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Ubisoft announced today that it is lowering financial targets for fiscal 2019-2020, now expecting net bookings of $1.6 billion. It also pushing back the release dates of some of its big upcoming releases. The publisher is making the adjustment following the launch of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, which came out on September 5 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The online tactical shooter had a weak…

Ubisoft is delaying several major games on its upcoming slate. Watch Dogs: Legion had been set for March 6th and Gods & Monsters had a release date of February 25th, while Rainbow Six Quarantine had also been earmarked for the first quarter of 2020. Those games will now arrive in the second half of next year. The publisher made the call to push back them back in the wake of…

Former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra has revealed his next role: he’s joining Blizzard as executive vice-president and general manager. He’ll step into the job just after Blizzcon, which takes place next weekend. I’m very happy to announce I’m joining @Blizzard_Ent as Exec. Vice President and GM starting 11/4 (will be at #blizzcon!). We will work with all our energy to…

While the single-player campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is intense, ponderous, and serious, the tone of multiplayer combat the opposite. It’s a romp through a battlefield playground, where players shriek for joy whenever they get a kill. I’ve played the full single-player campaign and a number of matches in multiplayer, both with the beta test for multiplayer and with the final code…