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Uplay And Other Ubisoft Logins Unavailable During Ubisoft Forward

During their Ubisoft Forward presentation, the company asked people to login to their accounts to claim the rewards for watching the show. Sadly the system did not allow logins or password changes before or during the show.

Skewed and Reviewed have posted an image of the error message in a new post.

Skuletor1373d ago

Well, that was a short article. Great journalism /s

Garethvk1373d ago

Let me help you out. You do see the tag "Image" correct? It is not "Article" it is an image. One is written, and the other is visual. Since this is visual there is no need for text as the image and descriptive text explains the image. Do we really need 500 words saying what the picture is about? Remember a picture is worth a thousand words.

Skuletor1373d ago

No, but the 'article' could have said something along the likes of, "we reached out to Ubisoft and will update the story when we here back from them" or something like that.

Garethvk1373d ago

If you knew how the industry worked you would know that nobody is going to respond on a Sunday morning especially with their presentation going on. But since you asked I did write to a couple of reps one via e-mail and one on Linked In. So since they did not reply and since it was topical I did not see the need to wait around and include that.

Father__Merrin1373d ago

they have said everyone will get the rewards now

Garethvk1373d ago

Good. How will they handle knowing who was watching and who was not? Is it everyone wit a valid Uplay account will be assumed to have watched?

Father__Merrin1373d ago

i read on ubisoft support tweet that they will make rewards availiable asap. i think the log in issues was a stunt to drum up social media and hype imo

Garethvk1373d ago

You may have a point. Is it for anyone with a valid account?

Profchaos1373d ago

Yeah I was ultra pissed at this I woke up at 4am for a free game couldn't log in struggled to get back to sleep

Garethvk1373d ago

Exactly. You made the effort and should not have to miss out. Let us know if it worked out for you.

AzubuFrost1373d ago

I'd like to see how long this small gaming website lasts until it closes down like the hundreds that came and went way before it.

BrainSyphoned1373d ago

So a service doesn’t work when tons of people try and break the door in? Crazy, unheard of and unprecedented.

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"Invincible" AAA Game Crowdfunding Campaign Launched by Skybound

Skybound Entertainment has launched the crowdfunding campaign for its AAA Invincible game with a minimum investment set at $100.

phoenixwing12h ago

These ppl are terrible. expecting gamers to pick up the dev costs with high as he'll initial investment. When they probably already have the funds considering they already hired a team of 30 and have the creator backing them.

Inverno9h ago

They seem to be crowdfunding the idea of a studio rather than an actual game. It's already at near half a million and there isn't even concept/any kind of proof of concept. People throwing so much money at something that'll most likely be too big for crowd funding alone and will have em partner up with a publisher.

PhillyDonJawn4h ago

I was just saying, they need to make this a game

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Former Blizzard President Suggests Players Should Have Option to Tip Developers

Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra recently suggested an interesting concept that has sparked a debate among gamers - the idea of being able to tip developers after completing a game.

LG_Fox_Brazil1d 13h ago

If I had a 100% way to be sure that this money would go to a fund or a reserve dedicated only to the guys who develop the games, be them designers, artists, programmers and so on, I could think about it.

But we all know that this 'tip' would only end up in a publisher's CEO pocket to buy a new yacht, so, no, I ain't tipping anyone anytime soon on this industry

neutralgamer199217h ago

Exactly these companies were raising money for good causes and gamers were donation and come to find out they are keeping a good chunk of be pie

PapaBop8h ago

Yeah tip your developer, 5% proceeds go to developer, 95% to the publisher or whoever. Isn't tipping for staff not making minimum wage? How about they just pay their developers properly and like you know, give them fair bonuses? Too much to ask from Blizzard these days, Kotick saw to that and is now laughing all the way to the bank.

MrDead17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

It's the t**ts at the top looking at ways to cut devs wages and get the players to tip them like waiting staff, and I'll guarantee a percentage is skimmed and kept by Activision Blizzard. This is 100% for shareholder and CEO playouts.

Popsicle17h ago(Edited 17h ago)

I have to agree with this. On the surface tipping devs sounds like a great idea, but in the end it leads to pay cuts and subsidization of pay. Tips then become an expectation or the devs “can’t make a living.” Lastly, especially in the US, tip culture has gotten out of control, and it serves as an excuse not to properly pay employees. Sounds good but doesn’t end well.

1Victor14h ago

Uh so they’re trying triple dip or more we buy the game that they’re already withholding/cutting content for dlc we was told that season pass would help the developers thrive we felt for it.
Now on top of all that plus their sales bonus they want tips enough is enough whatever happens to you create/built a good game get a bonus for sales milestones you care about your game and community we reward you with more sales not for doing 3/4 of a game then save the other 1/4 for dlc and passes after

raWfodog12h ago

The 'tip' is me buying your game in the first place.

S2Killinit9h ago

Very well said. If it was possible to send the money to either the developer or some organization for the betterment of gaming, sure. But we all know that will not be the case.

Rynxie7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

No, it would go to those on the top. They will still fire developers, have a bunch of microtransactions, raise prices of games and so on.

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H91d 13h ago

So they eventually don't pay their workers and depend on our tips to pay them like the case with waiters!

Deeeeznuuuts17h ago

That kind of practice is only normal in the states, as far as I know anyway, what a backwards system

H916h ago

No it's as well in a every country that wants to amercanize

bloop14h ago

Ireland is literally the first stop across the pond and we don't have a tipping culture. The only establishments here that would expect a tip are the tourist haunts that Americans visit. Other than that, you might tip in a restaurant as a sign of gratitude for great service and waiting staff would be paid a full wage anyway.

Rebel_Scum8h ago

Tipping is not customary iin most countries dude. Get a passport lol.

Jin_Sakai1d 12h ago

Is this a joke? How about the big wigs giving up some of their pay for their hard working developers.

MrBaskerville18h ago

Maybe the CEO could earn his money based on tips.

mastershredder1d 12h ago

good god. The devs are not baristas dude. Total 1% ideals. Fing Chadosaurus.

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Acquire Joins KADOKAWA Group: Could This Mean A Revival for Tenchu & Way of the Samurai ?

Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?

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Snookies124d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.

Relientk773d ago

Don't play with my feelings like that.

Also, new Tenchu please!

TheColbertinator3d ago

Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.

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