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Ubisoft announced the launch of Watch Dogs’ WeareData, an experiential website designed to gather and graph the publicly available data that govern people’s lives in a single location. WeareData is initially available for the cities of Berlin, London and Paris. In Watch Dogs, the highly anticipated open world action game from Ubisoft, the fictionalized city of Chicago is run by a Central Operating System (CTOS), linking all of the city’s online infrastructures and public security installations to one centralized hub. Information is at the heart of the game and also at the heart of WeareData. Read the rest of this entry »

SEGA^® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. have announced that Company of Heroes™ 2 by Relic Entertainment has shipped and is now available to purchase in retail as well as for digital download. Set on the Eastern Front, Company of Heroes 2 will tell the iconic struggle between the Soviet Red Army and invading Germans which helped determine the outcome of World War II. Featuring a deep cinematic campaign, robust Theatre of War mode and critically acclaimed competitive and co-operative multiplayer, Company of Heroes 2 will keep strategy fans busy for months to come. Read the rest of this entry »

Take-Two Interactive Software label Rockstar Games and TransGaming Inc. have partnered to bring Rockstar Games’ cinematic action-shooter Max Payne 3 t0 the Mac platform through TransGaming’s proprietary game enablement technology. This latest title in the groundbreaking series known for bringing Bullet Time, noir atmosphere and Hong Kong action movie aesthetics to video games combines highly sophisticated shooting mechanics and fluid movement with a dark, twisted narrative, and intensely cinematic presentation. Read the rest of this entry »

In advance of E3, Ubisoft has released several new videos for Watch Dogs, one of the year’s most anticipated titles. You can check them all out on the Watch Dogs YouTube channel. Read the rest of this entry »

Eidos-Montréal® has announced that its upcoming title THIEF™ is being developed for  Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system revealed yesterday by Microsoft. Coming in 2014, THIEF will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation®4, and Windows PC. Read the rest of this entry »

Following today’s announcement by Microsoft for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, Ubisoft revealed that two of its most highly-anticipated titles – Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and Watch Dogs – will be available on the platform later this year. Ubisoft also announced that these titles will be among at least six next-gen games released for Xbox One in the system’s first year. Read the rest of this entry »

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have confirmed that Deathstroke will be a fully playable character in the challenge mode for Batman: Arkham Origins™.  Fans who pre-order the game for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system or Windows PC will receive exclusive early access to the Deathstroke pack. Deathstroke will come complete with his own unique weapons and special moves, and will be playable in all challenge maps in the game, as well as two additional challenge maps that will be included with the pack.  The pack will also contain two alternate Deathstroke character skins. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Splinter Cell: Blacklist where the developers invite gamers to head into the field with backup! Play together as Sam and Briggs, through 14 different maps that all feature missions tied to the main storyline. With 4 different mission styles, players and their friends will enjoy extra hours of gameplay. With the Strategic Mission Interface (SMI) hub, the lines are blurred between the single player campaign and co-op as the narrative is deepened with Sam Fisher and Isaac Briggs. Players can earn in-game currency and unlock additional weapons or gadgets via specialized co-op missions assigned by Grim, Briggs, Charlie and Kobin. Read the rest of this entry »

Batman: Arkham Origins is the next installment in the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise. Developed by WB Games Montréal, the game features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise.   Read the rest of this entry »

“It is now the dawn of the Eighteenth Century…” Assassin’s Creed games have always been designed with real history as its backdrop. In the latest Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag trailer from Ubisoft, gamers get a glimpse into the Golden Age of Piracy, when men of fortune sought riches and pirates of legends like Benjamin Hornigold, Calico Jack, Charles Vane and Blackbeard ruled the treacherous high seas.  Included with the trailer is an infographic riddled with facts about the Golden Age of Pirates in the 18th century. We’ve referenced multiple sources to provide a visual introduction to the period. You’ll learn about the events that made this Age of Piracy possible, get a taste of the living conditions that might make an honest sailor turn pirate, and uncover some of the key places, people and events that you will experience in Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag. Read the rest of this entry »