is coming to the PlayStation 4 next March, with all of its DLC included and enhanced visuals. Part of the Season Pass for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you’ll be able to relive the 18th Century tale of Connor in Assassin's Creed...
You're on your own
Ubisoft is trying something new with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, giving players a choice between two modes of play at the start of the game. One is 'Guided Mode', and the other is 'Exploration Mode'. Regardless of which mode you choose the actual content of the game doesn't change, but your journey through the open world may...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Trailer Goes All-In on Player Choice
The choice is yours
We were just wondering when we'd get a new Assassin's Creed Odyssey trailer, and now here we are. This latest video emphasises player choice, something that Ubisoft has really been pushing based on what we know about Odyssey so far. You can choose your character, your style of play, who you romance, which army you side with,...
News Rainbow Six: Siege Update Operation Grim Sky Launches Today on PS4
Two new characters
The new season in Rainbow Six: Siege is set to begin very soon indeed with the launch of Operation Grim Sky. The update to the popular tactical shooter brings a whole host of new content to the game, including two new characters, an overhauled map, new weapons, and more. The new faces joining the ranks are Maverick, a fast mover...
News Rayman Punches His Way into Free-to-Play Fighter Brawlhalla
Legend
You may remember that, back in March, Ubisoft bought Blue Mammoth Games, the developer of Brawlhalla. The enjoyable and popular 2D brawler has been under the Ubi umbrella for several months now, but it's all been business as usual for the small team. However, during a live stream at PAX West, Matt Woomer, the head of Blue Mammoth, was visibly...
News Far Cry 5 Gains New Game + Mode in Latest Major Update
Visit Hope County once again
As has become the fashion recently, Far Cry 5 is the latest major game to receive a New Game + mode in a post launch update. It operates as you'd expect -- once you've finished the story, you'll be able to carry all your character's progression over to a new run. This includes, money, skills, equipment, weapons, and...
Gamescom 2018 For Honor Is Getting an Arcade Mode
A new challenger
As part of the game's October expansion, Marching Fire, For Honor will get its own arcade mode, complete with regular quest updates, challenges, and rewards. Basically, you'll be fighting through computer controlled opponents with various modifiers to keep each battle somewhat unique. You'll also be able to buddy up with a...
News 24 Minutes of Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gameplay Isn't Quite Historically Accurate
Mythical creatures, anyone?
With Assassin's Creed Origins and its Curse of the Pharaohs expansion, Ubisoft let the dev team off its leash, and the result was one of the most creative, exciting adventures in the entire franchise. However, it was only an expansion and not a full game, unlike Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which is bringing hefty...
Gamescom 2018 Assassin's Creed Isn't Back on a Yearly Schedule, Says Ubisoft
Odyssey to be supported through 2019
With Assassin's Creed Odyssey following hot on the heels of Assassin's Creed Origins, many are worried that Ubisoft was bringing the series back to an annual release schedule after taking a year's break. The extra time clearly paid off for Origins, but is the publisher hoping to cash in on that success by pumping...
Gamescom 2018 The Division 2 Takes Aim with a Quick In-Game Trailer
Squad up
Ubisoft's released a new trailer for The Division 2. It's a short one but potentially sweet if you're feeling the hype for this promising looking sequel. It's all in-game footage and we're liking the look of the open world, which is immediately a lot more colourful than the first game's bleak and wintry New York. Are you looking...
Gamescom 2018 Transference Looks Trippy in New Gameplay Video
Glitching out
We recently got news of a release date for Transference - 18th September - as well as a playable demo, but that's not the end of it. A new gameplay trailer has emerged online, giving us five minutes of footage from this creepy-looking PSVR game. It's suitably atmospheric, and while you can also play it without VR, this one looks like...
Gamescom 2018 Great Assassin's Creed Odyssey Trailers Ask Which Character You're Playing As
Live by the sword
Ubisoft has released a couple of pretty great trailers for Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Both are cinematic, but they feature little cuts of gameplay here and there, while also showing off bits of the open world. The one we've embedded above focuses on Alexios, the game's playable male character, and the one below has Kassandra, the...
Gamescom 2018 New Starlink: Battle for Atlas Trailer Shows Off Varied Planets
War games
One of Ubisoft's games that's flying a bit under the radar is Starlink: Battle for Atlas, a toys-to-life space shooter. It's not going to blow anyone away, but it's looking to be a decent game aimed at a younger audience. This latest trailer gives us a good look at some of the environments you'll be able to explore and protect from the...
Gamescom 2018 Trials Rising Bunny Hops to PS4 on 12th February
Crash-tastic
The next instalment in physics-based motorcycle puzzler Trials Rising will ride to PlayStation 4 on 12th February, with a closed beta scheduled to run from 13th September through 16th September. If you’d like to participate in the former, then you can register your interest through here. As with most Ubisoft releases these days, the...
Hands On Bending Reality with the Case of Ted Walter in Transference
Unexplained wonder
If you were hoping to get some clarification on what Transference, the upcoming game from the Elijah Wood-fronted studio SpectreVision, is exactly, then this pre-release demo probably won't satisfy your needs. What we have here is a 15 minute teaser that dives into a weird and wondrous world to set up the events of the main game...
News Ubisoft Announces Release Date for Elijah Wood's PSVR Game, Transference
Demo available now
Of all of Ubisoft's upcoming games for 2018, Transference is probably the one we know the least about. The publisher's first real push into virtual reality experiences looks to be a psychological thriller, and it's being produced by Spectrevision, which was co-founded by Elijah Wood. Aside from some brief trailers, little more is...
News Far Cry 5 Goes to the Movies with Final DLC, Dead Living Zombies
Available soon
The season pass for Far Cry 5 has been pretty crazy. Not only does it give you Far Cry 3: Classic Edition, but the first two DLC packs have both massively changed things up, going from the Vietnam war all the way to Mars. The third and final DLC, Dead Living Zombies, is yet another wildly different experience, and it's available...
