Ubisoft's vice president of live operations has weighed in on the publisher's potential takeover by Vivendi by saying, "It wouldn't be the same."
In an interview with PCGamesN, Anne Blondel states that the company's independence is what has made it successful. "I know for a fact, having been there for 20 years, that if you [separate] us from our independence, if you take away the way we like taking risks and inventing new stuff, well it's not going to be the same Ubisoft--for me, it wouldn't be the same.
"I know what made us so successful for 30 years, is being super independent, being very autonomous."
She goes on to say the company's independence allows it to take chances and create diverse experiences. "Sometimes we take a lot of risks, you think about The Crew, that was a risk. People would look at that like, 'Maybe it's not going to work, another racing game, what are you thinking?' Child of Light, Valiant Hearts, all those kinds of titles."
In lighter news, Ubisoft has revealed its 30 Days of Giveaways event, in celebration of both Christmas and its own 30th birthday. Check out the details, including the first free game on offer, here.
Ubisoft is celebrating its 30th birthday by giving away goodies, including games, for the next 30 days.
The festive event starts today, November 24, with Rayman Classic going free on mobile. All you need to do to claim your free gifts is log into 30days.ubi.com using your Ubisoft account every day until December 23.
The pressies will also include "free digital assets," as well as discounts for games on the Ubisoft store. Meanwhile a special, limited time only competition will be run where 300 people can win one of three select Ubisoft games. The publisher hasn't stated which games these might be, though they are among the company's "latest titles."
That's right! Everyone's favourite day of the year is rolling round once again! No, not Christmas; not Easter; not the one day a year the sun comes out--it's Black Friday!
Black Friday is a magical time. A time of loving, caring, and punching everyone in your way to get that sweet £5 discount on bargain bin DVDs.
Only joking, please don't punch anyone.
To help you get the jump on those going to bricks-and-mortar stores, take a look at this list of all the best UK Black Friday Gaming deals in 2016. Where possible, GameSpot has attempted to verify these prices are the cheapest available at the time of writing, but double check yourself for peace of mind.
Fable creator Peter Molyneux has said he wants to make Fable IV, and has also discussed upsetting the series' publisher, Microsoft.
"It's crazy that Fable IV isn't being made," he told OXM. "I would love to do Fable IV, and the studio tried to do it. You'd have to get the original team back together though."
Molyneux also mentioned how he and his team sometimes upset Microsoft with a their sense of humour, something he described as being part of a typically British studio.
"I think it was the sense of humour. You know the British, slightly politically incorrect sense of humour, especially with Fable, where we had prostitutes and same-sex marriage. Microsoft were appalled, you know, they were busily going around trying to rub all the nipples out of all the women just not to offend people.
"[The] things [Lionhead designer] Mark Healy would put in--if you play Black & White you notice that all the totems are completely phallic, just penises everywhere."
The DC superhero team-up Justice League finished production last month, and will be released next year. Director Zack Snyder has posted a series of new set images, taken from the Icelandic location where the film finished its shoot, including one of Aquaman star Jason Momoa. Check them out below, via Batman-news.com:
Justice League also stars Ben Affleck as Batman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as Flash, Amber Heard as Mera, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, and Henry Cavill as Superman. It hits theaters on November 17, 2017.
Although Blizzard is yet to officially announce a Christmas Overwatch event, data miners have all but confirmed it by posted a new festive take on the game's theme tune on Reddit. You can listen to the jaunty little ditty below.
The existence of a Christmas-themed Overwatch event isn't exactly a surprise, as Blizzard has previously celebrated the Summer Games and Halloween by giving its team-based shooter a makeover to suit these. It has also said it plans to release more Overwatch DLC and launch new in-game events.
Along with new decorations on maps, it is expected that a selection of Overwatch's heroes will have new skins for players to unlock, in addition to fresh sprays and player icons. As mentioned previously, this has not been officially confirmed and is speculation based on previous events.
The data miners have also uncovered new voice lines, mainly involving Sombra, the latest hero to join Overwatch's roster of characters. There's one in which Reinhardt sounds like he's celebrating an arm wrestling victory over Zarya.
On November 22, Blizzard released a new and improved version of Symmetra on the Overwatch Public Test Realm. She has undergone some drastic changes to make her a more viable pick. In addition to a few tweaks to her core abilities, she's become the first character in the game to have two Ultimate abilities.
Another feature, called 'Stay as Team,' is also live now in the Overwatch Public Test Realm on PC. It introduces the ability to group up with random players after a game is completed, if you think you work well as a team and want to stay together.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 is "a very serious development for Ubisoft," says the game's creator, Michel Ancel.
Speaking to Kotaku, Ancel said his team have been working on the sequel properly since Rayman Legends' completion. He warned it's still a long way from release, and needs to be "more concrete" before a full reveal.
"[We had] big questions that are so big you can't know the answers because no physics engine can handle all of the dimensions and speeds and things like that," Ancel said to Kotaku. "It's like 'Okay, if no physics engine can do it, how can we achieve that?'
"It's crazy and difficult to explain to people how technical making a game is. Now it's not anymore about polygons and things like that, it's about millions of behavioural AIs, systems, and giant spaceships crashing on big planets."
Mass Effect: Andromeda is the biggest game BioWare has ever made, according to the developer.
In an interview with Game Informer, the game's producer Mike Gamble claims, "This is the biggest we've ever gone, in terms of the number of pieces of content. There are combat-related encounters, puzzle-related encounters, narrative-related encounters, and a lot of things will happen that add more depth to the critical path."
The developer is aiming to make each and every area memorable, even if some planets are not in the main story. Side missions available to the player will include loyalty missions, returning from Mass Effect 2. These are optional, but offer a chance to get to know each of the game's cast of supporting characters a little better.
Depth is also added by fights breaking out between enemy factions, while whole-planet scans can give you clues about the world around you. "Scanning is one of the most important exploration tools you'll have in the game," explains producer Fabrice Condominas. "You're in a new galaxy; there are a lot of things where you just have no clue what's going on. The scanner is a way to capture what is in your environment, send the information back to the Tempest to analyze it, and find those clues."
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James Cameron has been talking about his Avatar sequels for a long time, but the first of these is yet to be given an official release date. While this still remains the case, Fox has now scheduled a movie from Cameron's production company that may be the follow-up to his 2009 sci-fi blockbuster.
As Deadline reports, the studio has set a date of December 21, 2018 for a film from the director's Lightstorm Entertainment. Avatar 2 has been rumoured for Christmas 2018 release for some time, and Cameron himself has spoken about his hopes to have it ready by then.
In September, the director was asked about the movie arriving in December 2018. "We haven't moved that target yet," he told Variety. "The important thing for me is not when the first one comes out but the cadence of the release pattern. I want them to be released as close together as possible.
"If it's an annual appointment to show up at Christmas, I want to make sure that we're able to fulfill on that promise."
Earlier this month, Cameron revealed that he hoped to make Avatar 2 and the preceding three films in glasses-free 3D. "I'm going to push," he said. "Not only for better tools, workflow, high dynamic range and high frame rates--the things we are working toward. I'm still very bullish on 3D, but we need brighter projection, and ultimately I think it can happen--with no glasses. We'll get there."
The first Avatar earned $2.7 billion worldwide, making it the most successful movie ever made in terms of box office earnings.
The ever-expanding world of movie franchises and universes means that, inceasingly, release dates are set by studios before the the films themselves are announced. This is the case with Fox, which has confirmed the dates for two unnamed movies in its roster of Marvel superhero films.
The studio has revealed that the Marvel movies will arrive on March 2, 2018 and June 29, 2018. This is addition to the previously announced dates of November 2, 2018 and February 14, 2019. The earlier date of October 6, 2017 no longer appears on Fox's schedule.
What these films will be is currently unknown, but there are various contenders. Deadpool 2 is sure to take one of the 2018 slots. This week the film's director was confirmed as John Wick's David Leitch, who replaces outgoing helmer Tim Miller.
Beyond that, it was recently reported that the teen X-Men spinoff New Mutants might start shooting early next year, with The Fault in our Stars director Josh Boone behind the camera.
The Channing Tatum vehicle Gambit has been much delayed, but it is still expected to start production next year. However, the movie is currently without a director, having lost both Rupert Wyatt and Doug Liman within the space of a year, and production put back several times.
We've already compiled a list of the best gaming Black Friday deals across all major UK retailers, and will continue to update that as we approach everybody's second-favourite sale period (Boxing Day sales are better do not even @ me). For now though, check out the best UK PSN Black Friday deals below, or the full list here. Please note: these aren't necessarily the cheapest prices available for the games listed--as always, shop around to get the best deal.
The first poster for Alien: Covenant is here. The latest movie in the long-running sci-fi horror franchise is set to hit theaters in May, which is three months earlier than previously announced, and the poster promises something seriously scary. Check it out below:
Alien: Covenant is directed by Ridley Scott, who helmed 2012's Alien prequel Prometheus, as well as the classic 1979 original. It stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Demian Bichir, and Danny McBride.
Earlier this month, Fassbender revealed that he plays two roles--David, his robotic character from Prometheus, and a new version of the android. "I am allowed to say I am playing two robots: Walter and David," he said, via AvP Galaxy. "I think what's great about it is that Ridley has gone back to the original DNA of Alien, the horror element of that.
"But it also has the scope and the scale of Prometheus. Ridley has cut it already. He is a machine. He is an incredible human being, and he was in such good form. He is such an imaginative and mischievous figure."
It's a race to see who can complete Titanfall 2's high speed gauntlet the fastest. READY FOR TITAN FALL!
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