Major studio known to MMO fans primarily for The Crew and The Division.
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Rumor: Tencent and Guillemot family are considering creation of a venture using Ubisoft assets
The rumors of some form of deal between Tencent and Ubisoft's Guillemot family owners now have a fresh wrinkle this week, as new insider...
In latest shareholder call, Ubisoft continues to be cagey about Tencent negotiations
The latter half of last year saw persistent rumors about Ubisoft's efforts toward stabilization, as the founding Guillemot family and the company's largest stakeholder,...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond
As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...
Damion Schubert shares the untold story of Shadowbane’s ‘perfect storm of a horrific live service nightmare’
Sit down, criss-cross applesauce, and pay attention to Damion Schubert's latest MMO storytime hour! In this edition, the ex-Star Wars: The Old Republic developer...
Ubisoft shooter XDefiant issues an immense final update ahead of its June 3 sunset
When multiplayer and MMO titles shut down, they can either go out with a bang, go out with a whimper, or in the case...
Rumor: Skull and Bones is getting a second year of content including PvP modes and crossover events
If we all take some insider reporting at face value, things over at Ubisoft Singapore's multiplayer pirating game Skull and Bones are doing just...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024
So here's the disclaimer I put in front of this column every year when I do it (we alternate them): The biggest surprises list...
The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event
New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...
Skull and Bones tries again with its Great Shadow world event after bugs forced it offline
Ubisoft is sheepishly trying again with a big patch feature in Skull and Bones after having to take a brand-new world event offline earlier...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024
You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...
Skull and Bones expands your warehouse and adds more rewards in this week’s update
A pirate with the most loyal crew and swankiest ship might find him or herself at a loss if there's no place to put...
One Shots: Don’t move or Kris Kringle gets it!
Even though it's the apocalypse, it doesn't mean we have to cancel Christmas! That's the message coming through loud and clear as our jolly...
Ubisoft shareholders are apparently still in buyout negotiations – under Guillermot family control
Rumors of an Ubisoft buyout have popped up multiple times in recent memory - in fact, the last one was back in October, when Bloomberg...
Ubisoft is shuttering XDefiant already, along with multiple studios – around 277 workers affected
Dreadful news for XDefiant fans and Ubisoft workers tonight: The game is closing down permanently, and several hundred Ubisoft employees are being laid off.
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 496: Go ahead Corepunk, make our day
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk's early access, Ubisoft's cozy MMO, and Throne and Liberty's spear, with adventures in WoW Retail and Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs we bounce off of and the allure of lifetime subs.
The MOP Up: New World’s deadly laser turkey
"What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI...
Rumor: Ubisoft is developing a cozy MMO with voxel-based building mechanics
Did you think that the "cozy multiplayer game" trend was dying out? That would mean all it needed was for one major publisher who...
Skull & Bones’ Shadow of the Deep season launches with a new antagonist, events, and updates
That which is dead can never die, especially in video games where being dead is really just a temporary pause until someone is eventually...
Skull & Bones Season 4 brings new threats, a new ship, and a parrot November 19
For all of the pirate-y things that the multiplayer world of Skull & Bones offers, the one thing that's been missing all this time...
Ubisoft faces proposed class action lawsuit over shutdown of The Crew
In spite of Ubisoft's attempts to mollify angry gamers over its shuttering and subsequent removal of The Crew by confirming offline modes for the...
