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Sony Reportedly Has Strict Social Media Guidelines Around Physical Media Backlash
Sony is facing continued backlash over its decision to stop producing physical game discs. It appears the company expected that pushback and reportedly imposed unusually strict social media guidelines on PlayStation employees.
Ubisoft Backs Sony Ending Physical Games Despite Presiding Over One of Gaming’s Biggest Corporate Collapses
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is throwing his support behind one of the gaming industry's most controversial decisions in years, arguing that Sony's move to eliminate physical PlayStation games beginning in 2028 won't meaningfully disrupt the business. Coming from almost...
Ubisoft Co-Founder Dead After Plane Crash
Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who founded Ubisoft and helped transform it into one of the world’s largest video game publishers, has died following a plane crash in western France. He was 69 years old.
More Ubisoft Layoffs Hit as Development Ends at Red Storm Entertainment
Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced another round of layoffs. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Red Storm Entertainment—the studio long associated with the Tom Clancy franchise—will cease game development operations. The cuts will result in the loss of 105 jobs.
NVIDIA Advances Gaming Technology and Cloud Services With DLSS 5
NVIDIA Corporation is advancing key aspects of its gaming technology and cloud services with new graphics tools and infrastructure updates announced at its GTC 2026 conference and in subsequent company releases. This time, they are introducing technology with the...
Ubisoft Halts Share Trading as Earnings Report Delay Sparks Concern
Ubisoft, the French video game company behind Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and others, abruptly requested a halt on trading company shares and postponed delivering their financial earnings report for the first half of its 2025-26 fiscal year. No reason was given, though observers agree this is probably a bad sign.
Ubisoft Hits Star Wars: Outlaws Studio Massive Entertainment With Layoffs
Ubisoft has announced yet another round of layoffs — this time targeting one of its most infamous internal studios, Massive Entertainment, the developer behind Star Wars: Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Ubisoft Reportedly Canceled Civil War–Era Assassin’s Creed Game Amid Yasuke Backlash and Political Fear
Ubisoft has reportedly canceled an Assassin’s Creed game set during the Post American Civil War Reconstruction era. According to a report from Game File, the project was scrapped in 2024 after the company faced backlash over the Black samurai Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows and grew nervous about the political climate in the United States.
Star Wars Outlaws Reportedly Performs Poorly on Switch 2, But it Never Performed Well on Other Systems Either
Star Wars Outlaws is reportedly having major issues ahead of its launch on Nintendo Switch 2. But for anyone familiar with the game, this should come as no shock.
Rumor: Ubisoft Cancels Star Wars Outlaws Sequel Amid Disappointing Sales
In a galaxy not so far away, the Star Wars gaming universe faces another setback. A new rumor suggests that Ubisoft has quietly canceled development on a sequel to Star Wars Outlaws, the open-world action-adventure game released in 2024.
Ubisoft Claims Microtransactions in Single Player Games Make the Experience ‘More Fun’ as Audience Collectively Facepalms
Ubisoft, a company known for tone-deaf statements and endless microtransactions, just made a tone-deaf statement about microtransactions.
In a move that has reignited long-simmering frustrations among gamers, Ubisoft recently doubled down on its controversial monetization strategies. In their latest annual report, the company boldly claimed that microtransactions in premium single-player games enhance the player experience, making it “more fun” by offering optional ways to “personalize avatars or progress more quickly.”
Ubisoft Blames Disney/Lucasfilm and State of Modern Star Wars for Failure of Star Wars: Outlaws
Star Wars Outlaws, an open-world action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, was released on August 30, 2024, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Billed as the first open-world Star Wars game, it promised players the chance to explore the galaxy as a scoundrel named Kay Vess, engaging in heists, space combat, and interactions with criminal syndicates between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.