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Never Tried: Rainbow Six: Siege
I am not an FPS fan. The few readers who have followed me thus far know this. I am also not a big online multiplayer participant, save for the few times I dare enter the Street Fighter IV ranked room, vodka in hand to cushion the pain of my defeat. (For the record, I am better than average in the SF IV matches I play when I try. I accede to trophy hunters; they are kindred souls!) So when Rainbow ...[Read More]
Rainbow Six Siege Playable for Free This Weekend on Xbox One
This weekend, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to play Rainbow Six: Siege for free. The game will be available for free from Thursday to Sunday on the Xbox One. Ubisoft’s multiplayer tactical shooter is receiving an expansion, titled Operation Skull Rain, on August 2nd. The expansion will be officially revealed during this weekend’s Xbox Pro League Season 2 tournament. Its included map will...[Read More]
Extreme Skier Matilda Rapaport Killed While Filming for Ubisoft Game
Pro skier Matilda Rapaport was killed while shooting footage in Chile for the upcoming Ubisoft sports game Steep. Her sponsor, Red Bull, reported the somber news to The Guardian. “Matilda was an extraordinary athlete, traveling the world to find her passion, ride steep terrain and share her bright smile,” Red Bull said. Rapaport, 30, was caught in an avalanche on Monday in the Andes mountains near...[Read More]
Digital Crack Podcast: Special Coverage on E3
The best Fowl mouthed video game Podcast on the planet.This week we talk about everything E3, Bethesda,Ubisoft,EA,xbox and of course Sony. We go over all the good, the bad and the ugly from this years E3.All the upcoming games and announcements.Prepare yourself for some exciting news. http://traffic.libsyn.com/digitalcrack/e3_podcast_final.mp3
E3 Impressions: Ubisoft VR Games
Ubisoft debuted two VR games during their conference at E3. One of the games was a great example of what VR can for players who want that experience in flight; the other was a dream come true for fans who want to recreate the fanboy/fangirl situation of their dreams. Both had tons of benefits, but one glaring flaw. The first of the VR games, Eagle Flight, is a game that shows the potential of VR i...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: Watch Dogs 2
With Watch Dogs 2, Ubisoft Montreal is hoping to inject more life into the series. It looks like they were successful for the most part. The sequel to the dismal 2014 open-world hacking game Watch Dogs has ditched the previous open-world sandbox game’s stomping grounds of Chicago, deciding to travel westward to the San Francisco The game’s protagonist is Marcus Holloway, an African-American youth ...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: For Honor
If you’ve ever wanted to pit hordes of vikings, samurai, and knights against each other Deadliest Warrior-style in full-fledged melee combat, For Honor is the game for you. If you love cleaving through dozens of enemies while dozens of other combatants fight around you, For Honor also has you covered. I don’t know how the meeting at Ubisoft Montreal went when brainstorming this hack and slash game...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: South Park: The Fractured But Whole
I thoroughly enjoyed 2014’s South Park: The Stick of Truth. The upcoming follow-up. South Park: The Fractured But Whole, looks like a game I will be thoroughly enjoying upon release. Ubisoft San Francisco and South Park Digital Studios, LLC have teamed up again to deliver this sequel. It’s the day after the events of The Stick of Truth, and the boys of South Park have traded in their fantasy garb ...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Ubisoft gameplay trailers scare me. After Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Watch Dogs, and The Division showed the company’s propensity for exaggerating a game’s visuals and gameplay, I take anything I see in their trailers with a metric ton of salt. I went into their conference with this mindset, and Ubi tested me immediately with the gameplay demo for their first title, Ubisoft Paris’s Ghost Recon: Wild...[Read More]
Watch Dogs 2 Details Revealed, Release Date Set
Ubisoft officially revealed Watch Dogs 2 during a livestream, showing off the game’s setting characters, and world, as well as confirming its release date. The follow-up to Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs in 2014, the new title will once again place players in the role of a hacker in an open world bristling with devices primed for hacking. The setting moves from windy Chicago to foggy San Francisco and the B...[Read More]
Here Are Watch Dogs 2’s Six Different Special Editions
Ubisoft officially revealed Watch Dogs 2 this week and it looks promising. It's got a new protagonist alongside new tools and cars, and it's set in the San Francisco Bay Area. But Ubisoft has also announced that, just like the first game, Watch Dogs 2 will have a handful of different editions you can buy.In fact, it'll have six different special editions, some of which are exclusive to Ubisoft's U...[Read More]
Watch Dogs 2 Revealed Prior to E3
Ubisoft, not content to wait for E3, has started revealing all sorts of information about the upcoming Watch Dogs 2. The French publisher has set up a Web site that is counting down to June 8th at 9:00 AM PDT. The site will host Ubisoft’s reveal event for Watch Dogs 2. One day ahead of the reveal event, however, an advertisement has appeared that reveals some details about the game. The advertisem...[Read More]