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Over the past few months, Ubisoft and Tencent have been forming a new subsidiary, splitting off key franchises like Assassin's Creed and handing them off to the newly formed Vantage Studios. With the launch of Vantage Studios happening recently, Ubisoft made it clear that one long-time franchise leader, Marc-Alexis Côté, …

After more than two decades at Ubisoft, the franchise head for Assassin’s Creed – Marc-Alexis Côté – has officially left the company.

Following its surprise announcement a couple months ago, Ubisoft is set to officially unveil its Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory DLC later today.

Ever since its first entry back in 2007, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has vastly expanded its scope with each new title – for better and for worse. With the latest piece of DLC for Assassin’s Creed Shadows available now, the team at Ubisoft have admitted that some of their previous games, in particular AC: Valhalla, became “messy” and was “a monster” of a game.

For the past few years now, we’ve been hearing a bunch of leaks and rumours claiming that Ubisoft is planning to remake the highly-praised 2013 entry in the long-running Assassin’s Creed franchise – AC IV: Black Flag. Though yet to be officially announced, a ton of supposed details for the upcoming project have leaked; including the fact that the remake is getting rid of all the modern day scenes.

Assassin's Creed Mirage released back in 2023, offering long-time fans of the series a return to the stealth-action gameplay mechanics of the original trilogy. We weren't expecting to hear much about this game again, but as it turns out, Ubisoft has been cooking up a major DLC update.  Assassin's Creed …

The top 20 best-selling games throughout Europe have now been revealed. Despite much negativity surrounding Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Shadows still managed to beat out every other major release so far this year. The Game Business has published its list of the top 20 best-selling games of the year, focused exclusively …

Over the past couple of years, there have been consistent rumours surrounding an unannounced remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. It looked like Ubisoft was primed for a reveal this summer when a lead voice actor hinted at the project being real, but don't expect any further comment, as …

According to data miners Ubisoft is planning to announce something Assassin’s Creed related soon – possibly being the long awaited Black Flag Remake.

Ubisoft has detailed its Summer updates for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, including QoL improvements, additional skills and a release date for its first DLC.

4 months after announcing that the game had surpassed 3 million players, Assassin’s Creed Shadows has now officially hit 5 million total.

It’s always interesting to see the different ways that video game publishers talk about the industry to different audiences. In the case of Ubisoft, the company has shared some rather out-of-touch thoughts on monetisation, telling investors that microtransactions make “the player experience more fun.”

5 years on from its initial announcement, the live-action Assassin’s Creed adaptation from Netflix is finally going ahead.

The long awaited announcement of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake is nearing. Following on from recent comments from a main cast voice actor, fans have begun spotting mysterious changes to the Black Flag Steam page, indicating that a major update is in the works. 

For months, we've been hearing rumours about a remake for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, as part of Ubisoft's effort to put an end to dwindling game sales. Now, one of the game's main voice actors appears to have confirmed that the remake is on the way.  Assassin's Creed 4: …

Despite launching weeks later, Forza Horizon 5 has already outsold Assassin’s Creed Shadows on PS5 – currently sitting at 2.2 million copies sold.

Known for their middle-of-the-road output, Ubisoft has shown a commitment to making sweeping changes to its games post-launch. Unfortunately, the publisher appears to have neither the vision – nor the identity – in order to elevate its titles beyond just being “another Ubisoft game.”

Following their dev-log late last month, details surrounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ post-launch plans have leaked, including a co-op mode coming next year.

Ubisoft's latest earnings call has revealed changes in its release roadmap, with the publisher revealing several major projects have been postponed. These delays are intended to give the titles more development time to improve quality, following lessons learned from Assassin's Creed Shadows' delay.  CEO Yves Guillemot (via Eurogamer) stated these …

Ubisoft reportedly has 9 different Assassin’s Creed games planned to release over the next 6 years, details for which have now leaked.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows was one of the most important games for Ubisoft in quite some time, as its success could determine the future of the publisher in a ton of ways. Fortunately, Shadows has so far been a pretty big success. Wanting to keep the momentum going, Ubisoft has now revealed the full Year 1 roadmap for AC: Shadows.

Though yet to be officially announced, the PEGI game rating board has listed Assassin’s Creed Shadows as coming to Nintendo Switch 2.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows seems to be performing exactly as Ubisoft needed it to, with the game sitting as the 2nd-best-selling title of 2025 so far (in the US).

Assassin's Creed Shadows ended up being one of Ubisoft's most technically-sound launches in quite some time. Still, there is always room for improvement and we're starting to see those improvements in action today with the rollout of the game's first major update.  The first major patch for Assassin's Creed Shadows …

Ubisoft's share prices have been tumbling for a few years now and the company appeared to be on the brink of being forced to sell. However, Yves Guillemot has quickly cooked up a new plan, forming a new subsidiary company with Tencent to house Ubisoft's biggest IP. In partnership with …

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a massively important game for Ubisoft, with the publisher suffering from a long string of commercial disappointments and the fear of being absorbed into competing companies. Fortunately, for now Shadows seems to be doing what was needed – with the game having already surpassed 3 million players.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows seems to be doing all it can to help save Ubisoft from the hole it dug itself into, achieving the 2nd biggest launch in series history.

Despite being an already solid upgrade, the PS5 Pro version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will get further enhancements in a future update.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows launching day-one on Steam seems to be paying off, with the title having now broken a record for the franchise.

After a ton of waiting and many delays, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is finally here. While Ubisoft’s latest AC title may not be able to singlehandedly dig the publisher out of the hole it’s found itself in, initial response to the game appears solid, with the title having surpassed 1 million players in just a couple hours.