Tag: Ubisoft

  • You Won’t Like the Solution to the Loot Box Problem

    You Won’t Like the Solution to the Loot Box Problem

    There’s no such thing as a good loot box, all of them are capital ‘B’ for Bad no matter which way you slice them. We’ve established that much: so what are we going to do about it? As NPD analyst Mat Piscatella outlined to GamesIndustry.biz, for all the furore and the calls for boycotts, the…

  • Gender at E3: Ubisoft

    Gender at E3: Ubisoft

    The Ubisoft E3 press conference was hard to parse. Not just because of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, but because of the shadow that South Park: The Fractured But Whole cast over it. It’s not like I wasn’t expecting South Park to be bad. At last year’s E3, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone discussed…

  • Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a Jingoist Nightmare

    Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a Jingoist Nightmare

    Earlier this month, when the Bolivian government demanded that the French government take action against Ubisoft over Ghost Recon: Wildlands, a good many people laughed.  The South American country was disgusted at its portrayal as a territory solely comprised of cartels and cocaine empires and considered legal action. Ubisoft, for its part, admitted that it…

  • Jacob Frye: The First Bisexual Assassin

    Jacob Frye: The First Bisexual Assassin

    Assassin’s Creed is an action-adventure series beloved by many, including myself.  Ever since the Ubisoft released the first game in 2007, the series has not shied away from exploring uncharted territory. In the first game, you play as a Muslim. During Brotherhood, Leonardo DaVinci comes out as a gay to Ezio and, in a DLC,…