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Cologne, Germany — August 18, 2016 — Today, during Gamescom, Ubisoft® announced Steep, an action sports game set in the open world of the Alps, will be released on December 2, 2016 on Microsoft Xbox One®, Sony PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. For the ultimate Steep experience, players can purchase the Gold Edition.
Steep’s Standard and Gold Editions are now available for preorder. The Gold Edition includes both the game and the season pass. The season pass gives players access to all major expansions as well as additional digital content, outfits, and equipment, including an exclusive costume.
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Players who pre-order the Standard or Gold Editions will be able to extend their night-riding experiences through The Moonlight pack. This pack contains new challenges and equipment, including:
·Three extra night challenges
·Three new night outfits
·Glowing equipment for each activity (ski, snowboard, wingsuit and paraglide)
·Wingsuit Rocket Flare
With development led by Ubisoft Annecy,* Steep drops players onto the Alps with exhilarating experiences that include skiing, wingsuiting, snowboarding and paragliding. These sports establish a never seen before freedom to explore the game’s open world, allowing players to choose the way they ride and play. Riders can travel the Alps solo or drop in side-by-side with friends to discover a wide range of activities for them to put their skills to the test, compete and share the most insane tricks and trails ever captured on the slopes. Designed for a generation that’s all about sharing their experiences with the world, Steep encourages players to challenge their friends to see who truly comes out on top of the world.
In addition to exploring the Alps, Steep riders will be able to traverse the majestic slopes of Alaska, available as a free update after launch.
For Honor ™ Reveals Full Roster Of Playable Heroes And Multiplayer Modes, Unveils Collector's Case Content At Gamescom
REVEALS FULL ROSTER OF PLAYABLE HEROES AND MULTIPLAYER MODES, UNVEILS COLLECTOR’S CASE CONTENT AT GAMESCOM
Ubisoft® has debuted its full roster of 12 playable heroes in For Honor™, the critically acclaimed new action IP at Gamescom. The Knight, Viking and Samurai legacies will each feature four true elite warriors, capable of making a major difference on the battlefield. In addition to the full-fledged story campaign revealed at E3 2016, For Honor includes five engaging Multiplayer modes: Dominion, Brawl, Duel, Elimination and Skirmish.
For Honor embarks players in the chaos, fury and brutality of ruthless, visceral close-quarter combat featuring the brutal Vikings, the deadly Knights and the cold-blooded Samurai. In each faction, players will be able to choose among four different types of Heroes:
- Vanguards are well-balanced Heroes, with good attack, and defense capabilities and great versatility.
- Assassins are swift and lethal characters, great duelists with very good offense
- Heavies are the most resistant Heroes, their attacks are slow but deadly. They’re especially efficient for defending a point and annihilating AI enemies.
- Hybrids mix elements and characteristics of other types. They are advanced characters fostering uncommon tactics
Heroes come with their own set of skills, weapons, armor and fighting style. With a wide library of customization options, players are able to personalize their Heroes to not only look and feel unique, but also tailored to their combat style.
For Honor’s in-depth progression is unique to each Hero, with select elements shared across PvE and PvP gameplay modes. At the end of each multiplayer match and each campaign mission, players are awarded XP that unlocks new combat abilities and new visual customization options. They also have the chance to loot armor and weapon parts on the battlefield, with specific stats allowing each player to adapt their gear to their playstyle while ensuring fairness and balance in multiplayer.
For Honor’s multiplayer modes are playable with and against other players or bots in split-screen co-op on consoles. These multiplayer modes offer each player a different way to live the fantasy of being a skilled melee warrior on a believable battlefield:
·Dominion is a 4v4 objective-based mode in which two teams of four players fight for control of the battlefield. It’s a mode that relies upon skill, communication and teamwork.
·Brawl 2v2: Each team of two players need to kill the two enemy Heroes to win a round. Skill, awareness, cooperation and the capacity to use the environment to the player’s advantage are key components.
·Duel 1v1 puts two Heroes face-to-face in a fight to the death. Skill is fundamental in Duel of course, but as in Brawl, players have the possibility to use the environment to their advantage.
·Skirmish is a 4v4 Team Death Match like mode. Combat skills are key in this mode as players score points for their team by killing enemy Heroes.
·Elimination In this 4v4 mode, the last surviving player on the battlefield wins the round for their team.
Ubisoft is pleased to announce that For Honor on PC is being developed by Blue Byte, a Ubisoft Studio. Blue Byte is devoted to create a tailored and fully optimized experience on PC platforms that supports mouse and keyboard controls, giving PC players the option to choose how they play For Honor.
Ubisoft® also revealed the content of the For Honor Collector’s Case, a Uplay exclusive. Players will follow the path of the warriors and dominate the battlefield with the For Honor™ Collector’s Case, which contains premium digital and physical content along with three 1/3 scale full metal faction helmets replicas and the Season Pass. For Honor will be available on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One®, and Windows PC on February 14th, 2017.
The Collector’s Case of For Honor will offer:
·For Honor™ Gold Edition: the base game, the Digital Deluxe Pack from the Deluxe Edition, and the full Season Pass
·An exclusive Collector’s Box
·Three 1/3 scale, full metal warrior helmets on wooden stands representing the Knights, the Vikings and the Samurai
·An exclusive lithography
·The game’s original soundtrack
Additionally, fans who pre-order For Honor will receive the Legacy Battle Pack. This pack includes three Hero outfits embodying the ferocious spirit of each faction. These three armor styles are exclusive to the Legacy Battle Pack and wearable by the Warden, Raider, and Kensei Heroes.
For Honor will be available on February 14, 2017 on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Windows PC.
BioShock: The Collection Remastered Comparison Trailer
You can now watch the iconic opening sequence from the original BioShock, fully remastered for modern consoles in the BioShock: The Collection Remastered Comparison Trailer. This new trailer highlights the graphical improvements between the original console releases of BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite, and the upcoming BioShock series debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. 2K is bringing all three entries in the much loved BioShock series to PS4 and Xbox One for the first time, with 1080p graphics and up to 60FPS, and the Remastered Comparison Trailer also showcases examples of new and improved textures and art assets created by Blind Squirrel Games. BioShock: The Collection will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC on September 15 in Australia and New Zealand.
Also, today is the release of the teaser trailer for Episode One of "Imagining BioShock", the Director Commentary series which can be unlocked by finding Golden Reels hidden throughout Rapture in the remastered version of the first BioShock. By collecting these Golden Reels, fans can watch nearly two hours of director's commentary, featuring Ken Levine, creative director onBioShock and BioShock Infinite and Shawn Robertson, animation lead on BioShock and animation director on BioShock Infinite. 2K will release two exclusive teaser videos every week between now and the launch of BioShock: The Collection, on the official 2K YouTube channel.
In 2029, after the Aug incident that resulted in the deaths of millions, mankind stands divided. The oppression of the mechanically augmented has created a climate of fear and resentment, resulting in an escalation of crime and acts of terror. Amid all the chaos, Adam Jensen goes after the Illuminati, the men and women responsible for tearing the world apart. Armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations, he must choose the right approach, along with who to trust, in order to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided will launch on August 23rd for PlayStation®4, Xbox One all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC.
2 new environments revealed: The Youkol camp and Steiner’s workshop
Sydney, 19 August 2016 – Microïds unveils new screenshots for Syberia 3, the latest instalment in Benoit Sokal’s mythic adventure game saga. Discover the Youkol camp and Steiner’s workshop, full of automatons, real symbols of the Syberia saga.
As Kate Walker, players will enjoy an all-new freedom to explore magnificent lands, unravel mysteries and solve puzzles in a completely new manner.
The story begins when Kate is discovered dying on a riverbank by the Youkol tribe, nomadic people migrating with their snow ostriches. Stuck in Valsembor village, together, they must find a way to continue their journey, in a high-speed chase against their enemies and unexpected obstacles, not to mention Kate's past, which catches up with her…
For the first time in full 3D, Syberia 3 has been developed for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Mac from the very start. The game’s original score is provided by Inon Zur (Fallout 4, Dragon Age, Prince of Persia), who also scored Syberia 2.
Syberia 3 is scheduled for release on 1 December 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and Mac.
Eagle Flight™, Werewolves Within™ and Star Trek™: Bridge Crew release dates are...
UBISOFT® ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY TITLES
Eagle Flight™, Werewolves Within™ andStar Trek™: Bridge Crew Coming this October, November and December
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — August 19, 2016 — Ubisoft® has announced the release dates for Virtual Reality titles Eagle Flight, Werewolves Within, andStar Trek™: Bridge Crew. All three titles will be coming to PlayStation®VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive starting this October.
Eagle Flight, developed by FunHouse, a division of Ubisoft Montreal, sends players to the skies of Paris where as an eagle they will soar over the historic city and its iconic landmarks. Playable in single player and in the heart-pumping multiplayer “Capture the Prey” mode, players will feel the true sensation and exhilaration of flight. Eagle Flight will be released on Oculus Rift beginning October 18, PlayStation®VR beginning November 8 and HTC Vive beginning December 20.
Ascend to the stars, where no one has gone before in virtual reality, with Star Trek™: Bridge Crew. Developed by Red Storm Entertainment, players will be beamed right into the action of a Starfleet ship as a member of the Federation, exploring space with a crew or solo as Captain. Star Trek™: Bridge Crew was designed exclusively for VR, capitalizing on the powerful sense of social presence possible through virtual reality. It will be available on all three platforms beginning November 29.
Players will be transported to the medieval village of Gallowston in Werewolves Within, a game of social deduction that brings the competitive fun of game night with friends to virtual reality. Developed by Red Storm Entertainment, a Ubisoft Studio, uncover the werewolves that have been terrorizing the townsfolk through fast-paced games with five to eight players. No two games are the same--one round you could be a villager, pleading your case for innocence, and the next round you could be a werewolf, lying your way to a win. Werewolves Within will be released on all major VR platforms beginning December 6.
Eagle Flight and Star Trek Bridge Crew will be available on PlayStation®VR in retail versions a week after their digital releases.
Virtual reality will also be introduced into the arcade-racing universe of TrackMania Turbo. Thanks to a free patch, players will be able to enjoy the game on PlayStation®VR beginning November 8.
With its lineup of VR titles set for release this fall, Ubisoft believes in the strong potential of Virtual reality to redefine social gaming with a unique sense of reality. Star Trek™: Bridge Crew,Werewolves Within and Eagle Flight Ubisoft’s recent partnership with VR film company, SpectreVision, are its latest ventures in the emerging technology.
