Ubisoft Forward Game Announcements

[zeusthemoose]

Summary

Today, Ubisoft held their online event about upcoming games called Ubisoft Forward. They showed game trailers, announced upcoming updates, and gave launch dates.
They promised a free copy of Watch Dogs 2 to those who watched, but had many issues with people logging in. They have since said that everyone will still get the game but it is currently unknown how you can get your copy.

 

Quotes (from gamespot)

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 Ubisoft Game Announcements And News

 

Just Dance 2020

Just Dance 2020 was the first game shown during the pre-show presentation, and it mentioned that six new songs were coming to the game and that a tournament mode was on the way. This Virtual Paradise content is out July 23.

 

Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet

Ubisoft gave a brief look at a playable sandbox that was used for the Apple TV+ show Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet. The team at Ubisoft Red Storm initially made a fake game for the show, but ended up making the content actually functional.

 

The Crew 2

Ubisoft Ivory Tower gave an update on The Crew 2 during the pre-show. The Summer in Hollywood update recently went live, and it will include special additions like The Beach and Neon Battle over the next few weeks. There are also special modded events arriving in August.

 

The Division 2

An Easter egg of sorts is available in The Division 2, as revealed during the pre-show. The game's rubber ducks were acknoweldged, as they were initially put in the game to remind a designer to finish something while the game was in development. It adds some hope into a world that is on the brink of collapse.

Trials Rising

Ubisoft revealed a surprise for Trials Rising. An endurance challenge has arrived in the game: the Gigatrack. A fan-favorite, the enormous track is the biggest ever put in any of the series' games and is sure to test your skills and anger your friends in multiplayer sessions. It's free on July 16.

 

Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Ubisoft detailed upcoming additions and changes to Ghost Recon Breakpoint. These changes come in the wake of poor reviews for the game last year as well as disappointing sales figures. AI teammates are finally coming to the game on July 15. They are fully customizable, including physical features, gear, weapons, and costumes. They will follow your lead if you go stealthily, and there are four orders you can give.

 

Watch Dogs: Legion

Ubisoft Toronto's extremely ambitious Watch Dogs: Legion, which features the ability to play as any character in the game, was showcased during the presentation. It showed how the different characters' unique abilities will change gameplay, and how they can fit seamlessly into the very political story's cutscenes. The game, initially due for release in March, will now launch on October 29, 2020 for Xbox One, PS4, Stadia, and PC, as well as Uplay+. When Xbox Series X and PS5 launch, it will be on those systems, too, and will be a free upgrade.

 

Brawlhalla

The fighting game Brawlhalla is coming to iOS and Android devices in just a few weeks. These versions will feature customizable controls, as well as cross-play with all other platforms. They launch August 6 and feature more than 50 fighters.

 

Mobile Showcase

Ubisoft dedicated a segment to its mobile games during the show, including Might & Magic: Era of Chaos, which features exclusive rewards. Tom Clancy's Elite Squad was also featured in a trailer, and it gave us a brief glimpse of Sam Fisher alongside other Clancy heroes.

 

Hyper Scape

Hyper Scape was only just announced this month and immediately launched into closed testing on PC. However, it is now in open beta and though a final release date is not available, the game is scheduled to arrive this summer to PC, Xbox One, and PS4.

 

Assassins' Creed Valhalla

Ubisoft fully unveiled Assassin's Creed Valhalla during the presentation, showing off gameplay and confirmed a November 17 release date that had leaked earlier. The game is planned for launch on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5, PC, and Stadia, though only current-gen platforms have confirmed release dates as the next-gen consoles' own release dates have yet to be revealed.

 

Far Cry 6

Ubisoft confirmed Far Cry 6 and actor Giancarlo Esposito's involvement a few days prior to its presentation because of leaks, and it presented a full trailer for the game during Ubisoft Forward. The game features the return of a fully voiced protagonist who can be either a man or woman. It's set to release on February 21 2020 for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5, and PC.

 

My thoughts

 I didn’t get to watch the event, but as someone with a uplay+ subscription, I’m really looking forward to playing a lot of these games. I have been waiting to play watch dogs legion since it was announced and am really glad they have an official release date now. I’m also hoping Assassins Creed Valhalla isn’t too dependent on the previous games as I haven’t played much of them.

 

Sources

 Game Spot

 CNET

 The Verge

Edited July 12, 2020 by zeusthemoose
Adding more sources

[PlayStation 2]

Watch Dogs Legions looks really ugly, honestly.

[gloop]

9 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

Just Dance 2020

Just Dance 2020 was the first game shown during the pre-show presentation, and it mentioned that six new songs were coming to the game and that a tournament mode was on the way. This Virtual Paradise content is out July 23.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this out on the Wii but not on the Wii U?

[zeusthemoose]

Just now, handymanshandle said:

Watch Dogs Legions looks really ugly, honestly.

The graphics don’t look the best on any of them, but I’m really excited for the storyline and the fact that all the characters remember what you did to them and people who are supposed to be close to them.

[zeusthemoose]

Just now, gloop said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this out on the Wii but not on the Wii U?

Yeah, I think it’s only out on wii, switch, ps4, and Xbox.

[gloop]

Just now, zeusthemoose said:

Yeah, I think it’s only out on wii, switch, ps4, and Xbox.

That's crazy. Just shows how much the Wii is still pulling profits in through 'casual' gamers, that 14 years later a major game company is still making games for it.

[TimeOmnivore]

That trailer for Far Cry 6 was one of the best things I've seen out of Ubisoft in recent years. Unfortunately, I have strong doubts as to whether the game will live up to said trailer.

 

The AC Valhalla stuff looks promising - in particular the return of social stealth and eagle vision - but a lot of the animations (especially facial animations) looked very janky and the combat looked a bit meh. Hopefully the game will get significantly more polish during these few months before release. Also wasn't much of a fan of what I've heard so far from the female Eivor voice actor. Also, they mentioned during a boss fight encounter that if you use stealth going into the fight you can get a critical hit - which is extremely disappointing to hear; if you sneak up on someone and stab them through the head, they should be outright dead. Assassinations only taking out part of the enemies health bar has been and remains a terrible design choice for this franchise.

 

The Watch Dogs Legion stuff looked nice and the gameplay looked great and engaging with a lot of cool and interesting mechanics and systems, but the way they presented it, the narrator in particular, was incredibly cringe-worthy and makes me worry that the tone of the game will end up feeling very off-putting.

[cj09beira]

only thing from ubisoft worth playing in my eyes is trackmania.

[DildorTheDecent]

>Just Dance 2020

 

Thank you Ubisoft, very cool!

[Orangeator]

Watch Dogs 2 looks underwhelming tbh... I live with politics all day long, gaming is my escape from the real world, where I can just have fun. Now seeing the very politics that plague this world forced into video games just sucks. Anyways, I am excited for Far Cry 6!

[zeusthemoose]

4 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

Watch Dogs 2 looks underwhelming tbh...

I think you mean watch dogs legion...

Watch dogs 2 is about taking down companies that are spying on people and also taking out other hacking groups.

[TimeOmnivore]

46 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

Watch Dogs 2 looks underwhelming tbh... I live with politics all day long, gaming is my escape from the real world, where I can just have fun. Now seeing the very politics that plague this world forced into video games just sucks. Anyways, I am excited for Far Cry 6!

Is this sarcasm? The trailer for Far Cry 6 seemed like the most politically charged part of the entire event.

[suicidalfranco]

as every thing ubisoft: one heap of garbage after another 

[SteveGrabowski0]

I was going to watch it, but spent most of the show just trying to log in to claim my free copy of Watch Dogs 2. So just watched the Far Cry 6 trailer later on and that's it. 

[AldiPrayogi]

No new Splinter Cell? Oh man

[Master Disaster]

Bet they totally avoided the fact that some of their higher managers were fired at the end of last week for allowing sexual assualt and bullying to happen in the workplace.

[Delicieuxz]

Still no sign of Beyond Good & Evil 2?

 

I think AC Valhalla looks like another Origins and Odyssey and not like an AC game. Visually, it looks dated and janky.

 

 

 

It seems Black Flag was the series' swan song.

 

13 hours ago, cj09beira said:

only thing from ubisoft worth playing in my eyes is trackmania.

That series has gotten worse since Ubisoft bought Nadeo, too.

[Vishera]

15 hours ago, zeusthemoose said:

The Crew 2

 

The Division 2

Trials Rising

 

Ghost Recon Breakpoint

 

Brawlhalla

 

Mobile Showcase

 

Hyper Scape

They sure like those live services...

 

15 hours ago, zeusthemoose said:

Assassins' Creed Valhalla

The series lost it's identity since Assassin's creed Unity~Syndicate,

From fast paced action and quick kills,skill based battles to painfully long,level based battles.

It doesn't really appeal to us,the OG players of the series,i played each and every game in the series (except for origins)

Enough is enough,this doesn't feel like Assassin's Creed anymore,it feels more like the Witcher but it isn't the Witcher...

 

15 hours ago, zeusthemoose said:

Watch Dogs: Legion

Don't know,I have mixed feelings about that one,also it uses the same game engine as the original Watch Dogs (It's a 6 years old engine!)...

 

15 hours ago, zeusthemoose said:

Far Cry 6

Far Cry 5 was atrocious,but they nailed it with the previous entries in the series,

I hope whey will get this one right,i think the main reason for the failure of 5 was the generic protagonist that had no personality at all,

At least with silent protagonists like Ajay from Far Cry 4 you had a background story and your actions and situations all connect.

Far Cry 5 is a mess,the story and setting doesn't make any sense,and nothing really compels you to care about your police friends or NPCs.

In Far Cry 3 you had your brother and friends and the situations in the game especially in the beginning make feel connected to them,

In Far Cry 4 you stumble upon friends of your family and other figures on whom you depend through out the journey,they are like family to you.

[lewdicrous]

5 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Bet they totally avoided the fact that some of their higher managers were fired at the end of last week for allowing sexual assualt and bullying to happen in the workplace.

This is what they said before the stream.

[Doobeedoo]

Well, as for AC Valhalla the game is looking rather interesting, definitely needs some gameplay polish, but yeah. The setting is awesome, there's that hidden blade yey, even though it feels more departed for assassins, still it will be fun I say. 

The Hyper Scape I actually like, pace is good, they made loot system great as well as recovery too, where some other gamea fail to still adress. Repawn system is neat. 

[GravityHurts]

11 hours ago, Orangeator said:

Watch Dogs 2 looks underwhelming tbh... I live with politics all day long, gaming is my escape from the real world, where I can just have fun. Now seeing the very politics that plague this world forced into video games just sucks. Anyways, I am excited for Far Cry 6!

You are tired of politics but excited for Far Cry 6 which had one of the most political trailers that I have seen.

[Orangeator]

1 hour ago, GravityHurts said:

You are tired of politics but excited for Far Cry 6 which had one of the most political trailers that I have seen.

Yeah you are right, I read the article rather than watching the trailer for Watch Dogs Legion. The trailer does not make it seem as political as that article made it sound.

[Agatong]

Still no news about Gods and Monsters or Beyond Good and Evil 2, I hate how companies announce games then just stop talking about them for years.

[cj09beira]

7 hours ago, Delicieuxz said:

That series has gotten worse since Ubisoft bought Nadeo, too.

I dont doubt that

[jasonvp]

My introduction to the Far Cry series was 5.  I was never really interested in them prior.  That one, however, had me in stitches through most of the game and unfortunately I mistakenly thought that twisted sense of humor would exist in the rest of them.  I think i tried FC3 afterward and was pretty disappointed.  The follow-on to FC5 was also very dark, serious, and with only token moments of humor.  It didn't leave much of an impression on me.

 

It looks like FC6 is a return to their standard form and I'm likely going to skip it.  But I'll remain open to the idea of it.