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Mask-Off and Hands-Off Racism in “Elite Squad”

Warning: This article contains discussion of anti-Black racism, violence, police brutality, and murder. Recently, Ubisoft — and its subsidiary studio Owlient — produced a mobile game adding to the publisher’s line of Tom Clancy-affiliated games, titled Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad. This new…

Unclear and Inequitable Future of Ubisoft

Warning: This article contains discussions of sexual abuse and harassment, racism, homophobia, and misogyny. In our last update regarding the ongoing exposures of abusive practices and work environments at Ubisoft, we learned that Tommy François resigned. Francois was one of the Vice…

The Division Free Ahead Of Ubisoft Forward

As seemingly every single article you will read over the next couple of weeks will state, we’re getting perilously close to the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X. Not only that, but E3 or it’s entire replacement simultaneously felt like…

Another Executive Walks Away From Ubisoft

The continuing Ubisoft abuse scandal has now seen another executive walk away from the global company, seemingly with little to no consequence. Tommy François, one of the Vice Presidents in Ubisoft’s Editorial department, had been previously put on leave in June following…

Let’s Keep Talking About Ubisoft

Ubisoft has a lot going on at the moment, huh? We’re coming to the end of a console generation, which means every company in the games industry is scrambling to produce new content worthy of the next generation. With that worldwide plague…

Ubisoft Exec says “Women Don’t Sell Games;” They do!

Ubisoft is getting a right good kicking of late, for all the right reasons. If you’ve been living under a rock, the company has copped about a dozen sexual misconduct and harassment claims in the last three or so weeks. Now, following…

Stop Giving Me Meaningless Gender Choices

I cannot shut up about diversity and inclusivity in video games, ever. Given half the chance, I will happily explain to you why that single-player main character is secretly gay or bisexual when textually there’s absolutely no evidence to suggest they’re anything…

Far Cry 5 Free-To-Play This Weekend

Ah, the great American outdoors. The smell of the open air, the gunfire, the religious psychopaths looking to hunt down anyone that defies them. It is a bit like being on Twitter and voicing an opinion that isn’t an extreme looking to…

Ubisoft Teases Re-release of Delisted Scott Pilgrim Game

In a shocking turn of events, a fondly-remembered but unlikely beat-em-up, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game, has a chance to return. This has come about the night of May 20th, where Twitter user and creator @bryanleeomalley tweeted: “bring back the…

Siege Copycats Subject to Ubisoft Lawsuit

If you hop on the mobile app store for Apple or Google Play, you see a lot of shovelware. Some of these throwaway games are actually direct copycats of popular titles. For example, typing in Pokémon into the App Store yields the…