With a newer and shinier generation of consoles on the way, those prices may soon be increasing to match costs. 2K Games has already got the ball rolling with the next NBA 2K title charging a $70 premium for PS5 and Xbox Series X versions, a new benchmark that other publishers are likely to follow in the next-gen days to come. Ubisoft on the other hand, won’t be increasing their prices. For now at least.

Ubisoft’s been on a bit of an upper management cull lately, what with the higher echelons of the company being dragged into the spotlight for allegedly gross behaviour behind the scenes. Hunters have been tranquilising the staff with pink slips and voluntary resignations before they could do even more damage to the brand, rounding them up and releasing them back into the wild amidst numerous claims of workplace harassment.

Considering that the original giveaway was a small disaster that no doubt involved multiple servers being set on fire, Ubisoft has extended the promotion by two full days.

Ubisoft’s looking to change the formula up for Far Cry 6 now that Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito is ready to chuck a grenade into a rowdy group of protesters. According to narrative director Navid Khavari, the trinity between your character, Esposito’s character Anton and his son Diego, will for a delicious core part of the narrative that’ll see the dictator getting plenty of time in the spotlight.

Whereas previous Assassin’s Creed games encouraged you to be a scalpel that could strike with surgical precision and vanish before anyone was aware of your devious presence, Eivor is pure blunt force trauma and a siege weapon in a knife fight.

Sunday’s Ubisoft Forward event was built on a few old faithfuls from the French publisher’s brand: Watch Dogs Legion continues to look ripper, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has cat raiders so I’m now totally invested in that and Far Cry 6 was officially revealed. With Hyper Scape and Brawlhalla fleshing out the event, it was a solid show but one that …

In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft’s looking to change the flow of side quests up. And by change, we mean not have them in the game at all. Or at least give the idea a new coat of paint.

Believe me, I’m as shocked as you are to be talking about a game that is now two years old. Buried beneath news stories of bashing the fash in London and watching Genie Carl Capuccino from Broken Sad teach his son how to hold a grenade, some tasty new content for The Crew 2 was announced.