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Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders "Tracking Solidly" as Ubisoft Financial Results Drop Sharply

Ubisoft announced its financial results for Q3 of the fiscal year 2024-2025, including the period between October and December.

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anast81d ago

There are a ton of people that don't care about controversy.

JEECE81d ago

Well, most of them probably don't know about it. But sometimes the grievances the "hardcore" have against a game can reverberate among casuals, even if they don't know why. Look at how badly Star Wars: Outlaws failed, despite the IP. I highly doubt that many of the casuals who skipped over it (who almost certainly would have bought a game like that in 2016 or so) had exactly the same reasons for doing so that people on here did, but clearly a lot of them were affected by the negative sentiments toward that game. Whether that will affect a more established franchise like AC may be a different question (yes Star Wars is a much bigger IP overall but Outlaws is not an established game franchise like AC).

anast81d ago

Good point. I agree. We see this with the "woke" tag among casuals and cores. Star wars fans might have a different culture than AC fans.

PoSTedUP81d ago

I agree if it came out in 2016 it would have sold more and did better, but that's when a lot of gamers, hardcore and casuals alike, weren't paying a lot of attention to politics and agendas. A lot more people, casuals in particular, have become more aware since then. There is a huge push back against a certain agenda nowadays and it show. As well as what you said about hardcore reverberating into casual market. This is a big reason why [insert many recent games here] didn't sell as well as their counterpart or predecessor; and why their user views are in the lower numbers. Imo

The_Hooligan81d ago

I am so far behind on my AC games. Last one I played was Origins. I do want to play Mirage because I heard it is shorter then previous games. But which game do you guys suggest I play if I had to pick between Odyssey and Valhalla?

LucasRuinedChildhood81d ago (Edited 81d ago )

The last AC game I played was AC4. lol. Odyssey definitely seems to be more liked and seen as more fun than Valhalla though. It got a 60fps update as well if you're playing on a PS5/Series X.

I have a friend who mostly plays RPGs and doesn't bother with AC in general but who really liked Odyssey and has encouraged me to play it.

The_Hooligan81d ago

I was just reading some articles about Odyssey and Valhalla and it was a general consensus that Odyssey was a better game and Kassandra was sort of like a cannon character. So, I will be playing Odyssey and skipping over Valhalla and then start Mirage. Appreciate your response.

anast81d ago

I prefer Valhalla, but Odyssey was cool too. They are almost the same, it comes down to would you rather be a Northman or a Spartan. Also, Mirage was also supposed to be a Valhalla DLC.

Ninver81d ago

Last one I played was AC2. The rest are quite mediocre imo.

anast81d ago

That was a good game for it's time. I'm not saying then others are better, but AC2 has aged.

PoSTedUP81d ago

I like rogue/black flag, but syndicate was good. That's the last one I played more than 30mins of.

-Foxtrot81d ago

Not like I’m bothered about the whole controversy that’s been going on but in regards to their comment, didn’t they say something similar about Outlaws?

anast81d ago

If it is. It's a wait for a deep sale just to see how it fits in the AC world.

Abear2181d ago

The game was delayed so chances are it’s going to slap, unlike most of the AAA titles launching in Beta these days. I’ll still wait tho, lol

Fonsecap81d ago

I don't doubt it, but there'll be a good bunch of refunds also after launch

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Square Enix on Bringing Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade to Nintendo Switch 2

Square Enix talks about developing Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for Nintendo Switch 2 in a behind-the-scenes interview.

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raWfodog1h ago

Why do we think this is coming out on Switch 2 before Xbox? Any thoughts? The S2 is not more powerful than the Series S so it’s not a ‘lack of power’ issue. Perhaps the sales forecast is higher on S2 than Xbox so that’s maybe where their priority lies?

jznrpg55m ago(Edited 53m ago)

It’s definitely a sales issue. If Xbox didn’t have players used to GamePass I bet it would be there already.

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Reanimal – interview with Oliver Merlov (CEO, Tarsier Studios)

An interview with Oliver Merlov (CEO, Tarsier Studios) where I get to ask him about Reanimal, and whether he envisages the game to become its own long-standing franchise. I also get to ask him as to what effect being acquired by Embracer Group has had on the studio, and whether he thinks the studio would be open to working on its own version of an existing fairy tale. All this and so much more in what is (ultimately) quite an extensive interview… Enjoy!

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Bandai Namco Entertainment Reveals An Impressive PAX East Lineup

Bandai Namco has some impressive titles for those attending PAX East and fans should be thrilled to see the games.

arissaseah5113h ago

Wow, it has a lot bread new lunches to offer, excited for it.

Garethvk10h ago

2K Games is there and supposedly Square Enix as well. It is nice to ser bigger publishers return to U.S. shows and hopefully it continues as I have not been to PAX West since 2019 as it's all indies and not worth the travel for me. Staff handles it but if this continues I can see me being back in Seattle for the big show.