Ubisoft: Last News

Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope appears to have been leaked by its publisher Ubisoft. The alleged release date was spotted on the Ubisoft Store, with the game being slated for an October 20 release. The date has since been reverted back to the vague 2022 release window, although this hasn’t stopped people from taking screenshots and posting them online.

Ubisoft has announced an Assassin’s Creed celebration stream for today (June 14). To celebrate the franchise turning 15, the developer has promised a special look at the future of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, a look back at previous releases, and a tease of what’s to come this year.The stream will go live today at 5.00pm BST (9AM PST / 6PM CEST).

Ubisoft has announced that The Division 2 is getting a brand new season, the first in almost two years, this week.Season nine, titled Hidden Alliance, will feature a new episodic narrative within The Division and will go live this week on May 12.Instead of exploring the multiple districts of Washington, the season’s focus will shift to the smaller areas of the map, and provide “more contained, concentrated stories, and to avoid repetition from season to season.” You can check out the Season Nine launch trailer below:Hidden Alliance will also introduce a new antagonist, named Captain Lewis, as well as four new mini-bosses for players to challenge that will release across multiple months. Starting on May 12, players can take on Major Castillo, with Sergeant Daniels following on May 31.

Ubisoft has announced that it has ended online services for 90 of its older games, including Assassin’s Creed 2, the original Far Cry, and a number of Just Dance titles.All of the titles featured on the list that will be losing online services are older Ubisoft games and are not necessarily across every platform. Assassin’s Creed 2 is specifically losing online services on PC, Mac, iOS, and OnLive – whereas Far Cry will only be losing them on PC.The official statement on the page reads, “The online multiplayer services for the titles listed below have now been shut down. The offline features for each game remain available”.

Ubisoft is developing a new third person shooter called Pathfinder.Various sources have spoken to Exputer about Pathfinder, which could also just be a codename for the project.According to these sources, Pathfinder will be a slightly different take on the standard battle royale format. Teams of four will be dropped into a map before navigating their way through two walls that have a series of breakable and unbreakable gates that must be overcome.

Ubisoft has revealed a piece of cloud computing technology it’s developing called Ubisoft Scalar.Yesterday (March 18), Ubisoft revealed Ubisoft Scalar, a new piece of cloud computing technology that will apparently enable “the construction of gigantic game worlds at a scale far greater than anything that’s come before,” as noted in its reveal trailer. The project is being helmed by Ubisoft Stockholm, alongside an IP that it is developing using this technology.

Ubisoft is committing to The Crew 2 for at least another year, bringing a 60FPS update to Xbox Series X and PS5, as well as plenty of new content, all as part of Year 5 for the game.Community director François Roussel at Ubisoft explained in a new announcement video that “One of our main goals is to continue to deploy content for The Crew 2 and for all players.”Brand director Delphine Dosset added “Year 5 will start this July, which means that three new seasons will be deployed, and The Crew 2 still has a lot of promises to fulfil. This is why we will continue to add a lot of content to the game in upcoming months.”This new content will include new cars; new events; rewards; competitions, and more improvements.The new console update was left to Quentin Betton (live project coordinator) to explain.

Ubisoft Massive later this year, after 17 years at the studio.Ubisoft Massive is based in Sweden and is responsible for the Tom Clancy’s The Division series, the upcoming Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora, and the recently announced Star Wars game.Last year Polfeldt announced he was stepping down from his managing director role but planned to return to a new position after a six-month break. However, it has now been reported that he has submitted his six-month resignation earlier this year and will be leaving the company for good.

Rainbow Six Siege receiving its seventh year of updates, a developer has answered questions about why the game has no competitors.Rainbow Six Siege is approaching the launch of Demon Veil, the first content drop of the game’s seventh year, and creative director Alex Karpazis has discussed the shooter’s long term-goals. Speaking to PCGamesN, Karpazis said that Rainbow Six Siege is “going to receive all the support it needs to be as successful as it needs to be. We have long-term ambitions”.Karpazis was also asked about the lack of competition that Siege has seen, as very few games have attempted the same formula.

Ubisoft has revealed what’s coming in Year 7 Season 1 (Y7S1) of Rainbow Six Siege, including a new operator called Azami, a defender who can fix damage to map environments.Announced today (February 19), Azami’s gadget is a throwable device that applies circular bulletproof cover wherever it hits. As demonstrated by Ubisoft, this allows her to patch up damage to walls, hatches and doorways that have been breached by attackers.Players can choose either a 9x19VSN submachine gun or ACS12 shotgun when playing Azami, and her loadout also includes a D-50 handgun.

Ubisoft initiatives to implement NFTs via their programme Ubisoft Quartz, employees are reportedly pushing back.In a recent report by Bloomberg, several Ubisoft employees came forward to announce their displeasure with Ubisoft’s blockchain programme Quartz. This isn’t the first time employees stood up against the NFTs, Ubisoft calls Digits.

Beyond Good And Evil 2 is still only in the pre-production stage at Ubisoft.This comes from a recent Bloomberg report that had spoken to developers on the title. In video games pre-production often refers to the planning phase, where certain concepts and ideas are being fine-tuned and outlined, although no such specifics are given in the Bloomberg article.Beyond Good And Evil 2 was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 2017 presentation five years ago, and it was said that the game would have multiple planets to explore and use a procedural generation tool in its design.It was also announced at E3 2018 that HitRecord – founded by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt – would be crowdsourcing fan work to put into the game.

Ubisoft has revealed some statistics and anti-cheat information concerning Rainbow Six Siege, including total bans over the last 18 months.The official Rainbow Six Siege Twitter account detailed everything in a thread, with ban data for the game split between BattlEye and general data bans as well. Since August 2020 it’s estimated that around 167,250 bans have taken place, or around 9,500 a month for 18 months.It’s also added that 3,114 idle bots were banned between November to January as well, with the data going right the way up to last month (January 2022).The thread also outlines that a few cheats have been permanently stopped in the last 18 months as well, like the ability to instantly kill a whole lobby, drones that crash matches, and drones that can do melee damage.We're committed to detecting and banning cheaters.

Riders Republic is getting an event later this week that will see it collaborating with Italian fashion brand Prada.Ubisoft has announced that from February 10 to February 14 Riders Republic will be free to play on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One, with the ability to pre-load now. Players who play during the free weekend will retain their progress if they choose to purchase the full game.

Ubisoft has added a memorial to Rainbow Six Siege that pays tribute to Michael ‘KiXSTAr’ Stockley, a caster and former professional Siege player who died in late 2021. As reported by the BBC (via PC Gamer), Ubisoft has added an in-game plaque to Rainbow Six Siege commemorating Stockley.Rainbow Six Siege esports director Wei Yue shared a photo of KiXSTar’s plaque in the game, and posted it alongside text that represents Tachanka, a Rainbow Six Siege operator, saluting.{-}7 pic.twitter.com/4jYhPbo7vB— Wei Yue (@Wei2Yue) January 25, 2022The plaque can be found on the Plane map, and has been placed on a spot where Stockley once killed all five members of an enemy team in just eight seconds during a competitive map.You can watch the moment that Stockley secured his eight second ace below.The Rainbow Six Siege Twitter account acknowledged the memorial by saying “our community has been forever changed thanks to KiXSTar’s work ethic and passion for [Rainbow Six Siege].

Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovations Lab which oversees NFTs, has said that NFTs are for the players “but they don’t get it for now.”Ubisoft‘s NFT programmes; Quartz and now Digits, met with backlash from developers and players alike upon their reveals. Upset over the decision was so loud that CEO Yves Guillemot held a surprise meeting in support of its launch. The company further doubled down on its decision to pursue NFTs despite a very disappointing uptake.In an interview with Finder, Pouard elaborated on Ubisoft’s NFT goals and how he believes the strategy benefits the players, but that they lack the understanding of how it will work.

While Rainbow Six Extraction's game modes allow you to take on missions on your own, the recommended experience is to get your friends involved to help you.

Ubisoft has admitted that how the company handled the ongoing misconduct scandal when it arose was lacking.As reported by Axios, chief people officer at the Assassin’s Creed developer Anika Grant laid out how Ubisoft missed “the employee experience”, which led to staff losing “trust in that process” of the investigation.“At the beginning of the crisis, we spent a lot of time making sure that we had the right process in place, that we were able to very quickly and efficiently run an investigation and get to some outcomes,” Grant said.“What I think we missed, though, is the employee experience through that,” Grant added.

Ubisoft has announced the release date and price for its upcoming Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction game.

Ubisoft Montreal as executive producer of the series since Far Cry 3, has stepped down to start “a new chapter”.Ubisoft revealed to VGC, that the senior developer of the popular open world franchise would be leaving the company today (November 12).“After more than 10 years at Ubisoft, Dan Hay has announced that he will be pursuing a new chapter in his professional life and he will be leaving on November 12,”“While Dan has not announced where his path is taking him, we are confident that it will offer him the new challenges and experiences he seeks and deserves.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is set to receive a new, free update called Tombs of the Fallen, which releases on November 9.The DLC, which was officially revealed by Ubisoft as part of the 2021 roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, was first hinted at by some PlayStation trophies that were added to the game last week.The roadmap, which was posted to Twitter by Ubisoft on November 5, shows off four pieces of content that are still scheduled to release this year. The first is Title Update 1.4.0, which will also release the same day as Tombs of the Fallen.