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Ubisoft brought lots of upcoming games (including a few unannounced ones) to its Ubisoft Forward presentation on September 10. Several of these games are arriving very soon, such as Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, and whether you’re playing on PC, mobile, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, or even streaming platforms, there was something for you during the show.
Big upcoming games like Skull and Bones got some of the spotlight during the show, but the real star was Assassin’s Creed. We got news on several different Assassin’s Creed games, including the standalone title Assassin’s Creed Mirage as well as Assassin’s Creed Infinity. It will serve as the future home for Assassin’s Creed releases, with the two confirmed being set in feudal Japan and the Holy Roman Empire. Yes, we’re finally going to Japan.
We can’t forget about the Clancy-verse, either. The Division got a particularly big showing, including new content for The Division 2, a look at The Division Resurgence on mobile, and the free-to-play The Division Heartland. You’ll be able to play The Division wherever you are, and the same is true for Rainbow Six, as we got a fresh look at Rainbow Six Mobile.
These were the biggest games and announcements from Ubisoft Forward.
The next Assassin’s Creed game is taking the series back to its gameplay roots. Assassin’s Creed Mirage stars Basim of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla fame, taking place a few decades earlier and setting the stage for much of what would come later in the Assassin’s Creed storyline. The game will focus more on social stealth and more-traditional Assassin’s Creed gameplay than the RPG-focused games we’ve seen in the last several years, and it won’t be nearly as large as Valhalla or the next entry on our list.
We’ve heard rumors for months and months, but Ubisoft officially detailed Assassin’s Creed Infinity during Ubisoft Forward. You shouldn’t think of it as a game in its own right, but rather as the platform moving forward for future Assassin’s Creed content. Rather than release each new game as a separate, well, “game,” they’ll be offered within Infinity. Two of the upcoming games are codenamed “Red” and “Hexe,” which are focused on feudal Japan (at long last) and the Holy Roman Empire’s witch trials, respectively. The former is in development at Ubisoft Quebec, with the latter being developed at Ubisoft Montreal by the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla team. Clint Hocking, who previously directed games like Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Far Cry 2, and Watch Dogs Legion, will direct Hexe.
Two different Assassin’s Creed mobile games are on the way, though one appears to be coming much earlier than the other. Project Jade, set in China, will be releasing for mobile devices and features a fully customizable protagonist, while the other still-untitled game will release via Netflix. That will be the only way to play the game, and if you didn’t know, mobile gaming is included for free with a Netflix subscription.
Following the game’s launch on PC, the newest Trackmania game is finally making the jump to both Xbox Series X|S and PS5 as well as several other systems. If you got started on PC–or want to move between platforms at some point–the game features cross-progression and cross-play. Alongside the new-gen systems, it’s also coming to PS4, Xbox One, Stadia, and Luna in early 2023. Unlike earlier games in the series, it uses a free-to-play model and subscription system.
Skull and Bones is actually a real video game, and we learned more about how it will let you customize your ship and use smuggling networks during the presentation. You’ll be able to sell goods, including illicit products like rum and opium, in order to grow your wealth, and you can choose which contracts and treasure hunts you want to complete. You’ll also have lots of control over how you outfit your ship, including which weapons you want, how much cargo capacity it has, and what kind of armor it has. You can choose to go for brute force or can go for a lighter and more agile ship, and you can choose whether you want to focus on destroying enemy ships or just disabling them so they can be boarded.
Next month’s Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope is the long-awaited sequel to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and what we get at launch will not be all the game has to offer. Ubisoft has confirmed the game will be getting DLC, and it showed off a roadmap for post-launch content during Ubisoft Forward. There will be three different DLC packs released via the season pass, and the third will add Rayman as a playable character. We also saw a look at gameplay in the Terra Flora region, with Mario and pals traversing to the top of a volcano and even taking a train–but things don’t go as planned, with an angry Wiggler battling the gang in a action-packed speeding battle.
Ubisoft is supporting Tom Clancy’s The Division in several different ways, including The Division 2’s Season 10 in just a few days. The new season launches September 13 and focuses on the True Sons faction’s leader, General Anderson. Season 11 was confirmed to be on the way, too. Alongside The Division 2, Ubisoft Forward also featured The Division Heartland, a free-to-play spin-off game that will feature a 45-player mode called Storm Operations. It’s launching in 2023, with PC testing signups available now. You can also sign up for The Division Resurgence’s alpha test on mobile right now. The game is set both before the events of the first Division game as well as in between that game and The Division 2, with similar looting-shooting gameplay as its big siblings.
Ubisoft detailed how you can sign up to try out the Rainbow Six Mobile closed beta test during its Ubisoft Forward presentation. If you’re on Android, you can pre-register right now on Google Play, with iOS users able to do so in the near future. The test kicks off very soon, starting September 12, and as we’ve seen in brief gameplay glimpses thus far, it looks to deliver an experience very similar to Rainbow Six Siege. That means some of the same characters and locations, as well as the game’s signature destruction physics.
The popular party fighter Brawlhalla is getting a spooky new character just in time for Halloween. Actually, it’s getting a few of them, as both Alucard and Simon Belmont from Castlevania are joining the free-to-play game on October 19. Brawlhalla is no stranger to crossovers, with characters from a variety of franchises–including several non-Ubisoft ones like Tomb Raider and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles–have already been featured in the game. It’s available on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, PC, and both iOS and Android.
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Disney just wrapped up its Disney and Marvel Games Showcase at D23, and the event was packed with news and announcements about games from the entertainment company’s many franchises. The show was a lightning-fast deluge of trailers for a wide variety of games, including titles that are out right now, like Disney Dreamlight Valley, and ones that are a bit farther off.
Here’s a rundown of some of the biggest news from the show. And if you want to watch the 23-minute showcase in full, you can catch it on Marvel’s YouTube channel.
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Evo 2022 just wrapped up this morning, and as a UK resident who stayed up to watch the whole thing until roughly 30 minutes before work started, it was exhausting. I’m not talking about the run time, I’m talking about the back-to-back banger announcements coming from multiple fighting game developers over the weekend. A large quantity of which, you’ll be happy to know, revolves around the implementation of rollback netcode.
For those not in the know, rollback netcode has kind of been the hot topic over the past few years (although arguably it’s been heating up for over a decade now), reaching its burning point during the worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns. While before a large chunk of games struggled to match you up with opponents online without lag, dropped frames, or teleporting, we’ve now seen a vast selection of games past present and future featuring this improved netcode moving forward.
While new characters may seem far more exciting for the average player, and this weekend didn’t hold back with announcements for rad new roster additions, it’s way more important in my book to see pre-existing games with entrenched communities get the support they need via online overhauls.
DEAD By Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive just held a showcase to reveal a number of its upcoming games
Here are the five biggest announcements from the latest show.
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When Behaviour first announced a dating game based on its serial killer success, Dead By Daylight, it felt like an April Fool’s joke.
However, Hooked On You is out right now so you can romance all your favourite murderers.
Sadly, no third-party butchers are on the cards, so we won’t be seeing an even sexier version of Silent Hill hunk Pyramid Head.
Trapper, Huntress, Spirit, and Wraith are all invited to join the dating game, and even partake in some saucy spin the bottle.
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While it is very much in the works, Behaviour is developing a puzzle game alongside Lunarch Studios.
The trailer showed a whimsical fantasy world filled with complex sliding block puzzles.
There will also be a multiplayer mode, though Behaviour revealed it won’t be a MMORPG.
A huge departure from Behaviour’s staple series, Flippin Misfits is a four-player competitive game.
It has cartoon-style graphics, and the gravity of the battle field shifts constantly.
It launches for PC this September
Meet Your Maker was the biggest reveal from the Behaviour Beyond showcase.
This is a first-person multiplayer game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
You can team up with people online in cross-platform play across Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, and PC
Signups for a closed playtest will be available for those who want to try their hand early.
Fans predicted it and now it has been officially revealed – Dead By Daylight is to receive a second Resident Evil DLC.
Play as either Ada Wong or Rebecca Chambers in the survivor role, while Albert Wesker becomes the latest killer.
While fans may be disappointed that Lady Dimitrescu won’t we there to murder you, the developers have a strong fondness for Wesker.
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Speaking to GLHF, director Mathieu Cote says: “We worked really hard with [Capcom] to figure out exactly what they thought would be the best characters to bring in, and Wesker is a classic.
“He was almost a shoo-in for us. If we can, we always try to go for legends rather than the new hotness.”
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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