Tag: Ubisoft
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.0.6 Out Tomorrow on PS5, Full Patch Notes Revealed
New quests, ally, difficulty mode, and more
Originally teased late last week, Ubisoft has now fully unveiled the next big update it has for Assassin's Creed Shadows. It releases tomorrow (25th June) on PS5, and adds a new questline, ally to call upon, a nightmare difficulty mode, and a headgear toggle for free. On PS5, the patch is expected to be...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows' Next Huge Update Teased for 25th June
Free patch adds quests, characters, and more
Ubisoft has revealed its next big content update for Assassin's Creed Shadows will go live next week on 25th June 2025 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. This will be title update 1.0.6, and the French publisher teases it'll contain a new questline, fresh characters, and a batch of quality of life...
News Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Deep in Development by 'Team That Truly Cares'
Ubisoft offers brief update
Ubisoft has offered up the smallest of updates on the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. In a social post, the publisher says it's still "deep in the game", being crafted "by a team that truly cares": It's not much to go on, but it at least is showing signs of life in the project. The remake was first...
News The Rogue Prince of Persia Leaves Early Access This August, Console Details Coming Soon
If only we could manipulate time
In case you forgot, developer Evil Empire — behind much of Dead Cells' post-launch development — has been beavering away at an all-new entry in the Prince of Persia series. It's called The Rogue Prince of Persia, and as the name implies, it's a roguelite action platformer. The game has been in an early access...
News Ubisoft Forward Skipped This Year to Put Games in Other Showcases
Part of PC Gaming Show, IGN Live
Ubisoft will not be hosting its annual Ubisoft Forward livestream this year as part of the summer season of gaming announcements. Instead, you'll see the publisher's titles appear in other showcases like the PC Gaming Show and IGN Live. Ubisoft also confirms it'll be part of Gamescom in August. The news was...
News It's Crazy How The Division 2 Is Still Getting Superb Support on PS4
Massive new expansion out now
Say what you will about French publisher Ubisoft, it knows how to keep a game alive. The company still supports ancient games like For Honor and Rainbow Six Siege today, and it’s not given up on its squad-based shooter The Division 2 either. That ongoing support has been marked by the release of a new major...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.0.5 Out Now on PS5, Full Patch Notes Revealed
Dead by Daylight quest and more
Ubisoft promised an Assassin's Creed Shadows update around the end of May, and now it's been fully detailed ahead of its launch on the 27th. Expected to weigh in at around 3.3GB on PS5, patch 1.0.5 includes the previously teased Dead by Daylight crossover quest, alongside parkour improvements, photo mode additions,...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Shadows Co-Op Mode Still In Development, First Expansion Targets September
Shadowy business
Assassin's Creed Shadows' long rumoured co-op mode is apparently still in the works, with the intention being to release it as part of the game's ongoing post-launch support. This is based on a fresh report from the ever-reliable Insider Gaming. Sources close to the open world title's development say that Shadows' team has been...
News Ubisoft Hiring for a 'Prestigious' Big-Budget Rayman Game
It's a "AAA title for the Rayman brand"
New job adverts at Ubisoft have revealed that the Mario + Rabbids developer Ubisoft Milan is taking on staff to create a new "prestigious AAA title for the Rayman brand". The successful applicant shall "be responsible for ensuring the quality and content of gameplay animation assets align with the game’s...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Can't Stop the Ubisoft Rot of Star Wars Outlaws and XDefiant
Publisher reports big losses
Assassin's Creed Shadows may have ended up being a hit for Ubisoft, but the company's financial report for the previous fiscal year shows it wasn't nearly enough to make up for other losses. This was a largely expected outcome amongst many onlookers (ourselves included), but the figures are still rather damning. The...
News Ubisoft Game Riders Republic Will Be Made into a Movie, for Some Reason
Directed by Bad Boys for Life duo
Game-to-movie adaptations are proving so popular at the moment that Ubisoft even feels justified in turning its extreme sports title Riders Republic into one. The project was confirmed as part of the French publisher's latest financial earnings call, where it was revealed the live-action film shall be directed by...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Was Such a Hit, Ubisoft's Delaying Unannounced Games
Light from Shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows has been a much needed hit for Ubisoft amongst its business-side woes, and its success has actually prompted the publisher to push back other projects. You may recall that Shadows itself was delayed well beyond its original November 2024 release date. It was first moved to February 2025, before being...
News Major Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch Dated, Teases Dead by Daylight Crossover Quest
Run and hide
Assassin's Creed Shadows' first crossover has been revealed — and it's with evergreen multiplayer title Dead by Daylight. All we have to go on at the time of writing is a social media teaser. "Step into The Fog. A new Dead by Daylight quest begins. Slip through the shadows. Survive the ordeal," it reads. The text is accompanied by a...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch 1.006 Out Now on PS5, Adds New Quest, Character Codex, More
Get the patch notes here
Last week, Ubisoft announced its plans for a major Assassin's Creed Shadows update in early May — and now we've got the details. Patch 1.006 is set to release tomorrow (that's the 6th May), weighing in at around 5GB on PS5. There are two big additions here. The first is the introduction of a new story quest featuring...
Rumour Six Years of Assassin's Creed RPGs, Remakes, Multiplayer Games Planned at Ubisoft
Not-so-hidden blades
We hope you like Assassin's Creed, because it sounds like you'll be seeing a lot more of it over the next few years. Ubisoft has apparently mapped out the next six years of the franchise, breaking it up between tentpole 'RPG' games, remakes of older titles, and multiplayer-focused projects. This is according to the...
News As Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Passes 2 Million Players, Ubisoft Teases More to Come
Is the series back?
2024 brought us lots of fantastic games, but one that remains largely overlooked (or, at least, it feels that way) is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Releasing on PS5 and PS4 in January of last year, the game attracted critical acclaim and lots of love from those who played it, but never made as big an impact as it perhaps...
First patch drops in May
Ubisoft has spilled the beans on Assassin's Creed Shadows' post-launch support, providing a roadmap for upcoming content. There's actually quite a lot to get through. First off, there are some pretty big updates in the works, which aim to bring more story-related stuff and fan-requested features to the release. In early...
News Far Cry 4 Gets Surprise 60fps Patch for PS5, Update Available Now
Cry, Cry again
Ubisoft seems determined to get its Far Cry franchise boosted on PS5, as it's just released yet another update for one of the older titles in the series. Far Cry 4 is the latest game to receive an update; the PS4 version has today gotten a patch that upgrades the game to run at 60 frames-per-second when played on PS5. The game...
News The Crew 2's Offline Mode 'Progressing Smoothly', Hybrid Mode Coming This Year
Off grid
After coming under heavy fire for the total shutdown of The Crew, publisher Ubisoft has released a new video update on its efforts to bring offline modes to The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest. In it, producer Grégory Corgié explains the team's current progress and plans for the rest of 2025. He says the team is focusing firstly on an...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Update and DLC Roadmap Will Be Revealed Next Week
Shadowed
Ubisoft will lift the curtain on post-launch support for Assassin's Creed Shadows next week, the developer has confirmed. The open world adventure released just over a month ago at the time of writing, and outside of one large title update that dropped a couple of weeks back, the team's been biding its time. It's fair to assume, then,...
News Team Up with Hondo in Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate's Fortune DLC, Arriving Next Month
A Hondo hours of new content
The second story DLC for Star Wars Outlaws is named A Pirate's Fortune, and it's coming to PS5 on 15th May, 2025. A new trailer has been released for this narrative expansion, which features Hondo Ohnaka as an ally as you explore the Khepi system and face off against a band of pirates. While the DLC itself is a paid...
Rumour Ubisoft Still Chasing Live Service with New Battle Royale Now in Development
Scouting things out
Ubisoft has a new battle royale game in development, reportedly. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who, we must reiterate, has an immaculate track record when it comes to the French publisher — this project is "heavily inspired" by Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends. Its working title is apparently 'Scout',...
Also addresses PS5 crashes
A small update for Assassin's Creed Shadows will be deployed later today (the 16th April), Ubisoft has confirmed. Patch 1.0.3 is basically a hotfix for issues introduced via the title's previous update. In particular, the ability to sell multiple items at once is actually being removed, as it was discovered that selling...
News Skull and Bones Year 2 Roadmap Hopes to Get You Back on Board on PS5 with Major Updates
Yo ho
The much maligned Skull and Bones might have gotten off to a shaky start (to say nothing of its agonisingly prolonged development), but this is a Ubisoft live service game — and that means it's getting major post-launch support. The publisher has released a new video in which the developers talk through their plans for the game's second...
News PS5 Pro Version of Assassin's Creed Shadows Rivals Ultra High-End PCs, Says Ubisoft
"The ultimate console experience"
A new version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available to download now, which makes huge improvements to the excellent open worlder when played on a PS5 Pro. As part of an enormous and thoroughly informative
News Comments from Ubisoft's Legal Team Are Not Going to Improve the Embattled Publisher's Image
Buyers shouldn't have believed they'd get "unfettered access" to The Crew
We understand lawyers are employed to get their clients off the hook, but these comments from Ubisoft’s legal team are not exactly going to help the embattled French publisher’s image. The company is currently fighting a case involving The Crew, which you may recall was...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch 1.0.2 Out Now, Improves Horses, Item Selling, PS5 Pro's Graphics
And much more
Ubisoft has announced Assassin's Creed Shadows Update 1.0.2, which features a suite of improvements that players have been asking after since the game's launch last month. To be clear, this isn't Shadows' first major Title Update — it's just a 'smaller' (if you can really call it that) quality of life patch that's being released...
Rumour An XCOM-Like Rainbow Six Spin-Off Is in the Works for PS5
Breach
Ubisoft's Rainbow Six franchise exists almost exclusively as the evergreen Rainbow Six: Siege these days, but the publisher is reportedly gearing up to branch the property out into an entirely new genre. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who quite clearly has credible sources at Ubisoft — a tactical, turn-based Rainbow Six...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows a Big Sales Hit in US, Beaten Only By Monster Hunter Wilds
One of 2025's best-sellers
Ahead of the latest US sales charts, Circana (formerly NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella has given us some insight into how well Assassin's Creed Shadows performed, following its launch on the 20th March. According to Circana's data, Ubisoft's open world RPG immediately cemented itself amongst the best-selling games of 2025 so...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Dev 'Actively Looking' at Adding Harder Difficulty Mode
We hope it's lethal
Assassin's Creed Shadows provides multiple difficulty options for players, allowing them to cater the stealth action series to their liking. Expert Mode is the toughest, and under this designation, stealth is the series at its very best; still, sickos will always crave more challenge from their games, and we're glad to know...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Work in the dark to serve the light
It's been just over a week since the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, and as always, we want to know your thoughts on the latest PS5 blockbuster. Granted, many of you may not have actually finished the open world adventure just yet. Ubisoft had said that Shadows was going to be a smaller instalment compared...
News Animus Hub to Bridge Assassin's Creed Shadows to Modern Day Story
Desmond if you do, Desmond if you don't
We were initially bewildered by the Animus Hub when first booting up Assassin's Creed Shadows. The Hub chronologically links a bunch of the more recent games in the series, and if you have the associated games installed, it allows you to launch them. It seemed like standard Ubisoft launcher chicanery, but it...
News Ubisoft Spins Off Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six into New Subsidiary with Tencent
"A new chapter in Ubisoft's history"
In a complicated corporate move, Ubisoft has announced it’s creating a new subsidiary to house its most important intellectual properties: Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six. The new company, valued at around €4 billion, will receive a €1.16 billion injection of cash from Chinese giant Tencent,...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Gets Positive Reviews In Japan as Bayonetta Director Speaks Out
Open world, characters, writing all praised
There's been much debate over how well Assassin's Creed Shadows would be received in Japan. After all, the game's set in the country's feudal 16th century, and its open world map attempts to recreate a vast swath of the island nation. In the months prior to release, there were reports that various...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows' Hideout Frame Rate Is a Bug, Set to Be Fixed in Major Update
Hiding in plain sight
Have you noticed that the frame rate takes a nosedive when you're visiting the hideout in Assassin's Creed Shadows? Well don't worry, because Ubisoft's apparently on the case. Even if you're playing on the game's dedicated performance mode, which grants a largely smooth 60 frames-per-second, the frame rate appears to get cut...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Patch 1.0.1 Available to Download Now
A small 1.41GB update on PS5
Ubisoft has released the first Assassin's Creed Shadows post-launch update today, 25th March 2025, and it is available to download now on PS5. You're looking at a 1.41GB download on PS5, which is considerably smaller than the patch for other consoles and PC. The patch works to improve stabilization across the board on...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Broke PS Store Sales Records for Ubisoft
Doubt the success crept up on company
With digital becoming an increasingly popular method for people to purchase games, PS Store sales records really matter. Ubisoft will be elated to learn that Assassin’s Creed Shadows set a new launch day record for the publisher on Sony’s storefront, then – according to data seen by VGC. We already...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Devs Thank Fans for Its 'Incredibly Heartwarming' Reception
You love to see it
Assassin's Creed Shadows is out in the wild, and by all indications, it appears to be the win Ubisoft so desperately needs right now. Whether it can firm up the larger company remains to be seen, but the developers themselves have thanked fans for the "sheer amount of love and positivity we've received". In a thank you post from...
News At a Tumultuous Time, Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Doing the Business for Ubisoft
Stomps three months of Star Wars Outlaws in one week
We already know Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been played by two million people across all platforms and has set a new series concurrents record on Steam, but now we have a little more insight into the initial sales of Ubisoft’s feudal foray. Journalist Chris Dring, who has access to UK...
News PS5 Pro System Seller Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Get a Big Upgrade
Ubisoft will add PSSR support
We’re slowly beginning to see PS5 Pro show its true colours. While the launch slate was strong, some sceptics complained that the $700 system wasn’t offering an obvious upgrade. But with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft has tapped into the hardware’s horsepower, and offered a “generational upgrade”. But...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Now Surpasses 2 Million Players in Two Days
Trending ahead of Origins, Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Shadows has, at long last, arrived, and players have come swarming out of the woodwork on launch day to support it. Not even 24 hours after going live and Ubisoft has already reported that more than a million players had begun Naoe and Yasuke's adventure through feudal Japan. It's an impressive...
Poll Are You Playing Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Hidden in plain sight
Originally meant to release in November of last year, Assassin's Creed Shadows has finally arrived, two launch date delays later. It's no secret that a lot is riding on this game for Ubisoft. The embattled publisher is desperate for a win, and it'll be hoping that its best-selling franchise can turn the tide. The open world...
Video PS5 Pro vs PS5 - Assassin's Creed Shadows Offers 'Generational Upgrade' on Sony's New System
This is next-gen
Ubisoft’s latest and greatest is peak Assassin’s Creed, as we pointed out in our Assassin’s Creed Shadows PS5 review. But depending which version of Sony’s system you own, you’re probably wondering how the title stacks up. Well, we’ll freely admit we’re no Digital Foundry when it comes to the tech facts, but we’ve...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Romance Misinformation Hits New Low on Social Media
Sweet little lies
Assassin's Creed Shadows has only just released, but social media websites like X (formerly Twitter) are already flooded with misinformation about the game — most of which is being perpetuated by accounts looking to stir the ever-profitable 'controversy' pot. In particular, it's Shadows' romance system that's caught the eye of...
Review Assassin's Creed Shadows (PS5) - Striking Open World RPG Is a Real Cut Above
The daimyo is cast
An Assassin's Creed game set in Japan. For generations, this was the dream — but when Ghost of Tsushima released in 2020, it felt like the desire dissipated. Sony and Sucker Punch had beaten Ubisoft to the, er, punch, and so, in a weird roundabout way, Assassin's Creed Shadows almost feels like it's late to its own party. As...
News Ubisoft Will Reportedly Fight for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Anti-Harassment Plan in Place
Legal ninjas poised to strike
As we are just several days out from the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, a truly critical game for Ubisoft, it should come as no surprise to learn that the French firm is willing to fight to ensure the game gets a fair shake. It reportedly has a robust anti-harassment plan in place to protect developers from toxic...
News After Gobbling Two Publishers, Now Xbox Has Been Sniffing Around Ubisoft's IP
According to a disgruntled shareholder
Microsoft has spent close to $100 billion on historically third-party publishers and developers over the past few years, but now it’s been sniffing around Ubisoft’s intellectual property as well. A disgruntled shareholder of the embattled French firm recently accused the company of failing to disclose...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Cinematic Trailer Sets Scene for Sengoku Action
Hope grows in shadows
Assassin's Creed Shadows is finally, at long last, almost within striking distance. After repeated delays and turmoil both inside and outside developer Ubisoft's c
Siege stays strong
If you can believe it, Rainbow Six Siege is coming up on its 10th anniversary. That’s 10 years of new operators, new maps, meta changes, and plenty of battle passes. However, a literal decade down the line and Ubisoft is far from done with one of its few live service hits. In fact, Rainbow Six Siege X, a celebratory revamp of...
Under fire once again
Juraj Krúpa, CEO of AJ Investments and a minority shareholder in Ubisoft, is planning a protest and wants to picket the firm's Paris HQ. Krúpa claims that Ubisoft failed to reveal to investors the discussions it had with companies like Microsoft, EA, and others interested in acquiring its valuable IP, and that management is...
