Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...

TL;DR: Ubisoft's annual report reveals its monetization strategy in premium games like Assassin's Creed, emphasizing optional microtransactions for avatar customization and faster progression. While ...

Ubisoft says microtransactions make games more fun, but not everyone is buying it. Ubisoft’s latest annual financial report has raised eyebrows after claiming that microtransactions can actually ...

Sarah has been an editor and contributor for GameRant since 2015. She kicked off her video game journey after meeting her first Chocobo, she never looked back. After years of playing them, she decided ...

Oh Ubisoft, I have been dining out for over a year on quoting that throwaway comment from one of their execs that we need to get used to the idea of not owning our games anymore. Of course, we should ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Microtransactions have become a standard part of video games, albeit one that is still heavily criticized to this day. Cosmetics and new DLC form the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Ubisoft's upcoming third-person shooter The Division will not offer microtransactions. That's according to community manager Natchai Stappers, who ...

There are certain understandable frustrations in the gaming industry right now that people rightfully worry may not be fixed anytime soon. For example, just in the last few weeks, we’ve had hundreds ...

The development of Assassin’s Creed Shadows hasn’t been the smoothest around, and both gamers and Ubisoft knows it. In fact, the game was supposed to be out in a few days until Ubisoft realized it ...

Ubisoft‘s latest financial report, a whopping 400 pages discussing its plans for the road ahead, sales, business strategy, and more, has a rather interesting segment discussing the monetisation of its ...