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They never stop surprising us: AC Shadows has been released on Steam 4 hours earlier than it was supposed to. It landed on 82% positive reviews so far. #2 in top sellers and about 30K concurrent players, despite the unexpected early release. https://stoโฆ
AC Shadows has been played by over a million people in less than a day, sales exceeded this number and will be fully counted after the weekends. Despite all the controversy, the game is indeed doing well.
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Meanwhile, Assassin's Creed Shadows is still keeping its Very Positive score on Steam. The online isn't too impressive, but growing and evenly distributed across the globe. Which means, Asia, Europe, and America all playing the game almost evenly.
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They really did it: Ubisoft founded a secondary company and Tencent bought 25% of its shares for โฌ1.16B. The idea behind the company is that it now owns Assassinโs Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancyโs Rainbow Six, and some other IPs.
This sounds slightly odd, since the new company worth more than 4 Billion, while the Ubisoft itself is around 2 Billion.
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This sounds slightly odd, since the new company worth more than 4 Billion, while the Ubisoft itself is around 2 Billion.
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Ubisoft shared hundreds of artworks from AC Shadows: concept arts, 3D models, materials and shaders, hair, clothing โ like a free artbook that may help you to boost your game's visuals.
https://magazine.artstation.com/2025/03/ubisoft-assassins-creed-shadows-art-blast/
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https://magazine.artstation.com/2025/03/ubisoft-assassins-creed-shadows-art-blast/
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ArtStation Magazine
Ubisoft Assassinโs Creed Shadows Art Blast
Discover the Art of Assassin's Creed Shadows posts on ArtStation
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Meanwhile, Ubisoft censored the topless priestesses in Far Cry 4 with the new patch. The patch is generally good and fixes a lot of bugs, but ladies were lore-accurate, since it was a part of their beliefs.
Oh, and they broke fan-mods installer + added at least 10 new bugs that people noticed in the first couple of hours.
UPD: The changes were rolled back and appeared to be a mistake โ the censored version was for Japan only.
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Oh, and they broke fan-mods installer + added at least 10 new bugs that people noticed in the first couple of hours.
UPD: The changes were rolled back and appeared to be a mistake โ the censored version was for Japan only.
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Ubisoftโs Colorblind Simulation Tool, Chroma, Now Available For Public Use
https://news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/article/72j7U131efodyDK64WTJua
Before that, EA has done a similar thing with their patents and technologies for accessibility.
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https://news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/article/72j7U131efodyDK64WTJua
Before that, EA has done a similar thing with their patents and technologies for accessibility.
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Ubisoft unironically announced a mobile blockchain game in mid 2025. And it's not April fools!
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There's a free demo now on compatible platforms, so if you ever wanted to try it out โ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2842040/Star_Wars_Outlaws/
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Ubisoft created a tool to make 3D avatars from a single image: MoSAR. It will benefit from artistic polishing but allows skipping a lot of work.
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Yet another Anvil Engine talk:
https://youtu.be/CcYq18bkvyU
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https://youtu.be/CcYq18bkvyU
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YouTube
REAC 2025 Anvil Rendering Architecture.
In this talk, weโll present Anvilโs evolution into a centralized engine within a monorepo, powering multiple productions in a unified codebase. This structure introduces technical and organizational challenges, including modularization, shader complexityโฆ
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I'm curious when Ubisoft will start selling Snowdrop and Anvil to third parties...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jFC7d7LiJg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jFC7d7LiJg
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YouTube
Evolution of the Snowdrop Game Engine
The Snowdrop game engine is a cornerstone of developing games here at Massive Entertainment and at Ubisoft. From the life-like cities in Tom Clancyโs The Division to the lush wilderness in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and the galaxy of Star Wars Outlaws โโฆ
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An interesting take on SBMM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW_uLr2HGNk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW_uLr2HGNk
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YouTube
XDefiant: The Industry's Unlearned Lessons
XDefiant's collapse was an echo of past industry blunders, old familiar problems. In this video, we'll explore what went wrong and I'll reveal for the first time how Microsoft walked away from Vanguard: Saga of Heroes after facing some of the same issues.
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For twenty years, I have harboured a secret. That Myst IV is my favorite part of the whole series!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsIIMtIeXE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsIIMtIeXE
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YouTube
Myst IV: Revelation - Intro
Transcript:
"For twenty years, I have harbored a secret. People talk about my sons, and the evil things they did, but still I remain strangely mute. I do not discuss my own actions that day - or the rage I felt when I burned the two linking books that hadโฆ
"For twenty years, I have harbored a secret. People talk about my sons, and the evil things they did, but still I remain strangely mute. I do not discuss my own actions that day - or the rage I felt when I burned the two linking books that hadโฆ
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Just got Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Steam (it's on sale, 85% off) and for some reason they dropped me Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered too. It isn't mentioned anywhere! ๐ฎ
It feels like getting an oddly good gift when you buy something from a marketplace.
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It feels like getting an oddly good gift when you buy something from a marketplace.
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GameDev Pulse
Just got Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Steam (it's on sale, 85% off) and for some reason they dropped me Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered too. It isn't mentioned anywhere! ๐ฎ It feels like getting an oddly good gift when you buy something from a marketplace. โฆ
It takes SEVERAL MINUTES to load up all the gear (that I have from a better edition and from owning other games) before I can actually play.
It shows all items by small chunks of 3 and makes pop-up sound for all of them.
Who approved that?
Jeez...
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It shows all items by small chunks of 3 and makes pop-up sound for all of them.
Who approved that?
Jeez...
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GameDev Pulse
Just got Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Steam (it's on sale, 85% off) and for some reason they dropped me Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered too. It isn't mentioned anywhere! ๐ฎ It feels like getting an oddly good gift when you buy something from a marketplace. โฆ
So, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is vast, insanely beautiful, and much better written than Valhalla in terms of dialogues. And cities are just magical, simply walking around is the experience.
And it's on sale for yet another week: https://store.steampowered.com/app/812140/Assassins_Creed_Odyssey/
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And it's on sale for yet another week: https://store.steampowered.com/app/812140/Assassins_Creed_Odyssey/
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It's time for some history!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnR_gnzb0bI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnR_gnzb0bI
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YouTube
Historian Explores Ancient Alexandria In Assassin's Creed Origins
SUBSCRIBE to Assassin's Creed - Echoes of History: https://bit.ly/ACEoHsub
Ever wanted to explore the streets of Ancient Alexandria? From the Tomb of Alexander to the Pharos Lighthouse, join ancients historian Tristan Hughes on a guided tour exploring theโฆ
Ever wanted to explore the streets of Ancient Alexandria? From the Tomb of Alexander to the Pharos Lighthouse, join ancients historian Tristan Hughes on a guided tour exploring theโฆ
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Bringing back The Crew is impossible, according to Ubisoft... here's the offline patch, according to fans of the game: https://thecrewunlimited.com/
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