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CD Projekt Has Surpassed Ubisoft to Become Europe's Most Valuable Video Game Company

As posted on ResetERA earlier today: Info: - Title of the next game is Ragnarok, codenamed Kingdom - Will launch on Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X - Officially announced in february at the upcoming playstation event, release date September 29th, 2020. - Up to 4 player drop in drop out co-op like Ghost Recon wildlands. - Player can only play as a single character, Jora, who can be chosen to be male or female. - Jora led a small band of 4 during their adventures which is why other players can drop in and out for co-op. - Continues heavy RPG mechanics now including different classes and mild skill tree changes based on class. Player class can be changed by a specific character. - Combat is upgraded with more weapon types and special abilities for every weapon grouping.- Each weapon can have runes added, be upgraded, and durability increased. - Weapon durability does now come into play, forcing players to use their weapon pool more effectively and forced to manage a smaller inventory that can be upgraded - Replacing adrenaline is a berserker mode which also activates special runes like fire, frost, or lightning damage. - Sailing returns is less combat intensive and more focused on exploration and travel including being able to navigate tight rivers and wetlands - Parkour is upgraded with tree climbing and new animations - The hidden blade is back and is far more customizable in terms of cosmetics. Can be upgraded to kill in one stab - Stealth is upgraded by having physical stealth skills such as hiding in mud, snow, crouching in bushes, hiding in bales of hay, etc.- Players can now also hide in crowds of civilians if their outfit/ armor is appropriate otherwise it can attract attention. - Players now have a reputation system based on quests completed for people in cities, the town officials, clothing worn, crimes committed, etc. Some quests and story missions can only be completed after reaching a certain reputation with kingdoms. - Conquest battles return to help capture some settlements from templars and players can approach them in a variety of ways. - Players can also find battles between warring kingdoms occurring dynamically throughout the world. - Multiple settlements throughout the world can be captured and controlled for trade and currency gains - Players can organize large scale raids of forts and cities with nearby viking camps, wait for their own raids, or go in by themselves. - The assassins are believed to have a connection to Odin and dub their raven drone as odin sight .- Difficulty returns but focuses more on parry times, player health, and enemy reaction times rather than enemy health - Levelling is overhauled to allow players to improve skillsets to gain experience, like in Skyrim. As a result, level locking regions and content is gone. - Some skills are unlocked by reaching a high enough skillset level, some must be bought with skill points, and others are unlocked through game/ story progression. - The map is massive. Like all of northern europe. My source mentioned big cities being York, London, Paris, and Kiev. Every kingdom was meant to be really unique. Potential story details: Jason Schreier's reaction post

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/podcasts/top-47858-games-of-all-time-episode-241-south-park-the-stick-of-truth/ So... yeah. This was a ton of fun to do, and I wanted to share it with you all Hope you enjoy it!! uwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/69521/us-court-dismisses-ubisoft-patent-infringement-case-against-music-tutorial-service-yousician/

PC is now Ubisoft's most profitable platfrom (PCGamesN) Ubisoft reported a ten-fold increase in sales of The Division 2 on Uplay once the game was removed from Steam and made a "co-exclusive" with the Epic Games Store

From a couple of months ago: And just teased:

Ubisoft is trying to wipe out (secondary market) key reselling with 'silent key activation' (PC Gamer) Ubisoft has teamed up with digital distribution firm Genba Digital to change its method of selling PC games through third-party stores like Fanatical and Games Republic. The new process is called 'silent key activation' and activates games on platforms like Steam and Uplay automatically rather than giving out codes to retailers and customers. From now on, Ubisoft will only sell games through sites that use SKA. This process already exists for Ubisoft titles sold through Green Man Gaming. If you buy a Ubisoft title at GMG, you don't receive a key - you're immediately asked to activate the game on your Uplay account.

Ubisoft is giving you the ability to download (forever) the second to worst game in the Assassins Creed series via Uplay on PC for the next week. Link

On a whim a few days ago, I decided to see if it would be possible to convert some of the physical PC games that I still have CD/DVD keys for into digital versions in the clients of their respective publishers. The games that I was looking to "digitize" were Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (Ubisoft), Crysis (EA), Crysis: Warhead (EA), and Command & Conquer Generals/Zero Hour (EA). Because I still had the original packaging and manuals with the keys, I figured that I had the best chance to digitize these games out of my remaining physical collection. I first contacted Ubisoft and explained to them what I wanted to do and that I still had all the original materials and the CD authentication key for Chaos Theory. Reasonably, they asked me to send them pictures of the packaging, the manual, and the CD authentication key which I did without hesitation. After sending them the pictures, they responded that the authentication key was from a period prior to the implementation of Uplay and that it couldn't be integrated into the Uplay system to generate a digital copy of the game for my Uplay account library. I responded that I totally understood this, however as someone who clearly owns a physical copy of the game, that they would add Chaos Theory to my Uplay library as a customer service gesture. While I waited for Ubisoft to respond to my request, I went ahead and contacted EA to see if I could add the three games I mentioned to my Origin library. I decided to go with the live chat route with EA and told the CSR exactly what I wanted to do. Without hesitation, the Origin CSR asked for the authentication keys that I immediately provided. Within two minutes, the CSR reported that both Crysis and Crysis: Warhead had been added to my Origin account. In addition, because a standalone version of Command & Conquer: Generals/Zero Hour no longer exists, the ENTIRE Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection (17 games in total) had been added to my Origin library. Naturally, I was absolutely pleased with the way the Origin CSR addressed my request and I left a glowing evaluation. Hell, I was so pleased that I bought a couple of games on Origin that were on deep-discounted sale because I actually felt that I "owed" EA something Now, back to Ubisoft. Well, the Ubisoft CSR's response was effectively the dead opposite of that of the Origin CSR. The Ubisoft CSR said that there was no way they could add Chaos Theory to my Uplay account despite the ample documentary evidence that I actually own the game and that they were "sorry for any inconvenience". Of course, this doesn't upset me in the least, but I decided to leave this one little "parting shot" at Ubisoft/Uplay: I appreciate all the time and attention that has been devoted to my request, but I'll admit that I'm somewhat disappointed that Ubisoft/Uplay cannot provide the same level of service that EA/Origin has in adding digital versions of physical games that I provided evidence of ownership for to my Origin game library. Perhaps this is something that Ubisoft should consider going forward to enhance the overall value proposition of Uplay to the end customer. So, that's my little Tale of Two Customer Service Experiences. The moral of the story is essentially this: "EA - crappy games, great customer service"

Teased through Easter Egg in The Division 2: Kotaku's Jason Schreier confirms through his sources at Ubisoft.