July2018
News Second Story DLC For South Park: The Fractured But Whole Arrives On 31st July
Includes new campaign and a new class
In addition to the news about South Park: The Stick of Truth arriving on the Switch eShop some point before September, Ubisoft and South Park Digital Studios have announced the second story DLC pack for South Park: The Fractured But Whole will be released on the Nintendo Switch on 31st July. ‘Bring the...
News No Joke, South Park: The Stick Of Truth Is Heading To The Switch eShop This Year
Embark on an epic quest
Earlier this year in April, Ubisoft released South Park: The Fractured But Whole on the Switch. As satisfying as the bad-mannered turn-based RPG might have been, it didn’t hide the fact the original game was still unplayable on Nintendo’s latest device. Now, in its latest financial report, Ubisoft looks to be rectifying...
June2018
News Ubisoft's CEO Shares Views On Partnership With Nintendo And State Of The Video Game Industry
A veteran’s insight
When Geoff Keighley interviewed Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, at this year’s E3, the pair spoke about an array of topics ranging from the current state of the video game industry to the French publisher’s recent collaborations with Nintendo. In response to a question about the state of the industry, Guillemot noted the...
News Here's What You Get Inside Starlink's Star Fox Starter Pack For Nintendo Switch
Game requires 15GB download in order to play
Perhaps the most unexpected thing to come out of Ubisoft's E3 press conference was the news that Starlink is getting a special Star Fox ship as well as exclusive content for the Switch version of the game. The legendary Fox McCloud will be joining the fight to liberate Atlus from tyranny, and we've now...
News Ubisoft Collaborating With Virtuos For The Switch Version Of Starlink: Battle For Atlas
File size also revealed
It sounds like the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas is in safe hands, with the news Ubisoft Toronto and Virtuos “collaborated closely” for this particular release of the game. In case you were wondering, Virtuos is the developer behind the Switch iterations of Dark Souls: Remastered...
News The Two-Wheeled Terror Of Trials Rising Hits Switch In February 2019
The legendary series finally arrives
Ubisoft has announced the latest entry in the Trials series, Trials Rising, will be heading to Nintendo Switch in February 2019. The announcement was made at E3 2018 as part of Ubisoft's annual keynote. The game is being developed in co-operation between Ubisoft RedLynx and Ubisoft Kiev, and will see you...
Live Watch The Ubisoft E3 2018 Conference
Let the rabbids out of the hat
Following a tradition started by our former Editor, Thomas Whitehead, we'll be tuning in for the Ubisoft E3 Conference once again. Last year saw the shock reveal of Mario + Rabbids for Switch, Beyond Good and Evil 2 et al. Will we finally get a release date for Steep on Nintendo Switch? Join us and find out...
News Ubisoft CEO Believes The Next Generation Of Consoles Will Be The Last
Streaming to take over
The future of video games is always an interesting debate to have; the industry is one of the fastest evolving environments in the world today and it's almost impossible to predict where we might be ten or twenty years from now. Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot has one idea on the matter, though, and it's quite the...
News Ubisoft Shows Support For Switch As Legendary Fishing Surfaces On Korean Classification Board
Catch ‘em all
As we get closer to this year’s E3, new game announcements and leaks are starting to become more and more frequent. It was only yesterday Fortnite for the Switch appeared on the Korean Ratings Board after a rumoured leak in the form of an E3 document and now it seems like o
May2018
News Exploring Ubisoft's Unreleased Wii U Game, Know Your Friends
With Game History Secrets
Ubisoft were big supporters of Nintendo during the Wii era which continued during the launch window for Wii U, however after sales of the system quickly dropped away the relationship between the two companies also cooled. This was further demonstrated by an infamous situation where Ubisoft had a completed, ready for...
News Ubisoft Is Now Hosting A Sale On The North American Switch eShop
Want Mario + Rabbids?
Out of all the major gaming platforms available, Nintendo has always been a bit behind in terms of the sales that it runs. The company generally seems to believe in the maintained value of its games well after their launch date passes, and the few sales that it does run generally aren’t all too competitive with the kinds of...
April2018
Video Rabbid Peach Takes On Beyoncé’s Naughty Girl In Just Dance 2018
"Have fun, dance along, and maybe take a few selfies!!"
Rabbid Peach's selfie-snapping antics arguably stole the show in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and now she's back to strut her stuff in Just Dance 2018. Peach provides some "alternative moves" for the Beyoncé track Naughty Girl, complete with a selection of Rabbids backing dancers...
March2018
News Vivendi Sells Ubisoft Stock As French Publisher Forms Deal With New Investor Tencent
Ubi has China in its sights
In a shock move in the ongoing Ubisoft takeover saga, French multinational corporation Vivendi has sold its entire 27.27 percent stake, effectively ending its year-long attempt to take a controlling investment in the Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy publisher. The stock sale, which amounts to around 30.5 million...
News South Park: The Fractured But Whole Brings Its NSFW Antics To Switch On 24th April
Portable poo jokes
Well, the rumours were true. South Park: The Fractured But Whole really is coming to Nintendo Switch and it's bringing the full NSFW turn-based RPG experience on 24th April. Not only that, the over-the-top sequel will also come supported with both of the current DLC packs - Danger Pack: DLC 1 and From Dusk Til Casa Bonita:...
February2018
News Ubisoft Is the Leading Third-Party Publisher on Nintendo Switch
Wonder why that is?
Though support hasn’t always been top notch, Ubisoft has been pretty good about bringing its games to Nintendo audiences in the past, and that trend has been continuing with the Switch. The launch of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was an incredible win for the company, mixing the famous plumber and his friends with a new...
January2018
News South Park: Fractured But Whole Coming to Switch on 13th March, says Aussie retail listing
Killing Kenny goes portable
It's all the rage these days to have a rumour circulating that your game might be coming to Switch, and today it's the turn of the NSFW turn-based RPG South Park: The Fractured But Whole. The superhero-themed sequel was a underrated gem in 2017, and a new listing suggests it could be headed for Nintendo's newest hardware...
December2017
News Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Now Has Video Capture Support
Capture your best tactics
The latest update for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle introduces video capture, despite not making a big song and dance about it. The free patch - which also brings with it the new Vs. Mode - means you can now record 30 second videos to share on social media accounts. If you've performed an impressive pincer...
News Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Gets a Free 'Versus' Mode Update Tomorrow
Wahoo!
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is an excellent game that is slowly getting extra content through a season pass. As a festive treat, however, Ubisoft is rolling out a free update (on 8th December) that'll add a Versus Mode. Played locally, each player will choose three characters and pick between pre-set loadouts, ensuring things stay...
November2017
News Monopoly Update on Switch Takes Away the Need to Make a Coffee While it Loads
Apparently...
Monopoly isn't exactly a snappy game, but Monopoly for Nintendo Switch took the laid-back approach too far with a strange bug that led to load times potentially in excess of 10 minutes. You could quite easily set it going, make a coffee and glance over a newspaper before the game got started, which is impressive in all the wrong...
News Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Drives Positive Switch Sales for Ubisoft
Bodes well for future support
In the nadir of the Wii U's mid-life, when third-party support rapidly dried up, it was easy to complain about major companies that had walked away. Yet in some cases it was an inevitable business decision - for example by Spring 2014 Ubisoft was reporting that the Wii U was accounting for just 3% of its game sales. The...
News Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition Update Tackles Load Times and Framerate on Switch
Is hopefully 'armless otherwise
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition is a solid Switch iteration of a fantastic game. However, it arguably isn't 'definitive' - for one thing it lacks a few features from other versions that could have been possible and, oddly, had some minor performance and loading quirks at launch. Our chums at Digital Foundry...
News Don't Buy Monopoly On Switch, Unless You Like Waiting
Ubisoft is working on a fix, thankfully
Monopoly launched on the Switch yesterday, which means you can finally put the dog-eared and battered board game your family has had since 1986 (which has loads of pieces missing and half the money is gone) back in the cupboard where it belongs. Yay! Well, no quite. Those who have downloaded the game are...
October2017
News More UK Gamers Bought The Wii Version Of Just Dance 2018 Than Switch, Xbox One Or Wii U
Yes, you read that correctly
Ubisoft's Just Dance 2018 is one of those franchises which owes a lot to the success of the original Wii. Nintendo's motion-sensing console was the perfect platform for the game's wild and wacky dance moves, and the series has been a yearly fixture ever since. What's truly amazing is that in the UK at least, the Wii...
Video Here's the Full 'Just Mario' Song in Just Dance 2018
Do the Mario!
Some observant readers will have seen, in our recent 'Out Today' post, that we were both amused and baffled by the 'Just Mario' song that's found in Just Dance 2018. Ubisoft's trailer for the routine certainly caught our eye, in any case. If you want to know just how Mario dances when trying to impress Princess Peach, Nint
DLC Review Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle - Ultra Challenge Pack
No kidding
We were big fans of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle when it arrived on the Switch; it took established ideas from the turn-based tactics genre, did away with some annoying norms (such as the dreaded 'accuracy' of shots in XCOM, for example) and added its own twists. Quirky, colourful and surprisingly deep, it even managed to make this...