The Game Developer’s Conference Europe 2013 is currently underway in Cologne, Germany.
One of the first sessions was hosted by Ubisoft Creative Director Patrick Plourde, who shared the first details of his upcoming project Child of Light in a talk titled ‘Small Projects in AAA Studios: Making of Child of Light.’
Ubisoft says they are focusing on two "core verticals," and that's to return as a leader in the open world genre, and live service games.
Calling Ubisoft a leader in open world gaming at any point in time would be like calling Dollar General a leader in retail.
I don't think they were ever the leader tbh. I've never really cared for any of their open world games. I do wanna try watch dogs 2 because it looks like it's set in San Fran. Looked interesting
Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."
Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.
*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*
Top executives including games boss Sean Shoptaw have also been promoted…
I'll be looking-out for this.
Those were great Final Fantasy Games, so if the RPG elements come from them, it is definitely worth a try.