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Develop at Ubisoft Program is Only for Women and “Non-Binary” Applicants

AlexGherzo | Sep 13, 2024 | 2

As Ubisoft crumbles, it’s keeping its priorities set on DEI. The video game studio behind Star Wars Outlaws, which is currently embarrassing everyone involved with it on multiple fronts, just wrapped this year’s Develop at Ubisoft, a mentorship program in which Ubisoft veterans teach college stu...

Star Wars Outlaws Still Looks Buggy the Week of Its Release

AlexGherzo | Aug 27, 2024 | 0

Ubisoft’s big release of Star Wars Outlaws is this Friday, and despite the company initiating the“biggest marketing campaign ever” – which mostly amounted to flying YouTube influencers to California and sending them to Disneyland – there are signs that the game is not ready for prime time....

Desperate Ubisoft Enacts Their “Biggest Marketing Campaign Ever” for Star Wars Outlaws

AlexGherzo | Aug 5, 2024 | 1

Ubisoft is bracing itself for a rough ride with Star Wars Outlaws. The game has been criticized since its trailer for having a protagonist that feels like little more than a watered-down female version of Han Solo, a generic look, non-stop ‘member berries, and a pricing system that makes you pay m...

Star Wars Outlaws Preview Gets Roasted Online

AlexGherzo | Aug 1, 2024 | 2

Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft’s upcoming game that has been criticized since its first trailer (much like their other big 2024 release; those guys are in trouble), will go on sale this month, and clips are popping up on social media, along with playthroughs and, of course, gaming media impressions. I...

Ubisoft Issues Apology to Japanese Gamers for Assassin’s Creed Shadows

AlexGherzo | Jul 24, 2024 | 3

The pressure over Assassin’s Creed Shadows has gotten to Ubisoft. Since the game’s trailer debuted, Ubisoft has been inundated with complaints from gamers, mostly those in Japan, over its disrespect for Japanese history and culture. The highest-profile issue is the use of Yasuke, a historical b...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Steals More Artifacts While Yasuke’s False History is Exposed

AlexGherzo | Jul 13, 2024 | 4

It keeps getting worse for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the next entry in Ubisoft’s video game series, which is set in feudal Japan. After they used Chinese architecture instead of Japanese and used the flag of a reenactment group without permission – not to mention the problems with Yasuke – r...