What will Ubisoft do after Assassin’s Creed. A glance at I Am Alive suggests the answer might rest in the post-apocalyptic future. After all – we can see building climbing will be important in the game. Mind you; Ubisoft’s YouTube page describes the game as “downloadable” and the cover says Arcade. It’s hard to imagine […]
Before Rabbids – the Rayman Origins
No question; the Rabbids were one of Wii’s most important successes. They had crazy, cute and fun party games that were easy to pick up, laugh at and either put down when the beer ran out or get obsessed by a play all night. That’s gaming perfection. The Rabbids, though, are a spin-off. They came […]
Does Tower Defense meet Assassin’s Creed in Revelations?
The latest video sneak peak into Assassin’s Creed: Relevations seems to conjure up images of Asssasins and Tower Defense. Ezio has a “Den Defense” challenge in which he has to keep the Templars out from the dens of the Ottoman assassins. The better the assassins do then the greater their morale but the difficulty of […]
Assassin’s Creed Revelations Special Edition will be GAME exclusive
Here in the UK, high street retailer and owner of funky domain name GAME have won the contest to woo Ubisoft. In addition to French kisses this means that the company will be the only bricks store that will be able to sell the Special Edition version of Assassin’s Creed Relevations. What’s in the pack? […]
E3: Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Assassin’s Creed Revelations is a central part of Ubisoft’s strategy for this year. After having huge success with this franchise and failing short on their Wii effects (with the exception of Rabbids) the publishing giant know the Assassin’s Creed games need to be excellent. The video trailers for Assassin’s Creed have always been very good […]
Project Cafe: Wii 2 to out power PS3 and have camera controller
The rumours that Nintendo will launch a new console next year are burning hot. Kotaku have all but confirmed it. We’re expecting the news at E3 – that’s June 7 – although Nintendo often old a press conference the day before. In fact, there’s less debate about whether the Wii 2 is on the way […]
Americans censoring Dead Island
Here in Europe we sometimes puzzle over American censorship decisions. This is a country where people are allowed to buy and carry guns. Several States deploy the death penalty. It wasn’t surprising that Ubisoft decided not to release We Dare, the spanking game, in the United States as sexy stuff is far more likely to […]
It’s true! Ubisoft release adult spank and stripping game. We Dare
I saw the video and thought it was a hoax. Then I noticed the video was on the actual Ubisoft YouTube channel. Then I noticed you can buy We Dare at Play. That’s the PS3 version and the Wii version. Here’s some of the text about the game from Play. And there’s more! You can […]
Raving Rabbids Travel in Time for a million pounds
Geek Natives in the UK might have noticed one or two adverts for Raving Rabbids Travel In Time. As it happens Ubisoft are pumping £1m into the Rabbids campaign. Who said Ubisoft was all about Assassin’s Creed? As you might imagine most of the advertising is being spent on children’s TV channels – CiTV, Cartoon […]
Are there investors circling Ubisoft?
Last week EA raised around $122 by selling their stake in Ubisoft. That’s right, games giant EA has held a 15% stake in Ubisoft and has for the last five years. The relations between the two publishers haven’t always been best. So, what does this mean? Any large shift of shares causes a change in […]
