News Tagged: Ubisoft
News: Ubisoft Announces The Avengers Game for Kinect
To arms!
Ubisoft wants to get you in The Avengers with a new Kinect game due later this year. The action game will land alongside a Wii U version and is in the works at Ubisoft Quebec, the team behind the rather good PowerUp Heroes. Expect to see more — you guessed it — at E3. Continue Reading »
News: We've Got More Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Footage
Blam blam
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is only a few months away from launch and Ubisoft is certainly ramping up the assets offensive with a new trailer. The video shows off some of the animation and cover systems that Ubisoft's put into place for its upcoming third-person shooter, which presumably are "unlike anything you've seen.. Continue Reading »
News: Looks Like More Just Dance Games Coming to Kinect
"Best of" rated
The Australian Classifications board has just rated Just Dance Best Of for multiple platforms, leading us to believe we're staring down the barrel of more garishly gaudy and hilarious dancing on Kinect later this year. If we were to don our speculation pantaloons we'd expect this to be a disc of songs previously released on Just Dance and Just Dance 2 on Wii. We expect to hear more.. Continue Reading »
News: Blam! It's a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer
Take cover
Hotly anticipated shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is still several months away, but this new trailer below might help fill some of those empty months. Detailing the single-player campaign and some of the brand new gadgets at your disposal to destroy terrorists, it doesn't shed any light on Kinect features but it's still a good watch all the same. You can read our Ghost.. Continue Reading »
Out Now: New Just Dance 3 DLC
You've got the power
Legendary dance anthem The Power by Snap is one of new four songs out today for Just Dance 3. The track hits alongside Katti Kalandal, Why Oh Why and Skin to Skin as part of the latest DLC drop from Ubisoft. Tracks cost 240 Microsoft Points each. Be sure to read our Just Dance 3 review for our appraisal of Ubisoft's big dance game. Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft Closes MotionSports: Adrenaline Developer
End of the road
Ubisoft Vancouver, the studio behind MotionSports: Adrenaline and Pure Football, has closed its doors. A Ubisoft statement to Game Informer explained the publisher's stance: Ubisoft confirms that we have made the difficult decision to close its studio in Vancouver. Unfortunately, we haven’t found the right formula for success for the talented team there. We thank our Vancouver.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Just Dance 3 Just Sweat 2 DLC
Fitness first
Just Dance 3 gets some extra content today in the lithe form of a new Just Sweat downloadable pack. The extra content costs 480 Microsoft Points and includes three songs, all by Sweat Invaders. Here's what's on offer. Just Dance 3: Just Sweat Pack #2 Cardiac Caress, Merengue, Boomsday. It joins the existing DLC, also 480MSP: Continue Reading »
News: There's a Your Shape 2012 DLC Triple Bill On Next Week
How will you work out?
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 is doing its best to keep your New Year's resolution going with new downloadable content due next week. From 17th January you'll be able to pick up two new packs: Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 - 2012 Weight Control (Ubisoft) — 400 Microsoft Points Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 - Cool Down Pack (Ubisoft) — 320 MSP Or, if you're a.. Continue Reading »
News: Prepare for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on 25th May
About time
Ubisoft's much-delayed tactical shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is nearly ready for deployment, with a 25th May release date finally announced for Europe. The game will arrive with a Kinect-enabled Gunsmith mode and voice recognition in its combat too, augmenting its controller-led action. You can find out what we thought of the game in our post-E3 Ghost Re Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft: Microsoft Needs to Support Kinect Year-Round
Not just a holiday fad
Anyone who's glanced at the Kinect sales figures knows the sensor was quick out of the box, selling 8 million units in its first few months on sale, but the last update put the sensor at 10 million sold in its first year. With 80% of its lifetime sales in the first Christmas, it's clear Kinect hasn't yet achieved a solid year-round sales performance, something that worries.. Continue Reading »
News: Limber Up for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012's Trailer
Touch your toes
Last year's Kinect launch title Your Shape: Fitness Evolved is still one of the best fitness games you can get for the sensor, so here's hoping that next week's Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 can step up its game. Ubisoft just sent over a new trailer showing some of the updates in this year's version, and we have to admit it's shaping up pretty nicely. The question is whether it.. Continue Reading »
News: The Black Eyed Peas Experience Goes Live Action
The marketing never dies
Ubisoft's The Black Eyed Peas Experience lands next week, so the publisher has put out an expensive-looking video showing just how much fun you can probably have by imitating the world's biggest party band. We played the game a few months ago, so read our The Black Eyed Peas Experience preview for our initial thoughts. Continue Reading »
News: Play God with Babel Rising on XBLA Next Year
Fire and brimstone
You can finally use Kinect to play God next year when Ubisoft launches Babel Rising on Xbox Live Arcade. The HD revamp of the current iOS hit will release sometime in 2012 and supports Kinect, with no mention of traditional control methods in the press release. Perhaps this could be Ubisoft's first digital Kinect-only title? It would certainly show a lot of faith in the sensor.. Continue Reading »
News: Gold Members Can Grab a Rabbids Demo Today
It's there, waiting for you
You only have two days until you can actually buy Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking, but if that's just too much waiting to bear then fire up your Xbox 360 and start downloading the free demo now. The 650MB trial lets you try out the Rabbids' first augmented reality experience, and is exclusive to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. We'll have a full review pretty soon, but in.. Continue Reading »
News: The Worst Kinect Photoshop We've Ever Seen
You won't believe your eyes
You'd think paying some actors to stand in front of a TV and Kinect and pretend they're having a great time would be among the easiest parts of releasing a game. You'd probably be right, which makes this back of box art for MotionSports Adrenaline even more brilliant. We're no Photoshop experts, but even we can tell that Kinect absolutely does not belong there. Why is it.. Continue Reading »
News: Boom Boom Pow - It's a Black Eyed Peas Experience Video
Rock that body
The Black Eyed Peas Experience is out in just a few weeks, but can it live up to the urban group's world-dominating status? This new trailer below hopes to convince you the answer is yes. Developed by Lips and Elite Beat Agents developer iNiS, here's hoping this game lives up to the quality of those two musical releases: with the BEP licence and quality developer, we've gotta feeling.. Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft Announces Four New Kinect Quiz Games
Final answer?
Update: Ubisoft has informed us that Family Feud 2012 is not Kinect compatible, despite an earlier Gamestop leak pegging the game for Kinect. Original story: Ubisoft's locking down the licensed quiz show category on Kinect, with no fewer than four game shows on the way before the end of the year. First up we've got Family Feud 2012, followed by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Continue Reading »
News: Rabbids Alive and Kicking in New Augmented Reality Video
Coming to invade your home
Ubisoft's experiments in the world of virtual reality rabbits have reached a critical point, and their bizarre creations — the Rabbids — are out and about in the real world, and we have the footage to prove it. This new trailer for Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking for Kinect shows the game's augmented reality features in full effect, letting players and Rabbids.. Continue Reading »
Out Now: Just Dance 3 (Worldwide)
Get your groove on
Following its launch in North America last week, dance juggernaut Just Dance 3 is now available in Europe too. This release is the first time the mega-selling franchise has left Wii, and offers several brand new features for Kinect owners, including the Just Create mode that lets you sculpt and share your own choreography with other players via Xbox Live, with support for up to.. Continue Reading »
News: Protect Yourself with Ubisoft's My Self Defence Coach
Block! Strike!
Playing Fighters Uncaged is a pretty good workout, not least because the game rarely recognises your movements, but publisher Ubisoft is going one better and teaching you to defend yourself while getting fit at the same time. Meet My Self Defence Coach for Kinect. The Kinect-exclusive game will teach players to protect themselves through instruction from a real-life self defence.. Continue Reading »
