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Ubisoft Repeats Its Mistakes With Scott Pilgrim

Scott Pilgrim vs The World – Complete Edition has finally hit digital store shelves. After years of being unavailable, fans of the sidescrolling brawler are able to experience the definitive edition…

January 18, 2021 | 12:00 EST

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Does Assassin's Creed Valhalla Need RPG Mechanics?

For longtime fans of the Assassin's Creed franchise, few things are as contentious as Ubisoft's decision to add RPG mechanics to the basic Assassin's Creed gameplay formula. No one is denying that…

July 21, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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The Division 2 Warlords of New York's Biggest Obstacles

The Division 2’s first year of post-release content was, quite frankly, rather embarrassing. Over the course of a whole year, the game got a grand total of six additional quests, several new guns, a…

February 28, 2020 | 01:00 EST

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The Division 2's First Story DLC Isn't Worth The Time It Takes To Download

The Division 2's post-launch expansion content has officially kicked off with D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions. Advertised as the first third of the Year 1 post-launch story content, the DLC has new…

July 30, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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Fighting Last Year’s War: The Division 2’s Regressive No Matchmaking Raid Policy

The Division 2, or the third person shooter that’s pretending to be an RPG that’s pretending to be a MMORPG, is getting its first Raid. The eight person activity is intended to be the most difficult…

May 20, 2019 | 01:00 EDT

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Hard Times: A Look at The Division 2's Clash of Difficulty and Immersion

One of the most ubiquitous complaints about the first Division was that enemies were far too resistant to damage. It was all too common that normal human enemies in the endgame could ignore the…

March 28, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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Dumbing Down: The Frustrating Absurdity of The Division 2's Silent Protagonist

The looter shooter genre is getting more and more crowded every year, especially now that almost every major publisher has a dog in the race. With the release of Ubisoft's The Division 2, the…

March 20, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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Almost Left For Dead: A Look At Rainbow Six Siege's Outbreak Mode

When Rainbow Six Siege was first shown off at E3 2014, it seemed like another run of the mill modern day military shooter from Ubisoft, at least from a thematic standpoint. Yet, almost half a decade…

March 7, 2018 | 09:00 EST

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Time For A Checkup - The State of Rainbow Six Siege Heading Into 2018

On paper, Rainbow Six Siege sounds like an average to below average game that would fizzle out after a couple months for a whole host of reasons. After all, Siege is a full price game that has no…

December 28, 2017 | 11:00 EST

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Rainbow Six Siege's Unexpected, and Unsurprising, Rise in Popularity

Almost three years ago, Ubisoft unveiled their latest tactical shooter with their usual song and dance routine. You've got a trailer with helicopters, mildly generic terrorists, special forces guys…

February 9, 2017 | 01:00 EST

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For Honor, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, and Their Impact on Ubisoft's Image

As one of the largest game development and publishing companies in the world, it is probably safe to say that most gamers are familiar with Ubisoft's products. With the imminent release of For Honor…

February 1, 2017 | 01:00 EST

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The Division: Entitlement, Thy Name Is Gearscore

Exploiting a loophole or a glitch in videogame code is to videogames as what using performance enhancing drugs is to athletics.  In both cases, the act results in unscrupulous players obtaining an…

April 25, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Inside the Mind of an Exploiter: How The Division's Grind Drives People to Exploits

If there's one thing to be learned from any game that is built around loot, it's that such games are particularly prime targets for exploits. After all, loot based games are built upon offering a…

April 17, 2016 | 02:00 EDT

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The Division’s Atmosphere Is Nearly Perfect

I’m all in on Ubisoft’s shoot-and-loot RPG The Division for a number of reasons—I like shoot and loot games; I like the feeling of stupidly powerful the player gets when character sheet DPS exceeds…

April 2, 2016 | 11:00 EDT