Ubisoft News Articles
Sunday1st Nov 2020
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
Wednesday28th Oct 2020
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
Tuesday27th Oct 2020
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...
Sunday4th Oct 2020
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
Monday28th Sep 2020
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...
Saturday12th Sep 2020
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...
Friday11th Sep 2020
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...
Monday7th Sep 2020
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...
Friday4th Sep 2020
News Immortals Fenyx Rising Launches This December, According To Microsoft
We're getting serious Kid Icarus vibes from this one
The release date for Immortals Fenyx Rising – formerly known as Gods & Monsters – has been leaked by the Microsoft Store. According to the now-deleted page, the Kid Icarus-style fantasy action title will launch on 3rd December 2020. As for whether or not this includes the Switch version,...
Wednesday2nd Sep 2020
Get ready to find out more about Immortals Fenyx Rising
To combat the cancellation of E3 this year, Ubisoft announced it would be hosting its very own event known as 'Ubisoft Forward'. During the original one in July, we found out it would be broadcasting another one later on in the year around the time of September. An update on the official...
News Ubisoft's God & Monsters Is Now Officially Known As Immortals Fenyx Rising
And it will be at the Ubisoft Forward September show
Update (Wed 2nd Sep, 2020 01:35 BST): An update on Ubisoft's news page has officially confirmed Gods & Monsters is now known as Immortals Fenyx Rising. This open-world action-adventure will be part of the
Thursday23rd Jul 2020
News Ubisoft's Second E3-Style Broadcast Will Take Place This September
Moving forward
A few weeks ago, third-party video game giant Ubisoft hosted its "E3-style" showcase titled Ubisoft Forward. During the event, the company revealed it would be hosting another broadcast in the near future. According to an update from Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, this second event will take place at some point in September. No exact...
Monday13th Jul 2020
News Ubisoft Forward: All The Nintendo Switch Announcements From Ubisoft's 'E3-Style' Show
And rewatch the event here
Just in case you missed the Ubisoft Forward showcase, we've put together a handy list of all the announcements related to the Switch, as well as one or two other important things of note. Before we jump into those, though, let's kick things off with the full video. If you're wanting to jump in without anything being...
Friday12th Jun 2020
News Ubisoft's Gods & Monsters Really Does Look Like Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Update: Leaked footage dates back to E3 2019
Update: Ubisoft Quebec executive Marc-Alexis Cote issued the following statement to Eurogamer about the leaked footage: Our vision for the game formerly known as Gods and Monsters has evolved in surprising ways, which is common when developing exciting new worlds. This footage is from our E3 2019 demo,...
Tuesday12th May 2020
News Ubisoft Forward Announced - A Brand New "E3-Style" Showcase Airing On 12th July
Expect news, reveals and more!
Following the cancellation of this year's E3, major first and third-party video game companies have decided to host their own events. Ubisoft - best known for series such as Assassin's Creed - has now announced its own digital conference. It's called 'Ubisoft Forward' and will take place on 12th July, which is a month...
Thursday5th Mar 2020
News Ubisoft Confirms Its Free-To-Play Team-Based Sports Title Roller Champions For Nintendo Switch
Roll on
Last year, around the time of E3, a new Ubisoft IP known as Roller Champions was leaked ahead of its official reveal. Pro Controller assets were also discovered, seemingly confirming the free-to-play team-based sports game for Switch. Now, many months on, a Ubisoft press release has confirmed the game is indeed coming to Nintendo's hybrid...
Monday24th Feb 2020
News Watch Out, Ubisoft - Witcher Studio CD Projekt Is After Your Crown
Polish studio is now Europe's second-largest games company
Witcher 3 studio CD Projekt is now Europe's second-largest video game company, according to its latest market valuation. It was valued at $6.8 billion around a month ago, but that figure has leapt to $8 billion since then thanks in no small part to the amazing commercial performance of...
Friday13th Dec 2019
News Lionsgate To Produce Hybrid Live-Action Movie Starring Ubisoft's Rabbids
Bwaaah!
Back in October, we heard how the third-party video game giant Ubisoft was working on a number of animated series "inspired by" its existing IP such as Rayman, Hungry Shark and Watch Dogs. Now, Deadline Hollywood is reporting Lionsgate has acquired the rights to produce a "hybrid live-action" movie based on the French
Wednesday4th Dec 2019
News Ubisoft Shows Its Support For Nintendo Switch's Chinese Launch With An Exclusive Rabbids Game
And three other titles
Earlier this year in July, Ubisoft lifted the lid on a brand new Rabbids game for the Switch that looked similar to Nintendo's Mario Party series. In case you forgot, it's known as Rabbids: Adventure Party and was created by Ubisoft Chengdu. Interestingly, it's also a Chinese exclusive. During the official Chinese Switch
Tuesday26th Nov 2019
News Walmart Selling Ubisoft Family Bundle For Switch, Contains Mario + Rabbids And Starlink
Two games for one price
There are two games on the Nintendo Switch that Ubisoft went above and beyond with – the system exclusive Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Starlink: Battle for Atlas featuring special Star Fox content. If you never got around to playing either of these games and you happen to live in America, you now have the opportunity...
Wednesday6th Nov 2019
News Just Dance 2020 Might Be The Last Entry Released On Wii
And the last Wii game ever!
Nintendo abandoned first-party game support for the Wii many years ago, but to this day third-party publisher Ubisoft has continued to release its Just Dance series on the system. The latest one – Just Dance 2020 – arrived yesterday. Of course, all good things must come to an end, and it now sounds as if Ubisoft will...
Thursday31st Oct 2019
News Ubisoft's Goal Is To Make All Of Its PvP Games Support Cross-Play
And it's "well on the way"
As cross-platform play becomes increasingly popular, more third-party companies are starting to make it a standard feature within their games, as it's a great way of sustaining and uniting communities. Ubisoft's free-to-play arena fighter Brawlhalla is one of the latest titles to add cross-platform multiplayer support...
Thursday24th Oct 2019
News Ubisoft's Open-World Adventure Gods & Monsters Appears To Have Been Delayed
Slips alongside upcoming Watch Dogs and Rainbow Six titles
An Ubisoft press release detailing the company's financial targets and release schedule for 2019-20 suggests that its multi-platform open-world adventure game Gods & Monsters has been pushed into the next financial year. Originally announced for release on 25th Februa
Saturday12th Oct 2019
News The Physical Version Of Assassin's Creed Rebel Collection Might Be Different In North America
Ubisoft support rep says "both games" will be on one card
Yesterday, a listing over on Amazon Spain seemingly revealed the European physical version of Assassin's Creed: The Rebel Collection (comprised of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and
Friday11th Oct 2019
News European Version Of The Rebel Collection Lists Assassin's Creed Rogue As A Download
Not again!
Last month, Ubisoft announced Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection would be hitting the Switch on 6th December. In case you forgot, this exclusive Switch pack includes Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (as well as all of its DLC) and Assassin’s Creed Rogue. If you were plannin
News Ubisoft Working On Multiple Animated Shows Inspired By Its Existing Video Game IP
Rayman and more
Concept art for the Rayman-inspired animation The film and television division of the third-party video game giant Ubisoft is reportedly working on a number of animated series "inspired by" its existing IP. Ubisoft Film & Television Paris managing director Helene Juguet informed The Hollywood Reporter that each show would have a...
