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Even though the first information about the new Far Cry came on April fools day, looks like they were not joke. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is very much based on the concepts of Far Cry 3, but now it is certain that it is not an expansion, but an entirely new standalone title. In the description of the game on the Xbox Marketplace stands the tha game takes place in a bizarre retro-futuristic island, and this time we're in the role of Sergeant Rex Colt.

Ubisoft Montreal is currently working on a mysterious project called Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. It was not immediately clear if the Blood Dragon is an expansion, a less extensive DLC or something else. In any case, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon aesthetic draws inspiration from the eighties, which is something you definitely do not fit into the world of the original Far Cry 3. Worth noting is that the official website came to life on April’s fool’s day, but looks like it is not a joke.

The next game in the mega popular Assassin's Creed franchise is titled Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, if you believe the promotional materials that have appeared on the Internet. The poster released on Reddit confirms a recent story by one of the users of the aforementioned forum.  The user claims he has seen the Powerpoint presentation with new material from Assassin’s Creed.

Ubisoft is preparing quite a few serious modifications to their notorious online service Uplay. Stephanie Perotti has revealed that they want to improve the relationship with the PC community, and that they are currently looking for ways to improve Uplay. First of all it seems they will try to attract gamers by bringing a wider range of games to Uplay, as well as new features and options.

During the presentation of financial results achieved during the last fiscal year, Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot confirmed that the next game in the Assassin's Creed series should debut by April next year at the latest. After five big sequels and a few supporting ones, it looks like Ubisoft will try to make some more money from this extremely popular franchise.

Astro, Manufacturer of high-quality headsets, appears to have entered into a partnership with Ubisoft. Together they intend to launch a special edition model of their gaming headset A30. The special edition Astra A30 will be intended for fans of Assassins Creed 3.

Ubisoft’s boss Yves Guillemot believes that the current generation of consoles has reached the end of their lives and that the market urgently needs new hardware. He said this in an interview with the Polygon. He feels that the current generation of consoles has simply been here for too long and it is about time that the market receives the next generation of the consoles.

A long time ago, when computers had Turbo buttons to give that extra 50 CPU ticks and make it total of 100MHz, one of the most interesting games was without a doubt The Settlers. This game had several extensions and of course an online version of the game was also released, but so far only in digital form. Settlers Online will bring a packaged release with a bunch of extra content for half the price you would normally pay for them within the game.

There is certainly something going on in the software/gaming industry and from all of the information we have been able to get our hands on it is not looking good for the consumer. After showing you the reports that indicate a push for stronger control over mobile apps and that the US Government is becoming more and more interested in that space we are seeing  more companies cite fantastical numbers claiming rampant piracy. This time it is our friends over at Ubisoft and the claim is that 95% of their titles are pirated.

Ubisoft has responded to the claims that its UPlay DRM software is a rootkit that enabled them (and anyone else) to install arbitrary code on systems that it was installed on. The original claim was from developer Travis Ormandy who posted the issue on pastebin and also showed the vulnerability working with a website specially crafted to take advantage of the exploit he found. Ormandy likened the issue to Sony’s famous screw up with their BMG DRM that was in actuality a rootkit and caused the recall of quite a bit of Sony games.