January2021
News Immortals Fenyx Rising DLC Release Dates Appear On The Switch eShop
"A New God" could be arriving later this month
Back in November, Ubisoft lifted the lid on its post-launch DLC plans for Immortals Fenyx Rising. There'll be three episodes all up. Season Pass owners will obviously have access to all of them. While there's no official release date just yet, a listing on the European Switch eShop reveals the first...
Feature Playing The Name Game - The Art Of Finding The Perfect Title
Game name: Origins
There was a time when naming your company's latest video game was simple. Just programmed the first golf game for your 8-bit system? Great! Slap Golf on the cover and print 200,000. Likewise Tennis, Baseball and so on. They were simpler times, and the following 16-bit console generation wasn't much more complicated. Anyone for...
December2020
News In 2020, Just Dance Was As Popular As Watch Dogs And Mario Kart 8 Sold More Than In 2019
Sales statistics show surprising successes
Numbers are delicious. We're big fans of crunching all that tasty statistical cereal and spitting out interesting fact-nuggets. Remember when we took a look at gamesindustry.biz's "Year In Numbers", and found out that Nintendo Switch owners were the most likely to own another console? Well, we're back with...
News Ubisoft's Online Store Lists The Prince Of Persia Remake For Switch (Again)
Really, Ubisoft?
Ubisoft, it's time to own up...is the Nintendo Switch getting the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake or not? In today's update about the rumoured Nintendo version of this game, Ubisoft's official online store has a page where you can pre-order the game right
News Just Dance 2021 Season 1 Includes New Songs, Tournaments, And Playlists
Get ready to be the Dancing Queen
Just Dance 2021's first season of new content is a fairytale-themed collection of songs and dances entitled 'Once Upon A Dance', and even players who aren't subscribed to the Just Dance Unlimited service will be able to pick up a couple of freebies. For a one-week period between December 17th and December 24th,...
News Adventure Time Meets Greek Myth In New Immortals Fenyx Rising DLC
Oh god, someone put Lady Rainicorn out of her misery
Did anyone order nightmare fodder for Christmas? No? Well, here it is anyway. The simplistic cartoon styling of Adventure Time has been rendered in HD glory in Immortals Fenyx Rising's new character pack, and it's... well... just take a look. We don't remember this bit in Greek mythology. Maybe...
News Scott Pilgrim VS. The World: The Game – Complete Edition Pushed Back To 2021
Will no longer be a "holiday 2020" release
Ubisoft surprised the world in September with the announcement Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition would be released on multiple platforms (including Switch) holiday 2020. Unfortunately, it seems the game won't actually be arriving in "2020" as such, with a post on Ubisoft's website...
November2020
Video Immortals Fenyx Rising - Switch VS PlayStation 5 Graphical Comparison
More than 10 minutes of gameplay, too
Ubisoft's next major release for multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch is Immortals Fenyx Rising. We've obviously gone hands-on with it about a month ago, and now we've had even more time to see what it's like. To help tide you over until its release, our lovely senior video producer Alex Olney has...
News Ubisoft Reveals Its Post-Launch DLC For Immortals Fenyx Rising
Game launches on 3rd December
Ubisoft's next big release Immortals Fenyx Rising may not even be available yet, but that hasn't stopped the third-party video game giant from revealing its post-launch DLC plans. There'll be free in-game events, weekly dungeon challenges and daily quests. On top of this, there'll be a season pass - featuring new...
News Police Find No Threat At Ubisoft Montreal After Hoax Emergency Call
Building safely evacuated
A reported hostage situation at Ubisoft Montreal appears to have been started by a hoax emergency call. Police say "no threat has been identified for now" and have evacuated the building. This all started local time early afternoon on Friday when news began circulating about police evacuating Montreal’s Mile-End...
News Scott Pilgrim VS. The World: The Game – Complete Edition Rated By PEGI
Available "holiday 2020"
One pleasant surprise during the Ubisoft Forward broadcast back in September was the announcement Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition (including Knives Chau and Wallace Wells downloadable content) would be coming to the Switch and multiple other platforms this
News Switch Version Of Ubisoft's Prince Of Persia Remake Resurfaces Online
But will it make the Switch?
In September, the long-rumoured Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake was officially announced for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. While there was no formal mention of a Nintendo release, a Ubisoft Twitter account at the time posted and then removed a tweet making reference to a Switch version. Pre-orders for a...
News Immortals Fenyx Rising Switch eShop File Size Revealed, Switch Gameplay Shown Off
Make some space
Immortals Fenyx Rising - previously known as Gods & Monsters - arrives on the Nintendo Switch early next month. If you're planning on downloading a digital copy of the game, you might be interested to know just how much space it will require. According to the eS
October2020
News Don't Worry, Immortals Fenyx Rising Will Make It To Switch In Time For Christmas
And you can pre-order it now
Immortals Fenyx Rising has captured the attention of many players due to the fact that it looks a lot like Zelda: Breath of the Wild – which, lest we forget, isn't a bad thing at all, given that Breath of the Wild 2 isn't going to be with us for a while yet. When the game was
Nothing is true, everything is permitted
There once was a time when any movie or TV show based on a video game was looked down upon by fans, but those days are in the past and we've seen several leading game properties make the leap from the interactive to the non-interactive realm – and soon, there's going to be one more to add to the list...
Hands On Immortals: Fenyx Rising Could Be The Switch Adventure You Need This Holiday
A Greek Mythological take on the Breath of the Wild formula
Last year at E3, the world was given the first look at a brand new, animated adventure from Ubisoft named Gods & Monsters, and after a year's worth of radio silence, we were finally treated to our first look at gameplay, along with a new take-it-or-leave it name, Immortals: Fenyx...
News Australian Rating For Immortals Fenyx Rising Reveals "In-Game Purchases"
Fight or flight
Ubisoft's upcoming open-world action-adventure game Immortals Fenyx Rising might look similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but one thing it will have in it that Zelda doesn't is in-game transactions. This information comes from the Australian Classification Board, which has rated the title
September2020
News Michel Ancel Responds To Accusations Of Toxic Leadership During His Time At Ubisoft
"I will fight for the truth because such accusations are a shame"
Michel Ancel recently announced his departure not just from Ubisoft, but from the entire video games industry, and stated that his next venture will be a wildlife sanctuary. The dust had barely settled on this massive announcement when French newspaper Libération issued a report...
News Immortals Fenyx Rising Sure Does Remind Us Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Ubisoft shows off a huge helping of new footage
Immortals Fenyx Rising is coming to Switch this December, and is shaping up to be quite an epic adventure. Mixing elements of the studio's Assassin's Creed franchise with Greek mythology and a customisable protagonist (who can also fly, Kid Icarus-style), this open-world adventure is looking extremely...
News Ubisoft CEO Publicly Apologises For Misconduct Allegations
"We are at the start of a long journey"
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has issued a video statement in which he addresses several controversies that have rocked the company in recent months. The statement – which was pushed to social accounts prior to the Ubisoft Forward event yesterday – addresses recent allegations of misconduct by Ubisoft...
Rumour Is Prince Of Persia Remake Coming To Switch? Well, It's Complicated
Update: Switch version referenced by Ubisoft and then removed
Update #3 (Fri 11th Sep, 2020 06:00 BST): During the latest Ubisoft Forward broadcast, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake was officially announced for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. While there was no mention of a Nintendo Switch release in the trailer, a Ubisoft Twitter account...
News Ubisoft's Free-To-Play Sports Title Roller Champions Arrives Early Next Year
Keep rolling on
One other Ubisoft game coming to the Nintendo Switch in the near future is the free-to-play title, Roller Champions. It was due to arrive this year, but it seems the release date has now been pushed back to 2021. In a new announcement before the latest Ubisoft Forward, the game's product manager revealed it would be rolling out...
News It's Official, Immortals Fenyx Rising Launches On Switch This December
See the world premiere and gameplay walkthrough
It's official, the open-world action-adventure Immortals Fenyx Rising (formerly known as Gods & Monsters) is coming to the Nintendo Switch on 3rd December. It seems that the Micro
News Scott Pilgrim VS. The World: The Game – Complete Edition Announced For Switch
Available holiday 2020
During the latest Ubisoft Forward broadcast, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition (including Knives Chau and Wallace Wells downloadable content), would be re-released on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms for $14.99 this holiday season. It's all in celebration of the title's 10-year...
Reminder Ubisoft's Switch Summer Blow Out Sale Ends Today (North America)
You HAVE got Rayman Legends, right?
Update (Mon 7th Sep, 2020 17:00 BST): As a quick reminder, Ubisoft's current 'Summer Blow Out Sale' on Switch ends later today. You have until midnight tonight PST to grab any of the deals listed below, so don't miss out! Another day, another big eShop sale. To be fair, this one from Ubisoft has been running for...
