If you pull of a flip and nobody’s around to see it, is it even really gnarly? Fortunately, that won’t be a problem in Riders Republic, a whopping great extreme sports romp announced during tonight’s Ubisoft Forward showcase – one that plans to set you and up to 49 other bikers, boarders, and wingsuited adrenaline junkies loose on a mountain valley to prove, once and for all, who’s the coolest kid around.
To the delight of perhaps as many as seven people, Ubisoft today announced that Watch_Underscore_Dogs protagonist Aiden “The Fox” Pearce will come to Watch Dogs: Legion in DLC. Six years after the first game, he’s still wearing his stupid coat and “iconic” cap as he visits London for surly business. He’s not even washed the cap.
It’s 2010, Michael Cera is playing a bass guitar, and every guy your age is wearing that> Plumtree top. It’s peak Pilgrim, baby, which means you’re probably playing Scott Pilgrim VS The World: The Game. Four years later, and the banger of a beat ’em up will be impossible to play. Six agonising years after that, at a Ubisoft Forward event one September eve, the publishers will announce that they’re bringing it back with a Complete Edition this winter.
I’m going to get this out of the way, because every outlet with a hands on preview of Ubisoft’s action-adventure Immortals Fenyx Rising (which used to be called Gods & Monsters) is going to say it somewhere. Immortals Fenyx Rising is a proper> Breath-Of-The-Wildalike. It’s one themed around Ancient Greek myths, yes, but you’ve got yer horses you can tame, yer open world to explore in any order you like, yer physics puzzle dungeons and levitating rocks ability. You’ve even got yer stamina timer and ability to clab onto and climb up any vertical surface, like a particularly disquieting flesh spider.
Ubisoft today announced they’re remaking Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, 2003’s fun action-platformer about a wall-running lad with a magical time-rewinding dagger. Seems they’re winding time forwards on the game, fully redoing art, getting folks into motion capture suits for new animations, and even getting the Prince’s original actor back in for a new performance. It’s coming in January under the imaginative name Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake. Here, check out the trailer:
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What was once Gods And Monsters is now officially Immortals Fenyx Rising. While we’ve known for a bit already, Ubisoft christened the name with a renewed announcement trailer during tonight’s Ubisoft Forward stream – reintroducing their open-world hack n’ slash with a December release date
While it might have a similar aviary moniker, The Unfinished Swan is not, in fact, a more stoic take on that dang goose game. Rather, this long PlayStation-exclusive debut from the creators of What Remains Of Edith Finch has finally escaped its console exclusivity, bringing us PC folks a stark, stunning adventure through a crisp hidden kingdom – one where even the best-kept secrets can be uncovered by splattering paint all over them.
Three hours before tonight’s Ubisoft Forward stream, their latest blast of announcements and trailers, CEO Yves Guillemot issued a public video apology to people hurt by the company’s failure to protect them from abusive employees. This year, accusations of sexual harassment, abuse, and discrimination were made against numerous Ubisoft employees and studios, including several high-ranking people.
If Guillemot’s apology video was planned to clear the air so today can just be feel-good marketing, it’s unfortunate that only seven hours prior, a new report came out with allegations of abusive behaviour at Nadeo, the Ubisoft studio who make Trackmania.
Today, I dived into Sea Of Thieves with a single goal in mind: buy and hang out with a dog. Rare’s pirate sandbox got its big September update yesterday, introducing some new canine pals to the game’s premium store, and what can I say? I love pets, and I love pirates. This game just gets me. So, I’d like you all to meet Rox, and come with us on our very first adventure out on the Sea Of Thieves to go for a walkies on a nice sunny island.
Pack your bags, fellow Bigfoots. Alan “Draknek” Hazelden and pals are ready to take us on A Monster’s Expedition. A delightful log-pushing puzzler from the creator of Cosmic Express and Sokobond, Hazelden’s latest is a thoughtful trek through an unconventional museum of forgotten human curiosities. The expedition sets off today, so hop along if you’re up for a particularly “twee” post-apocalyptic puzzler.