Best-Selling Games Developed By Ubisoft (& How Much They Sold)

Summary Ubisoftis one of the leading video game companies, acting both as a developer and publisher, with subsidiaries across the world and many well-known games and multi-million-selling franchises such asAssassin’s Creed,Prince of Persia,Rayman, andFar Cry. The company was founded in 1986 in northwest France as a small sales business but eventually branched into the videogames industry with its first game,Trivial Pursuit. Their second game,Zombi, was a critical and commercial success. Later, with the publishing ofRayman, the studio was put on the world map....

June 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1322 words · Melanie Wyatt

Controversial Bethesda Game from 2018 Is Free to Play Right Now

Summary Fallout 76is currently free to play across both PC and consoles. Bethesda launched this limited promo to commemorate the game’s five-year anniversary. Released in November 2018,Fallout 76had a rather disappointing launchthat was mired in technical issues and inhibited by the game’s overall lack of content. Despite that lackluster debut, Bethesda spent the next half a decade polishing its multiplayer shooter and churning out regular content, on top of making the game much more appealing to solo players....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Jennifer Schmidt

Court Determines Gamer's Rights Not Violated by Being Muted In-Game

An odd but importantcourt casein the United States has just been ruled on. The court case had potentially widespread ramifications for online video game players and online communities. The case in question was brought to court by a man in Pennsylvania, who argued that his First Amendment rights had been violated. The man, named Amro Elansari, had been muted in an unnamed video game developed by the UK-based developed Jagex....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Alexis Richardson

Dishonored Developer Giving Away Free Game

With the coronavirus pandemic resulting instay at home orders around the world, video game companies have been doing their best to keep people entertained. The result of this has been a slew of free games available for download at any given time. The latest to join this extensive list isArx FatalisfromDishonoreddevelopers, Arkane Studios. Arkane Studios is known for theDishonoredseries, but also other great games such asPrey. Now, in celebration of its 2o year anniversary, the studio is offering playersArx Fatalis, its first-ever game, for free....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Timothy Dean

DOOM: The Dark Ages Reveals Limited Edition Xbox Controllers And Wraps, Available Now

To celebrate the upcoming release ofDOOM: The Dark Ages,fans can now purchase limited-edition Xbox controllers and a console wrap. The upcoming entry in the long-runningDOOMfranchise takes the Slayer back to medieval times to the front lines of a war against invading demons. The title will hit consoles and PCs on May 14, and Xbox gamers can prepare for its release by arming themselves with a coolDOOM-themed controller. Xbox Wirehas revealed theDOOM: The DarkAges-inspired controller and console designs for Slayers who want to take down medieval demons in style....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 516 words · Adam Jimenez

Dragon Ball Super Quietly Fixed My Biggest Problem With Dragon Ball Z, And It Will Do the Same For You

There’s little left to be said aboutDragon Ball Z’s greatness that hasn’t already been said. The series' impact on anime’s rise to popularity in the West cannot be understated, and it continues to usher countless fans into the world of anime and manga nearly four decades on from its premiere.However, it isn’t a perfect anime by any means. Beyond the series' iconic cast of characters performing heroic feats of strength, certain aspects of the iconic series just don’t work as well as they once did....

June 10, 2025 · 5 min · 1036 words · Mr. Thomas Mccormick

DreamWorks' Newest Franchise Is Quietly Their Most Political Ever

The following contains spoilers for The Bad Guys 2, now playing in theatersThe Bad Guys 2is one of the most overtly political films DreamWorks has ever released, with a strong social subtext playing out in the film. Based on the book series of the same name by Aaron Blabey,The Bad Guysfocuses on a group of career criminals and best friends who find themselves challenged by the prospect of redemption. For the most part, this allows the filmmakers and cast to have some cartoonish fun with the conventions of the traditional heist thriller tropes, resulting intwo well-receivedBad Guysfilms....

June 10, 2025 · 6 min · 1273 words · Deanna Cain

Far Cry 3 patch optionally removes most of the HUD

Be as free as a bird, now If you were clamoringfor a less intrusive HUD forFar Cry 3, you may have it: if you’re a PC owner that is. Just download the latest patch, go to the options menu, and look for the new HUD toggle options under “Gameplay.” Currently there’s no word on a timetable for the console version of the game, but I can’t imagine too much of a holdup....

June 10, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Jennifer Fernandez

Final Fantasy 11 Mobile Game Development Shuts Down

Despite it beginning the approach to the 20th anniversary since its release, and the subsequent launch of fellow MMOFinal Fantasy 14,Final Fantasy 11is still going strong. However, fans who were holding out hope for a mobile reboot of the title will be disappointed to learn that it’s apparently been scrapped. Square Enix partnered with Korean developer Nexon in an effort to create a remake or spin-off title based on the agingFinal FantasyMMORPG designed for cellphones....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 277 words · John Griffith

Fortnite: All Season 4 Week 5 Challenges

Scheduled to go live this Thursday, September 24, theFortniteSeason 4 Week 5 challenges will give players a chance to earn a ton of XP and make some serious progress on the seasonal Battle Pass. That said, fans need not wait until Thursday to get a look at these new weekly challenges, as full details on the forthcomingFortnitetasks can be found in what follows. To note, the challenges featured in this guide have been revealed by way of a datamine, and they should thus not be considered fully confirmed....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Anthony Beck

Friday the 13th Dev Video Teases Changes to Come

Friday the 13th: The Gamelaunched in May 2017, and since then developer Illfonic has supplied a stream of updates to fix bugs and introduce new content. Now, the studio has released a new video detailing what players can expect to be added to the game going forward. Chuck Brungardt, the CEO of Illfonic, supplies some rather candid comments about the studio’s experience working onFriday the 13th: The Game. “Probably everything that could have went wrong, went wrong,” he says of the game’stroubled launch....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Sarah Warren

Happy Gilmore 2 Director Talks Working With Adam Sandler’s Daughters

The director of Netflix’s long-awaited Adam Sandler sequel,Happy Gilmore 2, discusses what it was like working with Sandler’s two daughters, Sadie and Sunny. Both Sadie, 18, and Sunny, 16, have crucialroles in the latest Sandler comedy, yet only one actually portrays Happy Gilmore’s daughter. Both Sadie and Sunny also starred in Sandler’s2023 Netflix comedyYou Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.Kyle Newacheck, who rose to prominence as a co-creator, director, and actor on the Comedy Central classic comedy seriesWorkaholics, recently spoke withPeopleabout directing the Sandler family in the highly anticipatedHappy Gilmoresequel....

June 10, 2025 · 3 min · 552 words · Michelle Richardson

How NBA Live 18 Got Stephen A. Smith's Dialogue Right

Today, basketball fans canget their hands on the demoforNBA Live 18and make a start on its single-player campaign, The One. In order to inject the experience with some realism, EA Tiburon called on two of the most recognizable sports broadcasters around. When players fire upNBA Live 18and dive into The One, a lively discussion between Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman will be among the first things they see. The pair shot scenes to set up the campaign’s plot in a fictionalized take on their ESPN show First Take....

June 10, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Matthew Patterson