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Ubisoft Plans To Conquer EA and Activision's Reign

Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot announced that his company take the leaderboard over EA and Activision, and become the global video game market leader.

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THC CELL4800d ago

Bring a rainbow six and ubisoft will see a huge boost in the markets

Sick of seen just kiddy games

skweejal4800d ago

Amen Brother. I've been dyin for a new rainbow six

morganfell4800d ago

They haven't made a Rainbow Six in a decade. They have made Vegas. They made Lockdown. But that isn't Rainbow Six. Roque Spear and it's add ons were the last of that series.

And with junk like the new Ghost Recon they aren't going to conquer anything except the bargain bin.

Right after GRAW and again after GRAW 2, Redstorm (and Ubisoft) were warned by their military advisors that they should go back to something more tactical, grittier... and they ignored the advice. Now look at their offering in that department.

Army_of_Darkness4800d ago

ubisoft doesn't stand a chance against EA, they practically got all the best franchises and developers, aside from sony's first party.

meetajhu4800d ago

No far cry 3 meets Cod and Battlefield.

N4Gsukballs4800d ago

RSV2 was a huge fail, tried to be to much like COD. im pretty sure ubisoft is incappable of making a good shooter these days look at far cry 2. And them trying to take on EA & Activision is like 7-11 taking on walmart.

theonlylolking4800d ago

They should use the cryengine 3 with the next rainbow six instead of UE4(I know it is called UE3 but it really is not)

an0nym0us4800d ago

Ubisoft? Ubisoft? Hmm.... oh yeah i remember them....they suck.

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Titanz4800d ago

They've conquered them in the "shovelware" market, that's for sure.

N4GAddict4800d ago

No other company is better than Ubisoft in that department

skweejal4800d ago

Well to defend ubisoft (for some reason) they have been guided by the intimidation of EA for the past few years. EA loves driving companies into the ground.

ZombieAssassin4800d ago

Well I'd say they're already better in terms of games and quality than Activision. When it comes to EA at least they have some good IP's and actually improve upon them and I'd say have better IP's than Ubisoft although two of my favorite IP's are Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed.

skweejal4800d ago

Yeah A.C. is pretty legit, I just really wish they would make a prince of persia that was a little higher quality than what they have been making.

koehler834800d ago

I think the issue with PoP is that the team that made it is currently working on AC.

Quagmire4800d ago

I want a sequel to the Cel-Shaded Prince's Story

RememberThe3574800d ago

I loved the Prince of Persia reboot. It was a little too easy, but running around with that Elika chick was awesome. I'd buy a sequel no doubt.

ZombieAssassin4800d ago

I'm with Quagmire and RememberThe357, I'd love for a sequel to the cell shaded PoP game but they'd have to get Nolan North to do the voice again and hopefully improve on the combat maybe make it a little more like AC.

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dannybohy4800d ago

I think AC alone puts them ahead of the others! the AC multiplayer is atleast more interesting than the current crop of crappy arcade FPS games!!

MrGunny944800d ago

With what Ubisoft?! Delaying games... xD

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Ubisoft say AC Shadows protagonists will be "romantically attracted to different types of people"

Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.

Hugodastrevas6d ago

That should please everyone I'm sure...

RpgSama6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.

Crows906d ago

Or even modern day accuracy.....

Lexreborn26d ago

You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.

So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.

VenomUK6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!

Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.

Christopher6d ago

It actually is.

Japanese were very Greek in their sexual experiences.

lodossrage6d ago

Lexreborn2 is right

Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.

I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.

Christopher5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

thorstein5d ago

Japan had no Christian stupidity about sexuality.

That's where your nonsensical puritanical view comes from: the Abraham's faiths.

It's feudal Japan, they don't believe in your religion's made up nonsense.

I mean, if you're going to embrace a particular viewpoint, you should at least be aware of where it comes from. Most of the world doesn't care about your ideals.

In those days, they certainly didn't care about your religion.

Get over yourself.

RpgSama5d ago

All of you guys missed the point, I even said I'm very sure they did it ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate. Stop defending this, we all know why they did it and who they want to pander, it's not out newfound respect for history.

lodossrage5d ago

@RpgSama

Nobody is defending anything.

People are just pointing out the fact that after they just cried about the game not being historically accurate, when they SHOW they're accurate, they cry about it because they don't like certain parts of history

Not to mention you contradicted yourself RPGSama. You just pointed out you said they "ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate". Then turn around and accuse them of pandering and/or having an agenda. Those two things are opposing statements

Cacabunga5d ago

Dumbest decision ever.. always online was a pass for me but now not even for free I’ll try it..

LordoftheCritics5d ago

It's made by Ubisoft Montreal.

Obviously we'll be allowed to bang anything that moves.

RiseNShine5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Yeha pretty sure.

H95d ago

People actually telling you that Japan had sexual deviancy which is correct however what's hilarious is that they will act as if it holds the same moral value that the LGBT community holds today, oh the things men used to say about themselves when they are attracted to other men, it's not empowering in the least bit

senorfartcushion5d ago

It was more common to be attracted to the same sex before the crusades.

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Tapani5d ago

You are completely lost on Japanese history. Japan was one of the most liberal places in the world, and in many ways still is. You can slice and dice it from your western hubris and whatever point of view, but the reality is that history tells great stories about freedom of choice and people not being judgemental on this island. Also one of the reasons I want to raise my family here, no need to have those whatever Western woke bullshit here, because everyone just respects each other without using all that nonsense.

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CrimsonWing696d ago

Geezus, just make a good game… holy sh*t this is becoming insufferable.

Crows906d ago

Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???

I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.

Hofstaderman6d ago

You asking UbiSoft to make a good game? This is not 2002.

thorstein5d ago

I thought you crybabies wanted "historical accuracy." Now that your going to get it, you're going to cry more.

PRIMORDUS5d ago

It's past the point of retarded, everyone seems forced to do this bullshit now in games. 😑

Barlos5d ago

Hell no. A good game or film is secondary now to the agenda and the 'message'.

It's not enough to be simply entertained these days, there has to be an overarching real world narrative. I mean look at Dr Who as a recent example. Disney have completely destroyed it all in the name of 'diversity'.

senorfartcushion5d ago

You sound like you don't have a very active sex life ,😅

CrimsonWing695d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Are you projecting? 😝

senorfartcushion5d ago

It's the only thing that explains the incel crap. They can't simply be angry virgins who don't get any, so then a lack of a sex life i.e. a dad of three or something, is also a good additional explanation. They're either lonely and don't get any or too busy to get any. There's a horrible news for sexual control with incels, and they're angry because they simply aren't the right people to achieve that control. They're weaker animals.

notachance5d ago

dude’s too busy commenting on other people’s sex life to actually stay on topic.

That or he’s angry but didn’t have half the brain needed to refute back so he went for the classic ad hominem fallacy.

senorfartcushion5d ago

Notachance

It's a fact that remains true. The only way it can't be true is if humans were not greedy and heavily reliant on procreation.

Your username is fitting.

CrimsonWing695d ago (Edited 5d ago )

dude, let’s be real, you’re on a video game news site going into the comments section and taking time out of your life to go to war with people you think don’t f*ck. You sound as much of a virgin as any incel does.

Let’s be real, bub you’re just as pathetic as the rest of them. Anyone who would look at this who doesn’t waste their time on a video game news site or video games in general probably thinks the only thing you f*ck is your crusty ass pillow.

C’mon, man. Anyone who f*cks doesn’t immediately go into a comment section claiming others have no sex life. It’s just one of those things if you are getting your d*ck wet. It just comes off like you’re projecting in hopes to god nobody figures out you can’t get any, so you try to flex, even though you’re completely full of sh*t.

I mean, that’s the only thing that makes sense to me 😅.

senorfartcushion4d ago

I'm engaged without children - I'm doing just fine.

This is just nerd sites now. Users are just so angry and for basically the same reasons. Most people go through phases with this type of stuff but it's scary seeing the same attitudes being regurgitated over and over again. From what I've seen it's a strange mix of sexual frustration, lack of proper financing and the need to have 100% control over both so that they aren't taken away from the users.

CrimsonWing694d ago

@fartcushion

Look, man, people are allowed to have opinions and show frustration with stuff. It has no bearing on them not getting sex or not making money.

I have no idea how people commenting on being tired of hearing about SJW sh*t being shown in the spotlight like some carnival sideshow where publishers are wanting some pat on the back for means they’re financially unstable and don’t have a sexual relationship.

What, are you on the spectrum? Like how do you come to that conclusion and make multiple responses to the discourse with “virgin alert” or “you need to have sex?” That right there is kind of sus to me.

I don’t know in what world you lived in where this hasn’t been a nerd site, but people are allowed to comment their thoughts on things and still have relationships. You’re just as much of a nerd as everyone in here.

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darthv726d ago

Is that genuinely a selling point for people?

RpgSama6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

They sure as hell want to see if it is, time and time and time again.

VincentVanBro6d ago

You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with

thorstein5d ago

Well, after last weeks crying about historical accuracy. Now Ubi days, " Oh, okay, historical accuracy: here you go."

Now you're saying you don't want the accuracy? Can you guys just make up your minds?

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notatallsurprisinggg5d ago

It's a genuine click-bait snippet to rile up people like you to push traffic.

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There are no "thoughtful" ads in video games, EA

There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.

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northpaws12d ago

I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.

But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.

Hofstaderman12d ago

EA can thoughtfully eff themselves.

Makersbreath212d ago

EA coming back for the crown of being perceived as the worst company in gaming.

Chocoburger11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.

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Activision team is opening a new game studio in Poland 'Elsewhere Entertainment' to build new AAA IP

Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.

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Psychonaut8512d ago

They’re not working on Call of Duty? Give it time.