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Ubisoft’s shooter RPG hybrid The Division has set yet another record for the publisher. The game today celebrates its fourth consecutive week at the top of the GfK Entertainment All Formats Top 40. That’s the longest run at No.1 for any Ubisoft title in the company’s history. Last month the …
Read More »The Division claims fourth No.1 in the UK
Tom Clancy’s The Division has smashed the record for unbroken Ubisoft No1s in the All Formats charts. This is the fourth week that Ubisoft’s online shooter has spent at the No.1 spot. The new IP holds this position despite a 37 per cent dip in sales. Fellow Ubisoft title Far …
Read More »Ubisoft opens production studio in the Philippines
New location aims to employ 200 staff within five years
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to The Division merchandise
Tom Clancy’s The Division has only been out for two weeks but it is already breaking records. The RPG has sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any game in Ubisoft’s history and has become the best-selling Q1 game ever. The firm did not provide any sales numbers …
Read More »The Division director jumps ship to IO Interactive
Ubisoft Massive's Ryan Barnard takes on new role of gameplay director
Read More »Ubisoft Fun House: ‘VR is the new Wii’
Accessibility of motion controls could outweigh high price of entry for headsets, suggests Eagle Flight director Olivieri Palmieri
Read More »Ubisoft announces social VR game Werewolves Within
Classic party game Werewolf is coming to Virtual Reality via Ubisoft. Under the name Werewolves Within, the game will ask four to eight players to uncoverthewerewolves that have been terrorising the medieval village of Gallowston. It’s due this year for ‘major VR platforms’ and is being developed by Ubisoft’s Red …
Read More »The Division smashes Destiny’s new IP record
Tom Clancy’s The Division is the fastest-selling new IP in history, Ubisoft has declared. The game – which is already the biggest selling Q1 game in UK games industry history – has smashed Destiny’s new IP record by generating $330m in five days. It also tops Watch Dogs, which was …
Read More »The Division co-developer heads to Guildford to meet Lionhead staff
Ubisoft is the latest publisher to head to Guildford to offer work to Lionhead staff. Reflections, which most recently worked on The Division, will visit the White House Pub on Thursday, March 17th from 3pm. Xbox-owned Lionhead faces closure following the cancellation of Fable Legends. Reflections staff says they will …
Read More »Ubisoft Reflections to host meet-and-greet for Lionhead devs
The Division and Grow Home studio will hold event on this Thursday, March 17th
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