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French video game developers stage first industry-wide strike

French video game developers staged the first-ever industry-wide strike this week, rallying against deteriorating working conditions and significant job cuts.

Radio France Internationale

Despite everything, Assassin's Creed Shadows preorders are 'tracking solidly,' Ubisoft says, 'in line with those of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the second most successful entry of the franchise'

It's still very early but Ubisoft says the numbers so far are "really positive."

PC Gamer

Ubisoft Revenue Drops After Game Flops, 'Assassin's Creed' Delays

A run of new-release flops and the delay of the latest "Assassin's Creed" instalment sent revenue at French games giant Ubisoft plunging in its third quarter, the company reported Thursday as it continues to weigh its future.

International Business Times

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Split Fiction ups the ante on It Takes Two's wacky co-op action, while showing why human creativity still matters

Game director Josef Fares explains why Split Fiction is about human stories, and wonders why other developers aren't making more co-op games

GamesRadar

Split Fiction director Josef Fares says Ubisoft is "struggling" and should make a co-op Splinter Cell game: "Don't chicken out to do single-player; just say this is split-screen only"

I'd play that

GamesRadar

French Game Developers Mark First Industry-wide Strike

French video game workers on Thursday hit the pause button in a first-ever sector-wide walkout over conditions and job cuts.

International Business Times

‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Could Have The Series’ Best Stealth, Thanks To One Key Feature

'Assassin's Creed Shadows' creative director says players will have freedom to choose which of its two characters to use most of the time.

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PlayStation State of Play – everything announced, and the whole February show as it happened

We covered Sony's February State of Play as it happened - here's what we saw and how we covered it.

TechRadar

The best Far Cry game of all time now has achievements on Steam

Yes, you better believe I'm talking about Blood Dragon.

PC Gamer

Sony set to host PS5 State of Play show: How to watch and what to expect

Sequels and remasters could be the headliners, with Death Stranding 2, Metal Gear Solid Delta, and Ghost of Yōtei on the cards

Evening Standard

Rainbow Six Siege coach and manager 'ejected' from the $3 million Invitational after raging like big babies

Shouty man protests innocence.

PC Gamer

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 paid for itself in a single day after release thanks to impressive launch sales

In just one day after launch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 broke even with development costs and started turning a profit.

Windows Central

Ubisoft's grudging crawlback to Steam continues with achievements for Watch Dogs 2 added a mere 9 years after release

Yes, it has one for petting dogs.

PC Gamer

Assassin's Creed Shadows PC system requirements: Does my computer meet minimum or recommended specs?

Make sure your gaming PC can handle Assassin's Creed Shadows before the game launches.

Windows Central

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With no Far Cry 7 in sight, I'm glad the FPS' best spin-off sequel just landed on Xbox Game Pass

Now Playing | New Dawn is here to sate those Far Cry cravings and make you reappreciate the series' two most underrated entries

PC Gamer

The official Assassin's Creed Shadows artbook just got leaked on a hentai site before someone snatched it back down

Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Wait, that's not permitted. Oh god.

GamesRadar

6 years later, Far Cry New Dawn is getting a 60 FPS update on Xbox Series X and PS5, and the way it was revealed is sending me: "Well… this wasn’t how we planned to announce this"

Ubisoft clearly didn't think this one through

GamesRadar

If Nintendo wants Switch 2 to beat Switch 1, all it needs to do is stop pretending the Wii U wasn't its best console and bring back its most defining feature

Opinion | Zombi U on Wii U was peak horror gaming, and the failed console's second-screen gimmick held so much more potential

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After 6 hours with Assassin's Creed Shadows, here's the 10 details I love the most so far

Feature | Assassin's Creed Shadows is filled with incredible details, from a stylish take on Japan to some really devious stealth options

GamesRadar

After replaying the best Assassin's Creed RPG, I hope Shadows uses the series' strengths to separate itself from Ghost of Tsushima

Opinion | Odyssey is not quite perfect, but Assassin's Creed Shadows has a chance to right some wrongs

The Guardian - UK

What video game ephemera tell us about ourselves

Ahead of a new digital archive of video game history, I got to thinking about how the games, magazines and other material says as much about the player as the games themselves

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed Revelations was good actually, and it's the unhinged sauce the Animus Hub needs to twist my mind into the perfect lore-absorbing shape

Big Preview | Assassin's Creed Shadows introduces The Animus Hub, but it needs to take inspiration from the memory-diving Assassin's Creed Revelations to be a winner

Creative Bloq

How Eternal Strands' complex chaos was made possible

Game director Frederic St. Laurent and CTO Louis Tremblay discuss using Unreal Engine 5's tools and artistic choices.

PC Gamer

Assassin's Creed Shadows will be censored in Japan to remove dismemberment and decapitations

Some audio bits are also being changed for the Japanese release.

PC Gamer

Ubisoft closes another studio, announces layoffs at 3 more as part of 'ongoing efforts to prioritize projects and reduce costs'

The closure of Ubisoft Leamington and layoffs at the Düsseldorf, Stockholm, and Reflections studios will see 185 people put out of work.

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