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Ubisoft shooter XDefiant is shutting down and sending refunds to players

Ubisoft shooter XDefiant is shutting down and sending refunds to players

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Despite only officially launching the game in spring of this year, Ubisoft has already announced that it’s ending development and sunsetting its free-to-play team-based shooter XDefiant. Like Hyper Scape before it, XDefiant had high expectations, with Ubisoft touting more than 1 million players in its closed beta last year. Now, it will disappear quickly, as it’s no longer accepting new players as of today and is scheduled to shut off the servers entirely next June. Despite a delayed launch, Ubisoft said that XDefiant had reached more than 10 million players in its first two weeks and “outperformed expectations thanks to acquisition and strong average revenue per session day.” However, it couldn’t maintain that momentum, and by this fall, rumors of trouble surfaced, with Insider Gaming reporting that concurrent player numbers across all platforms had fallen below 20,000. Ubisoft states, “The game will remain available to all players who joined XDefiant before December 3rd, 2024. All functionalities, including progression, events, rewards, and achievements, will continue to be available until June 3rd, 2025.” The planned Season 3 …

Microsoft pauses Windows 11 updates for PCs with some Ubisoft games installed

Microsoft pauses Windows 11 updates for PCs with some Ubisoft games installed

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After installing Windows 11, version 24H2, you might encounter issues with some Ubisoft games. These games might become unresponsive while starting, loading or during active gameplay. In some cases, users might receive a black screen. The affected games are:  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla • Assassin’s Creed Origins • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey • Star Wars Outlaws • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Trailer Reveals Dual Protagonists, Launch Set for November 15

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the next instalment in Ubisoft’s stealth/action-RPG franchise, will be released November 15 across PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X and Amazon Luna. Previously known as Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, the upcoming title will explore the long-requested setting of Feudal Japan through the eyes of two playable protagonists with distinct playstyles and abilities. Assassin’s Creed Shadows was fully revealed by Ubisoft with a near-four-minute-long cinematic trailer on Wednesday, detailing the game’s dual protagonists and its Japanese setting. Ubisoft promises a vast open world with varied landscapes, dynamic weather and changing seasons for its next Assassin’s Creed title. Set in 16th-century feudal Japan, the game will drop players into the shoes of its two protagonists — Naoe, a lithe and stealthy shinobi assassin from the Iga Province, and Yasuke, an intimidating samurai based on historical legend. The two playable characters will offer distinct playstyles, with Naoe focussed on stealth and assassinations and Yasuke embodying brute combat prowess. Assassin’s Creed Shadows will follow the intertwined stories of its two protagonists, exploring their personal journeys as they …

Assassin’s Creed Codename Red Is Now Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Set for Full Reveal on May 15

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Assassin’s Creed Codename Red finally has an official name. The game, first announced in September 2022, has been revealed as Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Ubisoft announced late Monday that Shadows will be fully revealed on May 15. As previously confirmed, Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be set in feudal Japan and is likely to be an open-world action-RPG along the lines of 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Alongside the game’s title, Ubisoft also revealed the logo for Shadows. In a press release, Ubisoft confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows would be the next instalment in the AC franchise. Previously known as Assassin’s Creed Red, Shadows will be fully revealed on May 15 at 5pm BST / 9am PT (9:30pm IST) on Ubisoft’s YouTube channel. The reveal should likely come with a trailer that confirms more details about the game’s setting, protagonist and possibly a release date or window. Ubisoft has also started countdown on Assassin’s Creed social media channels, inviting players to solve an hourglass puzzle with promised rewards. Assassin’s Creed Shadows can also now be added to wishlist …

Ubisoft’s Free-to-Play Shooter XDefiant Sets May 21 Release Date, Reveals Seasonal Roadmap

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XDefiant, Ubisoft’s free-to-play first-person shooter, finally has a release date. After hitting delays, the game’s preseason will launch on May 21 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X via Ubisoft Connect. According to the studio, XDefiant will feature five different game modes across 14 maps at launch. Players will start out with 24 weapons and 44 attachments and can try out five playable factions inspired by Ubisoft franchises. Ubisoft also provided a brief roadmap for the online shooter, detailing planned season content drops after the launch of the preseason. According to studio, the XDefiant preseason will last for six weeks before the first season begins. The game will get a new season every three months, with each new season bringing new weapons, maps, events, and a new faction. In its first year, XDefiant will add four factions, 12 weapons and 12 maps on top of the content present at preseason launch. The five factions at launch will be based on familiar groups from Ubisoft games like Far Cry, Splinter Cell and Watch Dogs. These will …

Assassin’s Creed Mirage to Launch on iPhone 15 Pro, iPad on June 6

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the open-world action-adventure title from Ubisoft, will launch on iOS devices on June 6, the studio has announced. First announced for Apple devices in September last year, Assassin’s Creed Mirage will arrive on the App Store for iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad Air and iPad Pro with M1 chip or later, making it the first console Assassin’s Creed title that can be played natively on mobile devices. According to Ubisoft, Mirage will be free to download and play for 90 minutes from Apple’s App Store. The full game will cost users $49.99, or roughly Rs. 4,174. The full version of the game will support universal purchase, which means the game will be playable on both iPhone and iPad once full access is unlocked with a single in-app purchase. Assassin’s Creed Mirage is currently up for pre-order on the App Store. Ubisoft also confirmed that the game will support cross-progression and cross-save through Ubisoft Connect, allowing players to transfer their progress across all available platforms. The iPhone and iPad version …

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Will Not Get DLC, but Protagonist Basim’s Story Can Be Explored Further, Says Director

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage launched in October last year, offering a pared back, back-to-the basics experience reminiscent of older games in the series. The action-adventure title from Ubisoft took players to 9th-century Baghdad, putting them in the shoes of Basim Ibn Ishaq, a street thief who joins the Hidden Ones and rises through the ranks to become a master assassin. While there’s no word on if the franchise will revisit the character again, Assassin’s Creed Mirage creative director has said that the team has ideas about where Basim’s story could go. In a Reddit AMA Wednesday, the game’s creative director Stéphane Boudon said that Basim’s story could be explored further, but not in the form of an expansion to AC Mirage. “We’re thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as [sic] been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely,” Boudon said. He, however, reiterated that that Mirage would not be getting a post-launch story expansion. “But as of …

Ubisoft, Evil Empire Announce the Rogue Prince of Persia, Arriving in Early Access on May 14

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The prodigal Prince has returned, and his comeback has gone down so well that he is doing it a second time. After his Metroidvania adventures in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which came out in January, gaming’s iconic dual-blade wielding royalty is coming back for seconds in The Rogue Prince of Persia, a new 2D action-platforming rogue-lite title, arriving in Early Access on Steam on May 14. Developed by Dead Cells maker Evil Empire and published by Ubisoft, the next Prince of Persia game flaunts a colourful, cartoony art style and features platforming and action combat familiar to the series. The Rogue Prince of Persia was revealed with a trailer during the Triple-I Initiative livestream, showing off striking cinematics and a bit of gameplay. According to Ubisoft, the game is set in a fictional Ctesiphon, the capital city of the Persian Empire, under siege from a possessed army of Huns. Unlike The Lost Crown, here Players will get to take control of the eponymous prince, who possesses a magical bola that resurrects him on …

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Review: A Bold New Path for the Prince

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In the past few years, Metroidvanias and action-adventure platformers have seen a resurgence. Ori and the Blind Forest, Hollow Knight and Dead Cells have breathed new life into the genre, bringing fresh ideas to its established ethos. There’s also a renewed appetite for challenging games. Dark Souls came around in 2011 and redefined what one could take away from a video game. They can be fun, sure. But they can be punishing, too. Fast forward a decade, and we now have people playing Elden Ring with a steering wheel. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft’s latest Metroidvania action-adventure platformer, assimilates elements from these games and subgenres to tread familiar ground, but it does so in its own unique ways. Save points from Dark souls, air dashes and double jumps from Hollow Knight and intricate and interconnected Biome-based level design from Dead Cells; The Lost Crown’s DNA splices together strands from games that have come before. There’s a bit of Celeste in there and some of Hades, too. But the final result is a game …

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and More: Biggest Game Releases of February

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2024 is off to a flying start when it comes to games, with major titles like Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Tekken 8 releasing in January. February, too, promises a host of new launches across different genres from big-name developers like Rocksteady Studios, Square Enix, and Ubisoft. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League kicks off this month, bringing players back into the beloved Arkham universe, albeit with a live service twist. While previous Batman Arkham games were narrative-focussed single player titles, Suicide Squad is co-op looter shooter with colour-coded guns, content drops, and microtransactions. February will also see a bunch of remasters and remakes of popular older games launching on modern hardware. Persona 3 Reload, a remake of 2006’s Persona 3, released on February 2 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, while Tomb Raider I–III Remastered, a remaster of the original Tomb Raider games from Core Design, arrives February 14. Then there’s Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a remake of 2004’s puzzle platformer for the Nintendo Switch, and Brothers: A …