Health crisis obliges, we will have neither E3, nor gamescom in this very sad year 2020. But the editors found the parade by organizing their own conferences online, like the Ubisoft Forward which has just s ‘finish. While the first leaks were already beginning to point the nose, the French house shared its future productions with us for almost an hour. Here is what to remember from this evening …
Far Cry 6: After the leak, the formalization
Let’s start at the end. Ubisoft’s famous “one more thing” was this year an unsurprising announcement since it had simply leaked a few hours before the start of the conference. As expected, Far Cry 6 is indeed in development. This new episode will take us on a journey to the heart of Yara, a fictional Caribbean island largely inspired by the landscapes of Cuba. The very nice trailer presented during the event allowed to discover the big villain of this adventure, a character played by Giancarlo Esposito, actor seen in Breaking Bad and more recently in The Mandalorian. He will camp here Anton Castillo, a dictator determined to restore order to his island and in particular his capital, Esperanza.
The decor is set, but we finally know little about the gameplay. Do not panic, according to Ubisoft officials we met, in-game sequences will be revealed “in some months”. In the meantime, know that we will play Dani Rojas, a valiant hero determined to oppose the authoritarian regime of Castillo. The objective will therefore be to lead the revolution in order to help the inhabitants of Yara regain their freedom. Finally, the release date is set for February 18, 2021 sure PC (Epic Games Store et Uplay), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Stadia. More information on our dedicated article.
video">Far Cry 6 reveals its plot and its big villain
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Gameplay and a promising first preview
After showing us around Egypt and Ancient Greece, the Assassin’s Creed series will return to the Middle Ages with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. We will play Eivor, a Viking chef straight from Norway and now at the gates of four great English kingdoms: Wessex, Northumbria, East Anglia and Mercia. But this whole story of opposition to King Alfred the Great was already known, the real novelty of the Ubisoft Forward lay in a six-minute gameplay sequence that you can find below.
The combat system is thus presented there during a raid phase on an Anglo-Saxon village. Burn, loot, kill … Once the massacre is over, you can recover the wealth of the inhabitants and use it to set up camps for your people. We are also promised “the greatest variety of enemies ever seen in an Assassin’s Creed game“, a new stun system and of course, infiltration phases. But the long-awaited information arrived at the very end of the video: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be available on November 17 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and a little later on next-gen. If you want to know our opinion after three hours of play, go to our freshly published overview.
video">Assassin’s Creed Valhalla announces release date in long gameplay video
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Watch Dogs Legion invites us to hack London
Another big production in development on Ubisoft premises, Watch Dogs Legion. Already postponed, this new adventure will take place in the streets of a whimsical London controlled by gangs of bullies and violent police. As a hacker, your role will be to help the inhabitants regain their freedom by organizing resistance operations. To do this, you can embody any citizen crossing your path since each NPC will enjoy a personality and a history. To remind us of this concept called “Play as Anyone”, the French company offered us two videos.
The first took the form of a superb cinematic trailer directed by Alberto Mielgo, while the second presented the gameplay in more detail. For eight minutes, we were able to discover some of the many missions available, as well as some of the inhabitants that we will have the opportunity to control. Here too, we finally had the right to a release date: October 29 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Next-gen versions will be released a little later. To discover our overview, go to this address.
video">Watch Dogs Legion presents its many protagonists and reveals its release date
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Hyper Scape: An open beta for the Ubisoft Battle Royale
Just ten days ago, Ubisoft unveiled an amazing project: Hyper Scape. Attracted by the immense success of the Battle Royale genre, the French studio therefore followed in turn the path taken by Epic Games or EA by offering us an urban and futuristic experience. After an initial test phase reserved for key holders, the developers have now decided to launch an open beta. The title can therefore be downloaded for free at this address right now, while his skins store has opened. A first combat pass of 30 levels is also offered to the most invested players.
In addition to this big announcement, the team in charge of the project wanted to share with us some information about its schedule. First of all, the Crown Rush mode will soon be playable solo, while temporary modes (Team Hack Distribution and Squad Turbo) will appear over the weeks. Users will also be entitled to a new Hack, the Shockwave, and a new weapon, the Harpy, very soon. Finally, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions to launch later this summer, at the same time as season 1.
video">Hyper Scape enters open beta phase
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Ghost Recon Breakpoint will receive its 2.1.0 update on July 15
Posted on October 04, Ghost Recon Breakpoint has not been forgotten by Ubisoft, which has been working on update 2.1.0 for some time. The main innovation of the latter is the addition of teammates controlled by artificial intelligence. If you like to play solo, you can surround yourself with bots enjoying the same control options as those of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands. This update will also include new PvP Ghost War content. July 15 on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia.
In addition to this announcement, the development team took advantage of the pre-show to reveal two other news. The first is the launch of a new live event called “Resistance!” and allowing you to unlock up to 14 exclusive rewards. The second is none other than free trial weekend scheduled from July 16 to 19, 2020 and offering all of the title’s functionalities to the curious.
video">Ghost Recon Breakpoint: Allied AI approaching
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Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad: The mobile RPG will be available on August 27
Also present on the mobile market, Ubisoft took advantage of its conference to give us news of Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad. Announced during E3 2019, this free-to-play RPG will draw on the large licenses linked to the work of Tom Clancy (Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, The Division and Rainbow Six) to offer us a total of 70 characters emblematic. Caveira, Sam Fisher, El Sueño, Mountain, Nomad can be part of your squad and take part in 5v5 combat. Notice to amateurs, this title will finally be available on August 27 on iOS and Android.
video">Elite Squad – Tom Clancy’s heroes team up
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Brawlhalla will land on mobiles on August 6
Inspired by the legendary Smash Bros. series. from Nintendo, Brawlhalla has been offering crazy fights on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch for several years now. Proud to have gathered more than 40 million players, the developers now want to tackle the only platforms missing from their hunting board: mobiles. Already announced in the past, the iOS and Android versions of the Blue Mammoth Games brawler will finally be available August 6.
video">Brawlhalla is preparing for its release on mobiles
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