Ubisoft Forward stakes out June date for online showcase
Ubisoft Forward is likely to bring a heavy focus to ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla,’ given its high profile, cross-platform plans. Image: Courtesy of Ubisoft via AFP Relaxnews
In the absence of the 2020 Electronic Entertainment Expo, a number of video game publishers are hosting their own online showcase events.
Among them will be Ubisoft, the French-headquartered publisher and worldwide studio network behind the “Assassin’s Creed”, “Tom Clancy’s” and “Just Dance” franchises.
The company has a Ubisoft Forward event planned for Friday, June 12 starting at 12 p.m. PDT (3 p.m. EDT, 7 p.m. UTC, 8 p.m. UK, 9 p.m. CEST/SAST, then June 13 at 12:30 a.m. IST, 3 a.m. SG, PHT, MY, CST, 4 a.m. SK and JP, 5 a.m. AEST).
It didn’t specify any titles for the showcase, but has only recently revealed “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla”, a Viking-themed entry to its long-running action-adventure series; the game is being prepared for not only the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and Google Stadia, but also, bearing its last-quarter debut in mind, late 2020’s new Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles.
Also on Ubisoft’s 2020 slate is “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine”, a thematic continuation of “Rainbow Six Siege”‘s popular three-player alien invasion mode Outbreak.
Sticking with the same franchise, turn-based tactical mobile game “Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad” is already in a regional soft launch on Android, with an iOS version in development after having been announced at E3 2019.
Alongside them, Ubisoft has sci-fi sports game “Roller Champions” scheduled for a full release in the first half of this year — and, as we draw closer to June, quite possibly around the time that Ubisoft Forward takes place; joining it on PC in 2020 should be a new entry to town management franchise “The Settlers”.
Looking further ahead, myths and legends action-adventure “Gods and Monsters”, whose art style and scope has been favorably compared to Nintendo’s excellent “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”, and near-future vigilante jaunt “Watch Dogs: Legion” have been forecast for release before the end of March 2021.
And though it’s not clear how far along open seas combat jig “Skull & Bones” and long-awaited sci-fi fantasy “Beyond Good and Evil 2” might be, they could yet venture out for Ubisoft Forward. RGA
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