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E3 2015: Ubisoft Predictions, Rumors & Expectations

What an odd, turnaround year for Ubisoft. It was only E3 2014 where there was a sizable hubbub about the lack of a playable female assassin in the 4-player co-op title, Assassin’s Creed: Unity. It seems it only took the publishing giant one full year to learn how to program female animations for an assassin character, as one will be playable in their upcoming entry of the series. What else is in store for Ubisoft? What exactly will be at their show this year? Will Mr. Caffeine make a reappearance? More importantly, will Ubisoft prominently showcase a new game that isn’t a sequel or a new entry in a pre-established franchise?

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Ubisoft's Recent Antics Have Me Fearful For The Sands of Time Remake

Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."

thorstein8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*

Chocoburger7d ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.

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Disney adds Blizzard and Ubisoft veterans to its games leadership team

Top executives including games boss Sean Shoptaw have also been promoted…

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Behind XDefiant's Toxic Work Culture, Crunch, and Years of Delays

Behind XDefiant's toxic work culture, crunch, delays, and a group of directors and managers internally referred to as 'The Boys Club'.

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just_looken28d ago

Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
https://www.theverge.com/20...

This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.

jznrpg28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Every industry has these issues

Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.