Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has released a statement regarding the tumultuous past year that included allegations of misconduct at the Assassin's Creed publisher and a handful of staff departures. In the new statement, which was titled "A Year of Change at Ubisoft," Guillemot stressed that Ubisoft has spent time and effort to "build a roadmap for a better Ubisoft for all.""Last June, we faced the fact that not all team members were experiencing the safe and inclusive workplace that we had always intended Ubisoft to be. Since then, we have engaged in a company-wide effort to listen, learn, and build a roadmap for a better Ubisoft for all," he said.Guillemot's new statement came after the publisher responded to a report that claimed Ubisoft had not done much in response to the misconduct allegations. Guillemot fired back at this, saying Ubisoft created "several channels" through which employees could report instances of inappropriate behavior with anonymity.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Valve has revealed the top releases on Steam for April 2021. The list includes a number of categories, ranging from top free-to-play titles to those that feature controller support, but there are two particular games that make consistent appearances across most of the list: Nier Replicant and Outriders.Both Nier Replicant and Outriders claim a spot in Steam's Top 20 Releases, Top RPGs, and Top Controller Support categories for April 2021. Nier Replicant has an edge for being a remaster, meaning it shows up in the Top Remasters category alongside remakes for Saga Frontier and Total War.It's worth calling attention brief to Outriders specifically. The game, which also made PlayStation's most-downloaded titles of April 2021 list, hit 3.5 million players in its first month. These figures have positioned Outriders as Square Enix's "next major franchise," according to external studios boss Jon Brooke. And to celebrate that 3.5 million player milestone, the publisher is hosting a 25% off sale on the online multiplayer action-RPG until June 3.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It will soon be high noon in Call of Duty Mobile, as the fourth season of the mobile first-person shooter will be bringing a taste of the wild West to the game on May 26.The Season Four Premium Pass adds four new operator skins, five epic weapons, and a new Lasso Dance emote, while the free tiers offer new camo, a new Calling Card, and a lever-action MK2 Marksman Rifle.The fan-favorite Dome multiplayer map from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 makes its CoD Mobile debut this season, compatible with all available multiplayer modes. Two new modes are also being added, a capture-the-flag variant called Capture the Gold and the 1v1 Duel mode.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard has signed a deal with Universal to make a new movie called Hardcore that's based on a comic from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. This is just the latest big project for Windgard, as he's also attached to direct a new Thundercats movie, another MonsterVerse film from the Godzilla vs. Kong universe, and the Face/Off sequel.As for Hardcore, Kirkman wrote an outline for the story, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Wingard, however, will write the screenplay with Will Simmon (Sleepy Hollow, Internal Affairs reboots).The Hardcore comic is a sci-fi story about a soldier, Agent Drake, who has the power to take over the body of anyone on earth. "But when he gets stranded in a body with only 72 hours to discover who's hijacked the Program, he'll have to pull out all the stops against an enemy who could be literally anyone," reads a line from its description.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Apex Legends is getting a small update Monday, May 24, and it makes some tiny but significant changes to the game. This patch restores the slow effect on Wattson's fences, reworks some aspects of the new Arenas mode, and adjusts loot logic to even out the drop rate of Backpacks and other items.Players have complained that Wattson's electric fences no longer slow down opponents on contact for most of May. According to Respawn, this is an unintended bug that was added to the game at an unknown point around the launch of the game's current Season 9, but it should be fixed by this update.In addition to the Wattson shift, Valkyrie is getting some minor changes, including a small delay after using her ult to make sure that players aren't accidentally activating it. It also patches two exploits involving the firing range and an edge case that allowed Valkyrie to activate her ult after launching off of a jump pad.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Bethesda has pushed back the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online: Console Enhanced, the next-gen update for PS5 and Xbox Series X, by one week. The next-gen version of the MMO was originally scheduled to launch on June 8, along with the game's Update 30 (also known as Blackwood) on Xbox One and PS4. It will now launch on June 15.According to a blog post, Bethesda stated that it made the change in order to give both the rollout of Blackwood and Console Enhanced its "undivided attention," instead of launching them both on the same day. Blackwood will still launch for the PC, Mac, and Stadia versions of the Elder Scrolls Online on June 1 as planned. As mentioned above, the PS4 and Xbox One versions of ESO will receive Blackwood one week later on June 8.The Elder Scrolls Online: Console Enhanced will now launch June 15. https://t.co/ZCBYWXCX2i pic.twitter.com/9QGNLrkTto — The Elder Scrolls Online (@TESOnline) May 24, 2021Bethesda announced back in April that players will soon be able to obtain items that were previously exclusive to real-money loot boxes through a new system called Endeavors. In a hands-on with ESO's Blackwood, our critic David Jagneaux praised the game's new Companion system, though he said that the expansion felt very similar to the game's previous content.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new patch for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is out now that makes some important changes and fixes to the multiplayer shooter, including making the Odra boss from Zombies Outbreak more difficult to defeat.The May 24 patch for Black Ops Cold War includes a stability improvement update that stops the game from crashing when you tried to equip a custom mod during a match. Additionally, the patch fixes an issue that made it possible to capture a Hardpoint on the new Standoff map even if you were standing outside of it.The May 24 patch also fixes a bug that caused Black Ops Cold War to display a black fade when you respawn in one particular situation. Additionally, this update makes the Orda enemy in Zombies Outbreak mode even more challenging to defeat. That's because the amount of damage you can do to Orda with the Chopper Gunn is now reduced. For more, check out GameSpot's guide to defeating Orda in the Zombies Outbreak mode.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

It's been months since Supernatural ended its impressive 15-season run on The CW. Now, thanks to a new Blu-ray set of the complete series releasing on May 25, fans will be able to revisit the series, while also enjoying a slew of new and previously released special features and bonus material.While you can watch Supernatural on Netflix or buy it digitally at the outlet of your choice, the new Blu-ray set seems to have been crafted as a love letter to the fandom. When you watch the show digitally, you're getting just that--the show. There are none of the bonus features released on Blu-rays and DVDs that were made available over the last 15 years. This new set, though, has practically everything that's been released for the show since its launch. That includes a large number of San Diego Comic-Con panels--including the Kansas performance from 2017--deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and a long list of other content fans would probably like to have in their possession.Along with the previously released material, this new set also offers bonus features from the final season of the show. There is a series of short documentaries about making Season 15, a retrospective on the Winchester brothers, and the show's final appearance at Comic-Con. That material can also be found on the Season 15 Blu-ray release.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Actor Robert Pattinson is deepening his relationship with film studio Warner Bros. The movie company on Monday announced that the Batman actor has signed a "first-look" deal with the company, which means WB will have first right of refusal for projects that Pattinson is developing.Pattinson's deal with WB covers not only the main film studio Warner Bros., but also WarnerMedia's various divisions, including New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Television, and HBO Max.The Hollywood Reporter had the scoop on this story, and also reports that this is Pattinson's first time producing content. Pattinson starred in Warner Bros.' 2020 action movie Tenet from director Christopher Nolan, while he's also set to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in the new Matt Reeves movie The Batman.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After 16 days of testimony, the Epic Games vs. Apple trial wrapped up its court proceedings on Monday, but we're still a long time away from getting a decision. The judge indicated that it could take until August for her to reach her decision, and a legal expert agrees that timeline is fairly typical for this kind of case. Here's everything that happened, how the two sides' respective cases stack up, and what we can expect next.Closing ArgumentsJudge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers told lawyers in court today that "there is a lot of material" to go through before she can make a decision in this case. It is a bench trial, which means Gonzalez will make the final ruling, as opposed to a jury.She joked that she planned to have a judgment by August 13, which was the day in 2020 when Epic deployed a the hotfix in Fortnite for iOS that circumvented Apple's payment system, precipitating this entire event.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The NBA and Fortnite continue their crossover partnership this week with new experiences in Creative mode, including a basketball-themed limited-time mode and NBA highlights from around the league. The new NBA Welcome Hub will greet all players heading into the mode, while players are encouraged to retool the new NBA items in Creative all week long to create their own custom content for the community.At the heart of the crossover--literally named The Crossover--is the Court Crashers LTM created by AtlasCreative. In Court Crashers, players can launch themselves off jumps and slam dunk into basketball nets to score for their teams. Somewhere, the creators of slamball are proud of their legacy. Players can either queue up from the NBA Welcome Hub within Creative to play online with others, or use Creative Code 1898-7178-3313 to explore it privately. Players who visit the Welcome Hub and play Court Crashers can level up to unlock the new Basketball Hoop Banner.Epic is also introducing live-action video to Creative for the first time. Between May 25 and May 31, players can visit the NBA Welcome Hub and catch themed highlights from the NBA season, including top plays, "dazzling dunks," crossovers and handles, and more.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The game that became Watch Dogs was initially intended to be a new Driver game, according to a new report from VG247. The report cites three sources who worked on the project from its inception in the early 2010s, and details how the game slowly progressed from a modern reinvention of the Driver concept to become its own franchise entirely.Though this report features new quotes and claims, the idea that Watch Dogs grew out of the Driver franchise is not a new one. The report even includes a quote from a 2013 IGN interview with Ubisoft's North American president Laurent Detoc where he said that the game grew out of a "driving engine" that was related to the Driver franchise.Sources in the report point out that the original Watch Dogs has a certain resemblance to the original Driver games, with its combination of vehicular and on-foot sections. These same sources say the Watch Dogs project was developed simultaneously with the game that became Driver: San Francisco, a bold reimagining of the franchise that gave players the ability to "shift" between cars by possessing them.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A free play weekend for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's multiplayer and Outbreak modes will go live on all platforms starting on May 27 ahead of Memorial Day, according to Charlie Intel.Charlie Intel shared the news on Twitter. The post contains an advertisement promoting Black Ops Cold War's free access weekend to multiplayer and Outbreak, which runs from May 27 to June 1. Co-developers Raven Software and Treyarch have not publicly announced the promotion. Publisher Activision also hasn't said anything about a few access period.There will be a Black Ops Cold War Free Access Weekend from May 27 to June 1. pic.twitter.com/Ree9f5DmRE — Call of Duty News (@charlieINTEL) May 24, 2021Still, it will be a great opportunity for players to try out Black Ops Cold War's Zombies offering, which received an update that makes Odra more difficult. The latest patch also adjusts other aspects of the game's multiplayer, including addressing issues on Standoff and further stabilizing gameplay.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The live-action Powerpuff Girls show in the works at the CW was not picked up for a full series order, according to The Hollywood Reporter--but the series isn't dead yet, as its pilot will be re-shot, with the same cast and creators remaining onboard.We've been covering news of the live-action Powerpuff Girls reboot for months, ever since we first learned of it in August 2020, as it scratches a certain nostalgic itch for those who watched Cartoon Network cartoons in the '90s. Apparently, the CW didn't like what they saw in the show's pilot offering--which isn't unusual, as plenty of prospective series never make it past the pilot stage. However, getting a second shot is less common, so the network clearly saw something with potential.In March 2021, we learned who would be playing the grown-up versions of the titular all-female superhero team: Chloe Bennet (Agents of SHIELD) as Blossom, Dove Cameron (Descendants) as Bubbles, and Yana Perrault (Broadway's "Jagged Little Pill") as Buttercup. Those stars, along with Donald Faison as Powerpuff creator Professor Utonium, Nicholas Podany as the villainous Mojo Jojo, and Robyn Lively as the team's loyal ally Sara Bellum, will reportedly remain in their respective roles, as will those running the show behind the scenes, which includes Diablo Cody (Juno) along with Heather Regnier (Sleepy Hollow).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey, the latest expansion for the space-faring commerce simulator, released last week to a highly-negative reception from players. This backlash--which resulted in a "mostly negative" review label on the DLC's sale page--led Frontier Development's CEO David Braben to issue an apology for the game's rough state.Odyssey launched back on May 19, and fans immediately reported many issues with it, including inconsistent performance, nasty bugs, and outright crashes. As of this writing, the DLC has more than 2,700 negative reviews out of 4,000 total, which is pretty dismal by series standards. Since release, Frontier has released two small patches for the game, but players are still reporting issues, which triggered Braben's apology. The fact that the DLC also costs $40 further exacerbated the issues."First and foremost, I would like to apologise wholeheartedly to those who have been suffering from these problems. I would like to reassure you that we take these issues very seriously and that they are our top priority and focus," he said in a message posted on the game's official forums. "Our second hotfix will be released very soon, which we hope will address more of the reported bugs and bring further stability improvements into the game. We will continue to work on updates which will resolve more bugs and improve stability further."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com