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Switch 2’s AAA ambitions face a make-or-break year in 2026

Enough of old ports; all eyes are on how Nintendo's console handles new AAA releases.

Creative Bloq

Ubisoft Is Totally Not Union-Busting as It Shuts Down a Newly Unionized Studio

Ubisoft announced this week that it is shutting down its Halifax-based studio just weeks after the team voted to unionize, a move the company insists is unrelated to labor organization and instead part of a broader, ongoing effort to cut costs and restructure its business (h/t IGN). The timing, however,…

Operation Sports

11 Years Later, StarCraft's Ready For Its Big Comeback

Blizzard Entertainment will allegedly announce a new StarCraft third-person shooter at BlizzCon 2026, after years of attempts to expand the sci-fi universe.

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As Ubisoft shuts down a freshly-unionized studio, worker's union says it will "pursue every legal recourse" to protect employees' rights

Ubisoft Halifax's demise prompts the CWA to get involved

GamesRadar

Ubisoft closes its recently-unionized Halifax studio, says it's not because of the unionizing

Ubisoft said it made the "difficult decision" in an effort to "streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs."

PC Gamer

Ubisoft just killed its Halifax studio right after it unionized, but says the shutdown was decided "well before" — over 70 developers have been affected

Weeks after it formed a union, Ubisoft's Halifax studio has been shut down by the publisher as it moves to "streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs."

Windows Central

Ubisoft studio unionizes, is immediately shut down by Ubisoft, affecting 71 people

Ubisoft Halifax is no more

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Pikachu Getting Redesigned In Gen 10 Pokemon Games — Fans Not Happy

A Pikachu redesign rumoured for Gen 10 Pokémon games has sparked backlash, with fans voicing frustration over changes to the iconic mascot.

International Business Times UK

Xbox Game Pass January 2026 Line-up Revealed — Resident Evil Leads a Huge Month

Xbox Game Pass announces a stellar lineup of new titles scheduled for release later this month. Resident Evil leads the roster with release dates for Resident Evil Requiem and Resident Evil Village, along with Star Wars.

International Business Times UK

The long-rumored Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake could finally be announced soon, as leaked domain registration surfaces online

The domain registration for the long-rumored Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake has seemingly been leaked online, suggesting Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced could be announced imminently.

TechRadar

Assassin's Creed Hexe director has seemingly been named as Batman: Arkham Origins' director Benoit Richer

Ubisoft has reportedly appointed Batman: Arkham Origins' director Benoit Richer as the lead on Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe. The director seemed to confirm his position on his LinkedIn profile.

TechRadar

2026 is going to be the year of Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, and I don't even need the strategy RPG to launch in full for that to be true

Big in 2026 | Unfrozen's demo still has me by the throat as we enter the new year and it's unlikely to loosen up

GamesRadar

Ubisoft Halifax Employees Officially Unionize in Canada

The first on the continent.

Operation Sports

Rainbow Six Siege servers are back after hackers randomly doled out bans, unbans, rare skins and 'billions' in in-game currency

Any transactions made with the sudden influx of credits have been rolled back.

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Tom’s Hardware

Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits

Rainbow Six Siege has recovered from yesterday's attack, with servers now fully operational once again. The only issues players will experience re-entering the game are a possible wait queue.

International Business Times UK

Switch 2's Thin Game Library Linked to Nintendo Dev Kit Delay — Relief Ahead

The Switch 2 launched with a thin game library partly due to dev kit delays, but reports say the issue is fixed and more games are on the way.

International Business Times UK

Rainbow Six Siege Betrayal: Five Hacker Groups and Bribed Ubisoft Staff Spark $339 Trillion Crisis

Ubisoft is reeling from a security crisis that goes far beyond simple gameplay exploits. While the community focuses on recent server chaos, a deeper story of internal compromise has emerged.

Tom’s Guide

Massive Rainbow Six Siege breach reportedly linked to MongoBleed flaw — everything you need to know

Hackers are leveraging the new MongoBleed flaw to leak memory from exposed MongoDB instances and Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege could be one of the first victims.

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How Rayman 2 "offered 2D gameplay situations in a 3D environment" to deliver the best of both worlds

Interview | Ubisoft explores the making of one of its definitive PS1 and N64 platformers

Tom’s Hardware

Rainbow Six Siege is under siege by hackers, Ubisoft forced to take all servers offline — players randomly received billions of credits, ultra-exclusive skins, and bans or unbans

Unknown entities have seemingly taken control of Rainbow Six Siege, giving away billions in credits and other rare goodies to random players. Ubisoft took down all online services, with servers still unavailable at the time of writing.

International Business Times UK

Rainbow Six Siege Hacked: Shutdown Sparks Player Panic as Fans Ask When Will It Be Back Up

Rainbow Six Siege has been hacked, forcing Ubisoft to shut down servers as players ask when the game will be back up and whether accounts are safe.

Dot Esports

Rainbow Six Siege hit by a hack that flooded accounts with billions of in-game currency

Rainbow Six Siege economy and marketplace messed up by a hack.

GamesRadar

"I adored working on this level of the game, but it gave us serious problems" – The making of Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

Interview | How Ubisoft Montpellier tackled the challenge of creating a PS2 game based on a blockbuster film in 2004

International Business Times UK

Nintendo Switch 2 VRR Breakthrough — Ubisoft Targets the Stutter Gamers Hate

Ubisoft and Nintendo announce their collaborative efforts to mitigate stuttering - an issue gamers have reported on the Nintendo Switch 2- with VRR support.

TechRadar

Here are the best live service games to spend the Holiday season in, from Fortnite’s cozy Winterfest to the snow-covered hills of Arc Raiders

It's time to settle into the various Holiday events currently running in live service games. Here's my picks for the 6 best that are worth your time over Christmas.

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