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Assassin's Creed Odyssey available on PC and Xbox Game Pass today

Ubisoft's brilliant Assassin's Creed Odyssey will become available via Xbox and PC Game Pass today, Microsoft has annou…

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RavenWolfx1002d ago

At the time of this comment, I am not seeing Odyssey on Xbox or PC yet.

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Assassin’s Creed Is Coming To Reverse: 1999

In an unusual pairing, Assassin’s Creed Is Coming To Reverse: 1999.

Seth_hun40d ago

What the hell is Reverse 1999? :)

goken40d ago

Apparently it’s some Gacha thingy…

Kekewei40d ago

Why is it listed as today's hottest, nobody cares about it here...

Servbot4140d ago

Ubisoft buying their way to the top. They always have the shittiest advertisement ideas, like flooding videos and comment sections with obvious bots.

Garethvk40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

I think it is more of a global appeal versus a U.S. market.

Garethvk40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

Obviously they do or there would not be the hits on it. Even Google picked it up for their news feed.

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The Open-World Genre In Gaming Has A Quantity Over Quality Problem

More developers need to focus on what makes open-world games like Elden Ring and RDR2 pop, instead of focusing on needless map expansions.

KyRo287d ago

Open world games need a overhaul in general.

Go here - kill this target
Go here - fetch this
Clear this camp
Add dozens of filler side quests
Tack on a RPG skill tree
Finish up with a couple of hundred collectables

98 percent of open world games follow this game design and it's boring now after nearly a decade of following this same design.

anast287d ago

Maybe they know what it takes to make an engaging open-world, but they won't. For most publishers, managers probably get bonuses for finding ways to cut corners.

IAMRealHooman287d ago

yes. Every ubisoft like is overly large map. just to say it's huge with nothing in it.
Love'em or hate'em a yakuza game is a significantly smaller map, with a lot of side activities and absurd quest lines.trying the different restaurants in game can be enjoyable as they offer different buffs, do that or make traversal so good you wouldn't dare fast travel ie Spiderman

YourMommySpoils287d ago (Edited 287d ago )

Stellar Blade says hello.

The only quality game to come out this year.

exputers287d ago

While true, that one's not a full open-world. Pretty much like God of War Ragnarok.

YourMommySpoils287d ago

Not sure how everyone judges this. If that's the case, that would mean even The Witcher 3 isn't open world and just semi maps slowly unlocked.

jznrpg41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Was with you until the only quality game part. Plenty of great games this year. It also came out last year

jznrpg41d ago

Some are great some are not. That’s the same for any genre. There are tons of Metroidvania’s, some are great some are not, souls games etc etc

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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed

A fullscreen pop-up ad appeared in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for some players this week.

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Einhander1972567d ago

Technically, we wanted more money.

bradfh567d ago

Call of Duty already does this; Ubisoft and other game companies will follow suit and explore similar approaches.

Kaii567d ago

Congratulations, A technical error In displaying ads while playing.
EU consumer law needs to chew these assholes a new one.

TheColbertinator567d ago

At this point the entire EU commission must be bribed

Christopher567d ago

The big note here is the built in ad-displays during gameplay and not that they happened. Start screen, cool. Gameplay? That shouldn't ever happen.

Yi-Long566d ago (Edited 566d ago )

"Start screen, cool."

Uhm, no. Start screen very much NOT cool either. There really need to be new laws implemented banning these companies from shoving ads down out throats at every opportunity they see fit.

Crows90566d ago

For free to play which is a market of games needing monetization through different venues. In those games this stuff is fine by me. But when you pay ..20, 40 ,60, or $70 that's when it is not okay to any degree.

jznrpg566d ago

Start screen not cool either

walken7567d ago

They're testing the waters, vote with your wallets.

porkChop567d ago

That's not a technical error. An ad can't be displayed mid-game without you creating the code/tech to make that possible first.

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