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Which gaming hardware manufacturers may have funded human rights abuses in 2018?

Apple and Facebook still best gaming companies for ethical sourcing; Sony continues to lag; Valve says nothing

June 27, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Ubisoft sees high acceptance for opt-out subtitles

Even in games that ship with subtitles off by default, publisher sees more than half of players turn them on

June 26, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Ubisoft: Watch Dogs Legion will encourage players "to think differently"

But the E3 hit will still allow players to "make their own minds up" about depiction of surveillance state Britain

June 20, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Assassin's Creed Discovery Tour honoured at Games for Change Awards

Ubisoft picked up three awards last night, while Nintendo Labo was named Game of the Year

June 19, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Ubisoft: Watch Dogs Legion "has a message for sure"

Creative director Clint Hocking says the new game is about "fighting back against things that are obviously wrong"

June 11, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Ubisoft fills E3 hour with Tom Clancy games and Watch Dogs Legion gameplay

Publisher also announces multiple new IP and a new subscription service, UPlay+

June 10, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Ubisoft enters subscription battleground with Uplay Plus

PC and Google Stadia service to include over 100 Ubisoft PC games

June 10, 2019 Christopher Dring

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Ubisoft says avoiding messages is part of making "more mature games"

VP of editorial Tommy Francois talks about publisher's stance on politics in games, says "Nothing is simple in life"

June 7, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Next-gen consoles must not "segregate" Rainbow Six community

Ubisoft's Alexandre Remy wants to maintain one community for Rainbow Six Siege

June 3, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Inside Station F: The grander ambitions of Ubisoft

Ubisoft's focus on emerging technology, from blockchain to VR, points to something bigger for the French games giant

May 22, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Uplay boost fails to prevent The Division 2 missing sales targets

Steam users flock to Ubisoft's own marketplace as sequel sells ten times as many Uplay copies as the original

May 16, 2019 James Batchelor

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Ubisoft posts record sales again, delays Skull & Bones again

CEO Yves Guillemot says the games industry will reach 5 billion players in the next ten years

May 15, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Ghost Recon Breakpoint will skip Steam for Epic Games Store

Newly announced Ubisoft title follows The Division 2 into PC exclusivity

May 10, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Ubisoft and Genba to "kill the grey market" with silent key activation

Genba's Matt Murphy reveals how the two companies are clamping down on key reselling

May 2, 2019 James Batchelor

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Anno 1800 is series' fastest-selling entry

"60 extremely grateful developers" share stats of players' combined Week One accomplishments

April 30, 2019 Press Release

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Ubisoft removes slur from The Division 2

Publisher apologizes for in-game street art image depicting police officer with a slur in 'leetspeak'

April 11, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Ubisoft cancels Starlink physical toys following game's under performance

Development team plans to “do right by our passionate fans” with biggest update so far

April 4, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Critical Consensus: Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Critics lament the lack of political heft in its story, but The Division 2 gets much right that BioWare's Anthem got wrong

March 26, 2019 Matthew Handrahan

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Building a better world through games

Riot's Soha El-Sabaawi, Microsoft's Gabi Michel, Tru Luv's Brie Code, and Ubisoft's Kaitlin Tremblay discuss challenges and strategies for making the industry and the world beyond it a better place

March 7, 2019 Brendan Sinclair

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Painting a different apocalypse in Far Cry: New Dawn

Associate narrative director James Nadiger on how Ubisoft's latest aims to differentiate itself from video games' bleak views on the future

Feb. 18, 2019 James Batchelor

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Why Ubisoft moved The Division 2 to the Epic Games store

CEO Yves Guillemot praises Epic's terms, but says move was to "increase player exposure to our own store"

Feb. 14, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Ubisoft holds steady in Q3 despite competitive holiday

CEO Yves Guillemot anticipates "record performances" for both Q4 and the full fiscal year

Feb. 14, 2019 Rebekah Valentine

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Ubisoft partners with Mozilla on AI coding assistant

Clever-Commit promises to quickly identify and fix bugs from code changes

Feb. 13, 2019 Ivy Taylor

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Shares slump for big four publishers after latest financials

Take-Two and Electronic Arts suffer the most but analyst maintains games industry still “in rude health”

Feb. 7, 2019 James Batchelor

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The long decline of the "narrative paramedic" in games writing

At the Fun & Serious Festival, Rhianna Pratchett and Ubisoft's Melissa MacCoubrey outlined the journey of writing from afterthought to essential

Jan. 31, 2019 Matthew Handrahan