In what many are calling a brazen display of nepotism that has left the gaming world fuming, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot—whose family has helmed the company’s catastrophic decline—has installed his son, Charlie Guillemot, as co-CEO of a newly spun-off subsidiary controlling the publisher’s crown jewel IPs.
The Japanese government and specifically the Gunma Prefecture exposed another contradiction of Assassin's Creed Shadows collaborator Thomas Lockley. Lockley collaborated with Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed Shadows for an episode of the company's Echoes of History podcast...
Assassin's Creed Shadows Lead Producer Karl Onnée doubled down on Ubisoft's previous claims that the game is committed to historical accuracy despite being trashed by gamers for its lack of historical accuracy. Gamers including Japanese gamers have made it abundantly...
Ubisoft's Skull and Bones went on sale for $10 as part of a promotional campaign at Best Buy just 6 months after the company's CEO described the game as AAAA and attempted to justify a $70 price tag. Best Buy is running a promotion through August 18th where they are...
YouTuber Star Wars Theory revealed that he rejected an offer from Ubisoft and its partners to promote the upcoming Star Wars Outlaws game from Massive Entertainment. In a recent video upload to his channel, Theory stated, "At the end of the day, yeah, they did reach...
A new player sentiment analysis conducted by PlayerXP contradicts Ubisoft's claim that Assassin's Creed Shadows has "positive community sentiment." During the company's Q1 FY2025 Sales conference call in July, an investor from HSBC asked about how pre-orders for both...
PC gamers did not hold back their disdain for Ubisoft and Star Wars Outlaws after Ubisoft announced their system requirements. On the official Star Wars Outlaws website, Ubisoft revealed the recommended specifications to achieve 60 FPS at 1080p require a NVIDIA...
Japanese historian Yūichi Goza speculates that Yasuke was not a samurai as video game developer Ubisoft has claimed, but was rather just Oda Nobunaga's bodyguard and entertainer. In an interview with Japanese website The Sankei Shimbun with translation via DeepL,...
A new investigation into Ubisoft's marketing campaign for Star Wars Outlaws reveals the company buttered up YouTubers and influencers with trips to Disneyland and boat tours before giving them access to four hours of gameplay footage. German YouTuber Cyberpunk 20xx...
More Star Wars Outlaws clips have made their way online and they are being mocked for featuring strong female protagonist moments, terrible AI, and simply bad physics. Former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern aka Grummz shared a couple of clips featured in a...
German YouTube channel PietSmiet removed their Star Wars Outlaws preview video after admitting a third party agency had to approve their nearly one hour reaction video after spending four hours with the game. In a post to YouTube, PietSmiet shared that they removed...
Star Wars Outlaws Creative Director Julian Gerighty addressed criticisms of the game's main character Kay Vess and specifically criticism of her looks. Vess and Star Wars Outlaws have repeatedly been criticized for making the character ugly. X user Mangalawyer posted...
As Star Wars Outlaws gets closer to release, more clips have surfaced showing just how bad the game's combat, AI, and NPC functions are. X user Mangalawyer shared a clip that shows at least one NPC turning its back on the player character, Kay Vess, and running in a...