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.
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Ubisoft Appears To Confirm Rumors That ‘XDefiant’ Is Struggling, Says It Was “Behind Expectations” For The Game
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot appeared to confirm rumors that the company's free-to-play shooter XDefiant is struggling by confirming that it was "behind expectations." At the end of August, Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming reported that XDefiant was seeing "continuously...
French Video Game Union Calls For Ubisoft Employees To Strike As Company Teeters On The Brink After ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Failure
A French video game union Syndicat des Travailleurs·ses du Jeu Vidéo called for Ubisoft employees to strike as the company teeters on the brink following its huge failure with Star Wars Outlaws and delaying Assassin's Creed Shadows to February. Syndicat des...
Financial Analyst Describes Ubisoft’s Sales Collapse And Delaying Of ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ As “Total Meltdown” As Stock Price Collapses
A financial analyst described Ubisoft's sales collapse and its delaying of Assassin's Creed Shadows a "total meltdown" and the company's stock collapse proves that true. Valliant Renegade reacted to the news that broke yesterday afternoon in the United States that...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Claims Company’s Goal “Is Not To Push Any Specific Agenda” Despite Company’s Website Saying Otherwise
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot claims that his company is not pushing "any specific agenda" despite the company's website saying otherwise. In a press release, where Ubisoft revealed it was revising its expected Q2 net bookings down from €500 to €350-370 million due to...
Ubisoft Admits ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Sales “Softer Than Expected” As It Slashes Net Expected Bookings By 30%
Ubisoft admitted that sales of Star Wars Outlaws are "softer than expected." In a document providing new financial targets for FY2024-25, Ubisoft drastically cut its net bookings projections for FY2024-25 from €500 million to €350-370m million. The company explained...
Ubisoft Officially Delays ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ To February 2025
Ubisoft announced ahead of its upcoming investors call that it has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows to February 2025. In a document updating its financial targets for FY2024-25, Ubisoft announced, "Assassin’s Creed Shadows will now be released on 14 February...
‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Nearly Falls Off Top 40 Most Popular PlayStation Games List Less Than A Month After Release
Star Wars Outlaws has nearly fallen out of a Top 40 Most Popular PlayStation games list in less than a month after its release. True Trophies, which reports its weekly Top 40 Most Popular PlayStation based off a sample of 3.1 million PlayStation Network accounts,...
Ubisoft Trashed After ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Debuts New Qlectors Collectible Featuring Yasuke And Naoe Alongside What Appears To Be A Destroyed Torii Gate
Ubisoft finds itself in hot water again over Assassin's Creed Shadows and specifically a Qlectors collectible that features Yasuke and Naoe on what appears to be a One-Legged Torii gate. The figure, which is available to purchase on Big Bad Toy Store, is created by...
Former Sweet Baby Inc. Employee Implies Developers Did Not Want To Hire Him After Working For Kim Belair’s Company
A former Sweet Baby Inc. employee, Kazuma Hashimoto, revealed that developers did not want to hire him because he worked for the video game consultancy. Hashimoto was recently featured in an article written by Zachary Small at The New York Times, where he claimed that...
Japanese Consultant Used By Ubisoft And The New York Times To Attack Gamers Over ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Was A Sweet Baby Inc. Employee
The so-called Japanese consultant that Ubisoft and The New York Times used to attack gamers over Assassin's Creed Shadows turns out to be an employee of Sweet Baby Inc. In a most recent hit piece run by The New York Times that appears to have been done in...
‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Executive Producer Admits Ubisoft Is Going “Beyond What Is Accepted Truth”
Marc-Alexis Côté, Ubisoft's Executive Producer for its Assassin's Creed franchise, recently admitted the company's aim with Assassin's Creed Shadows is to go "beyond what is accepted truth." In an interview with The New York Times that Ubisoft used as a hit piece to...
Ubisoft Runs To New York Times To Attack Players In Defense Of ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’
French video game developer Ubisoft ran to The New York Times in order to attack its own players in an attempt to salvage its upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows game. In a play straight out of Prime Video's playbook for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,...