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Xbox isn’t dead yet — here’s how the gaming brand can make a comeback

With a new CEO at the helm, Xbox has a new chance to reinvent itself and remain competitive. Here are some of the steps it can take to survive.

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Ubisoft CEO fights nepotism accusations after appointing son to lead new Assassin's Creed studio – by insisting "Ubisoft was created as a family company"

I do not think it means what you think it means

GamesRadar

Assassin’s Creed taps franchise veterans as Ubisoft looks to win fans back

Rebuilding core identity.

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Assassin's Creed 3 director says Ubisoft's Skull and Bones dev team was "junior" and "trying to essentially make Black Flag crossed with World of Tanks or World of Warships," but without the "experience"

Alex Hutchinson says Skull and Bones was "essentially the same stuff re-shipping 14 years after we made it," so it was "bizarre" watching development drag on for so long

GamesRadar

Ubisoft CEO confirms stacked Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry lineup, new IP underway

Betting on nostalgia and innovation.

Dot Esports

Ubisoft appoints three Assassin's Creed veterans to oversee the franchise at newly formed Vantage Studios

Ubisoft has named three experienced Assassin's Creed developers to lead the franchise at the company's newly formed Tencent-funded subsidiary, Vantage Studios.

TechRadar

The director of the first Assassin's Creed with naval battles found it 'bizarre' to watch Skull and Bones' agonisingly long development, because it was 'essentially the same stuff re-shipping 14 years after we made it'

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Assassin's Creed has new leadership taking the helm, and the names they're listing are nothing but promising

There's new leadership taking the helm for Assassin's Creed. The names they listed are nothing but promising.

Windows Central

Assassin's Creed 3 director says Ubisoft held back on the ship-sailing stuff until Black Flag because they were worried the tech "wouldn't work," and I have to say that was 100% the right call

Black Flag's sailing is a massive improvement over AC3's, so it might be best they held off on making it "a huge part of the story"

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag creative director returns to help 'steer the brand’s ambitious new chapter'

Ubisoft has announced the new Assassin's Creed leadership team.

PC Gamer

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Origins director says it's "wonderful to be back after all these years" as he returns to "lead the creative direction of the franchise"

"Being back feels like coming home"

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed 3's greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that 'the tech wouldn't work'

We had to wait another year for a proper high seas adventure.

PC Gamer

After working on a "AAA open-world" for 5 years, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag director's studio reportedly shut down by Tencent without releasing a single game

TiMi Montreal was said to be working on an original, multiplatform IP

GamesRadar

Ubisoft made another Avatar game the world has forgotten about, so I opened Pandora’s boxed copy and dropped into the jungle

It's as if Apocalypse Now was made in 10 months rather than 10 years.

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Ubisoft Cuts 40 Jobs at Toronto Studio Amid Ongoing Organizational Reset

Somehow, it gets worse every day.

PC Gamer

Ubisoft CEO confirms new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are coming, denies that putting his son in charge of them was nepotism

Well what did you expect him to say?

GamesRadar

Rayman remaster is just "the first step in the brand's comeback" says Ubisoft boss, who says "we're looking forward to talking more" about the series "soon"

"It played such a key role in Ubisoft's early evolution"

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Ubisoft CEO admits the company spun up "too many projects" which are now widely canceled in the fallout from bad bets during Covid

"Cost reductions will include selective restructuring across the company"

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"Several" Assassin's Creed single-player and multiplayer games to come, Ubisoft promises, plus more Far Cry amid further "restructuring across the company"

It's a mixed bag

GamesRadar

I didn't expect obscure level pack Rayman Designer to be my biggest nostalgia trip of the year, but it's become the highlight of this anniversary collection for me

Now Playing | More than bonuses, Rayman's level packs give a taste of 1990s gaming's most underrated feature: iteration

TechRadar

Ubisoft has laid off more developers amid its ongoing cost-cutting plan, this time at its Splinter Cell remake studio but says the game is still in the works

Ubisoft confirms the Splinter Cell Remake is still in active development, as it lays off even more staff as part of its ongoing cost-cutting scheme

Windows Central

The game industry's core issues go beyond Xbox, and PlayStation's shutdown of Bluepoint proves it's far more widespread

The industry is in turmoil as it chases the bottom line, but gamers are choosing somewhere else to spend their time.

PC Gamer

Stop Killing Games is launching NGOs in the European Union and the US: 'We're not just going away on this'

This whole thing is becoming a much bigger deal than anyone expected.

GamesRadar

Splinter Cell remake still happening, Ubisoft insists as it lays off 40 developers at the studio developing it

"This decision was not taken lightly and does not in any way reflect the talent, dedication, or contributions of the individuals affected"

PC Gamer

Ubisoft lays off 40 people at its Toronto studio, reassures everyone who remembers the Splinter Cell remake that the Splinter Cell remake is still in happening

The Ubisoft restructuring continues to extract a brutal human toll.

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