2022-04-17 13:43 UTC · VG247
Long standing senior developer at Ubisoft Patrick Plourde has left the company after almost 20 years. Plourde announced earlier this week (April 13) that he would be leaving Ubisoft after working at the studio for almost two decades, and has set up an independent creative consultancy. In a tweet on his personal Twitter account, Plourde referenced the various games he's worked on such as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry 3, Watch Dogs 2, and Child of Light, saying "it's been a privilege to collaborate with everyone at Ubi on these great games! Now, I'm happy to share tha
2021-10-15 11:03 UTC · Eurogamer
When Child of Light was released in 2014, it was well-received by major outlets and players alike. The game was praised for its gorgeous aesthetic, incredible soundtrack, and a unique and challenging combat system. However, some of the game's criticisms included a lack of character customization, simplistic skill trees, jarring rhyming dialogue, and easy battles. But despite these criticisms, one important point remains: we need more games like Child of Light. In a Polygon interview with the game's creative director, Patrick Plourde, he explained that the game came about because he wanted to p
2019-09-24 15:30 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Katharine Castle)
Another month, another big video game publisher puts a great big dollop of video game music online for zero pennies. This time, it’s Bandai Namco, who have just uploaded every single Tekken soundtrack onto Spotify because, well, apparently everyone loves Tekken. I’ve never partaken in a Tekken, but with track names like “Massive Stunner” and “Lonesome City Jazz Party 1st”, I’m already 100% convinced the music must be great. However, given my rather lacking expertise in all things Tekken-related, I thought that instead of doing a big Tekken musical br
2019-08-19 17:22 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Katharine Castle)
Google held another one of their Stadia Connect conferences today, and this one was meant to be all about what games you’ll be playing in the “scary” cloud come November. Sure enough, there were new Stadia games aplenty announced this evening, with the biggest addition being Cyberpunk 2077. To help keep track of them all, here’s a list of every Google Stadia game confirmed so far, as well as which games are coming at launch, which ones will be arriving a little bit later, and which games you’ll only be able to play by subscribing to one of the special Stadia pub
2019-06-14 16:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Katharine Castle)
It’s been just over a week since Google announced their big launch line-up of Stadia games, but with E3 2019 now drawing to a close that list has now become ever so slightly longer, with new tiles such as Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs Legion, Square Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers and more joining the ranks. To help keep track of them all, here’s a list of every Google Stadia game confirmed so far, as well as which games are coming at launch, which ones will be arriving a little bit later, and which games you’ll only be able to play by subscribing to one of the special St
2016-06-28 14:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alec Meer)
We already chose 13 of our favourite games in the current Summer Steam sale, but more games have been discounted since. So, based on the entirely correct hypothesis that you all have completed every single one of our first round games and are now thirsting for more, here are 18 more to throw your spare change at. Everyone on the RPS team has picked three stone-cold personal favourites, making for a grand old set of excellent PC games: here’s what we chose and why. …
2015-10-06 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Save 75% on Child of Light during this week's Midweek Madness*! Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny. *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
2015-04-15 14:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Philippa Warr)
2014-12-01 18:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
For the next six days, take advantage of huge savings throughout the Steam store on thousands of titles. Plus, discover new and recommended games on your personalized Exploration Sale page here. Check back each day for new Daily Deals. Today’s Featured Deals Include: * The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 75% off; * Crusader Kings II - 75% off; * XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 75% off; * Tomb Raider - 80% off; * The Forest - 33% off; * Wasteland 2 - 33% off; * Child of Light - 60% off; * Ryse: Son of Rome - 35% off; * Alien: Isolation - 50% off; The Steam Exploration Sale runs from now until 10AM Pacifi
2014-10-03 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 60% on the Ubi Arcade Pack!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time
2014-06-12 15:40 UTC · Community Announcements · manzo
List of Changes: New: Added Support for Traditional Chinese New: Added Save Slots New: Changed Normal and Hard mode names to Casual and Expert New: Improved error messages for unsupported hardware Fixed: Various crashes & minor issues Framerate issue on certain laptops with dedicated and integrated GPUs Localization bugs Some visual quality issues A rare issue with the Golem’s Plight quest
2014-06-12 15:40 UTC · Community Announcements · manzo
List of Changes: New: Added Support for Traditional Chinese New: Added Save Slots New: Changed Normal and Hard mode names to Casual and Expert New: Improved error messages for unsupported hardware Fixed: Various crashes & minor issues Framerate issue on certain laptops with dedicated and integrated GPUs Localization bugs Some visual quality issues A rare issue with the Golem’s Plight quest
2014-05-06 18:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Marsh Davies)
Painted in watercolour and written in verse, Child of Light is a charming, if superficially childish, fairytale RPG. Beneath this breezy fable of lost princesses and talking mice, however, is a complicated combat system that calls back to Final Fantasy s Active Time Battles – a dense interplay of buffs, interrupts and attacks that injects a realtime element to otherwise turnbased fights. You might call it a platformer too, but given that the heroine quickly sprouts wings, your exploration of the sidescrolling overworld is more aerobatic than acrobatic. I like all these things and yet it
2014-05-05 20:58 UTC · Community Announcements · Rook Fell
What: Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) When: Monday, May 5th 2014 Time: 6:00 PM EDT / 3:00 PM PDT Jeffrey Yohalem, Lead Writer of Ubisoft's Child of Light will be holding a special AMA (Ask Me Anything) tonight on Reddit! The AMA will begin over on /r/IAmA at 6:00PM Eastern Time (3:00PM Pacific) and will last approximately one hour. This is your chance to ask all your questions regarding the art, style, and story that helped shaped the world of Lemuria.
2014-05-05 20:58 UTC · Community Announcements · DumbApple
http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/gamesites/uplay/v20/news/b184f2dffd97c203043c23f77b1f113a.jpg What: Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) When: Monday, May 5th 2014 Time: 6:00 PM EDT / 3:00 PM PDT Jeffrey Yohalem, Lead Writer of Ubisoft's Child of Light will be holding a special AMA (Ask Me Anything) tonight on Reddit! The AMA will begin over on /r/IAmA at 6:00PM Eastern Time (3:00PM Pacific) and will last approximately one hour. This is your chance to ask all your questions regarding the art, style, and story that helped shaped the world of Lemuria.
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