Ubisoft has not had a good year when it comes to game launches, and yet it seems to continually make the same mistake.
Insider Gaming - "Ubisoft has cancelled yet another game, this time ending development on the Animal Crossing-inspired title Alterra."
HALIFAX (April 14, 2026) – Laid-off Ubisoft workers in Halifax have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a settlement with the video-game giant. The terms of the settlement, including the compensation employees will receive, is confidential.
I can't sit here and act like I know these workers financial situations. And I'm sure nobody wakes up WANTING to go to court. But for the sake of the industry, I wish some of these types of cases made it to trial.
Settlements allow companies to continue to do whatever abusive practices they do. While the trials (should the company lose) would actually force real changes for the better.
But again, I'm not in these workers shoes and I can understand them not wanting to risk it.
Two-day event includes exclusive reveals, trailers and playable games on show floor.
Well, Far Cry 4 seems to be holding it's own. However as many have already pointed out - it's not a yearly franchise, and it is not a new IP. These two factors mean that it was not rushed to market, and it had a previous test bed of game mechanics which could be improved upon and developed further.
It's clear that Ubisoft's mistake is rushing games to market, and therefore not optimising games for their respective platforms. Their parity B$ is a thin veil of an excuse to avoid the added time needed to properly optimise their games per platform. The fact that their PC games run the worst is testament to this. The PC versions of all games should really be the definitive version.
However, as long as gamers keep pre-ordering games I don't see these industry practices changing anytime soon. First we allowed day-1 patches, then we allowed them to charge us for on-disc-DLC, then they charge us for half the game, and we have to buy the second half of the game as a "season-pass". Soon they'll be charging us for multiplayer separately.
The point is, gamers know how to troll each other, but are woefully inadequate when it comes to sending a collective message to developers and publishers.
End pre-ordering. Let them sweat.
The next scandal in the video game tabloids.
Meanwhile, in my corner of the Earth...I still have fun with video games and don't bother bitching about my favorite past time. But I guess that's just me.
Stop using kiev for your pc ports