‘The Division 2’ is Ubisoft’s ‘we don’t do politics’ stance in action

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When all is said and done, The Division 2‘s story can be summed up in simple terms: This is Bad Dudes, but with a script.

I’m talking about the old arcade game that famously opened with the lines: “President Ronnie has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?” From there, you get to punch and kick your way through seven stages of ninja baddies before chomping on some burgers with the president.

When you look at the bigger picture of The Division 2, the premise is nearly as ridiculous and far-fetched. Washington, D.C. is lawless and locked down after a deadly viral outbreak, and it’s up to you — an agent a secret federal task force charged with, well, fixing America — to restore order and rebuild that symbol of U.S. freedom, the White House.  Read more…

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Ubisoft and Mozilla team up to develop Clever-Commit, an AI coding assistant

Game developer Ubisoft today announced that it has partnered with Mozilla to develop Clever-Commit, an AI-based coding assistant that learns from your code base’s bug and regression data to analyze and flag potential new bugs as new code is committed. Ubisoft already uses this tool internally and Mozilla says that it will deploy it to spot […]

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Remembering Assassin’s Creed II, Ubisoft’s stealthy classic — Games to Play Before You Die

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In this episode of Games to Play Before You Die, panel members Jordan Minor, Alexis Nedd, and Bob Al-Greene analyze the powerful impact of Assassin’s Creed II on the gaming world. From taking players to beautifully rendered historical locations to adding revolutionary combat and puzzle features, Assassin’s Creed II solidified itself as a can’t-miss and a game you must play before you die.

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Assassin’s Creed II vs. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey — Games to Play Before You Die

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In this clip from Games to Play Before You Die, panel members Jordan Minor, Alexis Nedd, and Bob Al-Greene compare how Assassin’s Creed II stacks up against later games in the franchise like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. 

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Assassin’s Creed II truly transformed gaming — Games to Play Before You Die

In this clip from Games to Play Before You Die, panel members Jordan Minor, Alexis Nedd, and Bob Al-Greene discuss how Assassin’s Creed II revolutionized the gaming world with features like one-button combat and puzzle-dungeons.
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‘Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey’ reviews are here to talk about good times in ancient Greece

Assassin’s Creed took a year-long break in 2016, then came out swinging last year with a quite literally game-changing new vision for the series in Assassin’s Creed: Origins.
It’s a year later now and there’s no break this timeAssassin’s Creed: Odyss…

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Google gets into game streaming with Project Stream and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey in Chrome

Earlier this year, we heard rumors that Google was working on a game streaming service. Now, it looks like those rumors were true. The company today unveiled ‘Project Stream” and while Google calls this a “technical test” to see how well game streaming to Chrome works, it’s clear that this is the foundational technology for […]

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Behold Ubisoft’s gloriously ridiculous Assassin’s Creed Amazon Echo

The Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Echo Plus is a limited edition, which will no doubt make fans want the thing that much more. It’s a standard Amazon device that Ubisoft dressed up in a Spartan helmet, to be given away in small quantities through the company’s site. The ridiculous thing is the game maker’s way of […]

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Robinhood gives investors international targets to aim for with launch of ADR products

Robinhood, the app-based investment platform for all your speculative investing needs, has launched a tool for investors to throw money at publicly traded international companies through the rollout of American depositary receipts. ADRs are the investment mechanism that U.S. investors use to invest in foreign companies whose shares aren’t traded on U.S. stock exchanges like […]

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Apple orders a show about a video game studio from the ‘It’s Always Sunny’ gang

Apple’s been on a tear lately. Say what you will about some of the company’s programming decisions (see: Carpool Karaoke), at least it’s building a portfolio that’s got a little something for everyone. Earlier this week, word got out that it ordered a series based on Min Jin Lee’s novel, Pachinko. And according to a […]

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Ubisoft now auto-bans Rainbow Six Siege players who use toxic language

Ubisoft has implemented a new system in Rainbow Six Siege that bans players for using toxic language in the text chat, according to PC Gamer. Yesterday, a number of players started whining about being temporarily banned from the game after using a racist or homophobic slur in the text chat. The first offense results in […]

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