I wasn’t really sure what I expected when I walked into the Breakpoint demo, but I know that I was intrigued. Ghost Recon has always existed in two worlds, providing elements of a tactical shooter for those who want their experiencedriven by tight communication and efficient planning and a more arcadey shooter for players who want to kill bad guys …

Cologne, the Big Apple of Europe. Home to amazing architecture, a scenic river that spins me right Rhine baby right Rhine and for one night only, a massive opening ceremony to celebrate the best that video games have to offer. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, tonight’s grand Gamescom 2019 kickoff show is promising to be one for the ages.

Could Splinter Cell even work in a sandbox environment that’s dressed up to the gills in microtransaction prods? Maybe or maybe not, but Ubisoft does have some sort of plan for the franchise. Chances are, you probably won’t like it.

Rome was built in a day, complete with variety theatres. And a union office. And lots and lots of snooty artisans.

According to Ubisoft, storytelling won’t be taking a backseat in favour of a gameplay gimmick, as Watch Dogs Legion will have plenty of narrative meat on its bones.

It’s kind of a battle royale? But also not a battle royale? Whatever you want to call it, I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t look super cool. Ubisoft has earned a reputation for being incredibly supportive of the games following a rather disappointing initial release. While Ghost Recon: Wildlands was received with a, “Yeah, it’s alright” response from …

While Watch Dogs Legion is political in nature, don’t expect Ubisoft to take that baton and toss it towards a predetermined side though. Whatever message you do take from the game, will be based purely on your own thoughts and ideas as Ubisoft sticks to the Swiss border of neutrality.

Last month, Ubisoft released the Story Creator mode for its already sprawling RPG Epic, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The mode allows creators to make and share their own stories. And they have! People have created quests with their own dialogue and own rewards. Those rewards include XP – so of course people have been using the mode to effectively cheat the system, making simple quests that dole out XP like a health clinic dishes out condoms.