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Assassin’s Creed Unity Poster at E3 Portray 4 Characters
A huge ass Assassin’s Creed poster covers one of the walls of the Los Angeles Convention Center–the site of next week’s E3— and it shows what seems to us to be four different assassins. We also see the tall tower from the game’s teaser trailer. What does this mean then? A report from a while back suggested that Assassin’s Creed Unity would feature four-player co-op. And another report that mentioned Assassin’s Creed Unity would have a co-op mode and that it would be revealed at E3. Assassin’s Creed Unity launches this holiday season for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. In addition to Assassin’s Creed Unity, Ubisoft is rumored to be working on another Assassin’s Creed game,subtitled Comet, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This game ...
Title for “Best-Selling New Franchise” goes to Watch Dogs
Many saw this coming and they were right as Ubisoft worked out the numbers and announced that their latest title set a record for the best new franchise launch in history with 4 million in sell-through in week one. And it goes without saying that Watch Dogs is Ubisoft’s best selling launch ever which increases the chances of a sequel. “With such strong sales momentum and positive feedback from gamers, Watch Dogs has positioned itself as the must-have game of the moment” said Ubisoft’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, Tony Key. “We’re really proud of this achievement, and are confident that the Watch Dogs brand has a promising future.” In hindsight, Ubisofts delay with Watch Dogs was perhaps a good decision, as it’s good news not only for Ubisoft but for the indust...
Bollywood movie blatantly copying Watch Dogs?
As much as we Indians don’t like to hear this, but its nothing shocking when we see Bollywood copying certain ideas, themes etc from the western world and incorporating it into their films. Its just that sometimes its done subtly and other times its not even made to look like an original idea. There are many debates and controversies when it comes to topics like this, but of late we’ve seen that a new Bollywood movie, 18.11 is quite evidently copying the Watch Dogs poster. The trailer above doesn’t really look like the game at all (I bet they wished it did!) but that whole idea of an “extraordinary software,” can’t help but bring that notion of hacking which is quite central to Watch Dogs’ theme.
Watchdogs Review: The game hits the sweet spot
Watchdog is one of year’s most-hyped games we go through this epic technology fable for our times. We hack our way through Watch Dogs. Hackers sure seem like a mystical bunch of people, in the deepest, darkest corners of the internet. It’s a world that’s a mystery to most, until now. The brilliance of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs with next-gen hope and hype piled high upon it – is that it simplifies the hacking experience for everyone to enjoy. Watch Dogs dispenses with the multiple Matrix-style screens of computer code, providing an open world teeming with easily accessible hacking options available to anyone armed with a smartphone. It’s set in the beautifully rendered city of Chicago, where hacking is as simple as pushing a button. That’s thanks to a ci...
Watchdogs Quiz Contest
The most anticipated game of the year released today and we are having good fun playing it, and what better than participating and winning some supercool Watchdogs Merchandise 🙂 Hurry! Official Watchdogs T-shirts, Steel books, Wristband USB’s and Key-chains up for grabs!! How to Participate Can’t get simpler gamers just two simple steps to join the fray. 1) Answer a new question every day on the forum. Click here to participate. 2) For hints refer to our Interview with the Watchdogs team 🙂 Terms & Conditions The contest duration is from 27th May to 1st June 2014 23:59 PM  Users will need to sign up on the Gaming Central Forum to send in their answers. Participants can increase their chances by sharing/liking the contest thread on Facebook or Twitter.  Participants can send in their ans...
Assassin’s Creed games will support Xbox 360 for now
“Assassin’s Creed: Unity will be another major entry in the franchise’s history,” said Ubi CEO Yves Guillemot in an investor call last night. “The game will showcase the city of Paris with amazing next-gen graphics and will incorporate great new innovations that will be revealed at E3. “The title will be released this fall on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. We have not disclosed our plan yet for the Xbox 360 and PS3 SKUs, however we have made it clear as a company that we will expect to continue supporting both consoles for the foreseeable future.” A secret, undisclosed plan, huh? Sounds interesting. There are rumours that, alongside development of Unity, Ubi is working on a separate game, code-named Comet, for both last gen consoles. Apparently, it’s ...
The Division release confirmed in 2015
Ubisoft has just announced that their hugely anticipated open-world MMO shooter, The Division, isn’t going to make it out until next year. Here is what the note says ” Today we announced that Tom Clancy’s The Division will be available in 2015 for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Working on The Division is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all of us at Massive, Reflections, and Red Storm Entertainment. We are creating something we are really proud of and we don’t want to compromise on quality. We are going to release the game when it’s ready. We want to thank you again for the exceptional ongoing support. Community is at the heart of what we are doing and we’re very much designing the game with you in mind, so your involvement means a lot to us. The production is gett...
Get a free copy of Watchdogs PC with select NVIDIA cards
Nvidia have come out with a a pretty sweet deal which gets you a free copy of Ubisoft’s much-anticipated open-world game Watch Dogs for PC with the purchase of a qualifying GeForce GTX graphics card. However this offer is only valid for GeForce GTX 660, 660 Ti, 670, 680, 690, 760, 770, 780, 780 Ti, or Titan Black graphics cards. The offer begins today and is only around “for a limited time” through retailers like Amazon and NewEgg along with a few others. More information about this scheme can be found on Nvidia’s website. Source: Gamespot
Assassin’s Creed Unity to feature a four player co-op mode
Assassin’s Creed Unity, which is set to come out on the Xbox One and PS4 and PC sometime later this year is expected to include a cooperative mode for up to four players according to a report. This information was given by tweets sent out by former NeGAF poster shinobi602, who showed that two demos for Unity are planned for E3 in June. One of those demos is to portray the same single player mode while the other is going to bring light to a whole new four player co-op mode. However, no details regarding the latter have been shared except that its a separate narrative as opposed to a mode allowing players to tackle the single player campaign together. Ubisoft have not declared anything as of now and have not attested to the co-op mode. Ubisoft will deliver its annual E3 press briefing on Jun...
Watch Dogs sequel eBook picks up where game left off
(UPDATE) Ubisoft has announced that the Watch Dogs story-line will continue on in eBook novel called //n/Dark Clouds by John Shirley which also comes out on the 27th of May. Authored by John Shirley, the novel revives the story from the end of the game. “It’s a techno-thriller that follows Mick Wolfe, an an ex-military character who gets caught in Chicago’s hyper connected and violent underground. It will feature both new and known characters from Watch Dogs.” Shirley is an accredited writer with over 30 books and short stories credited to his name, which include some game, comic book, and movie novelizations. He has also written several books related to cyberpunk genre, which is why we think he’d do this franchise justice.”Ubisoft says that //n/Dark Clouds is the f...
The Division dev think delaying Watch Dogs was a smart move
Primary studio in charge of the highly anticipated PS4 and Xbox One shooter The Division, Ubisoft studio has tagged the decision to delay the release of Watch Dogs to May 2014 as a “tremendously important” one. “It’s tremendously important for us as a developer studio, to know that the owner and the publisher are ready to take that hit, and [delaying Watch Dogs] ] was a massive hit. I think their shares fell 25 per cent on the day it was announced it was being delayed,” said Massive Entertainment boss David Polfeldt to Examiner. “It takes so much courage to live through that day and still think that was a good decision. So for us in the development , that’s an important message that ultimately the management will back up the goals that we have, whi...
Ubisoft’s Child of Light unveils artistic partnerships
Cirque du Soleil Media and musician Cœur de Pirate have partnered with Ubisoft on this imaginative video game project Yesterday, Ubisoft announced partnerships with Canadian artist Coeur de Pirate to produce the game’s original soundtrack and le Cirque du Soleil Media to enhance the sense of theatricality in the game. To fit the mystical atmosphere of Lemuria, Coeur de Pirate composed an intimate and nostalgic soundtrack. With the support of The Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal-based artist was also able to recreate the epic and operatic ambiance of in-game fight sequences. “Music is one of the most important ways to communicate emotion to players,” said Patrick Plourde, Creative Director, Ubisoft. “The music of Coeur de Pirate is fresh, romantic and optimistic, a perfect...