cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/36712639

Ubisoft’s first North American union, located at their Halifax, Nova Scotia studio, was certified on December 18th, 2025. Now, not even a full 30 days later, Ubisoft Halifax is closing.

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      They weren’t my favorite studio before, but they’re definitely never getting another dime from me. There’s a lot of fish in the sea.

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        Ubisoft has been utter shir for more than a decade.

        I used to love Prince of Persia, I tried to play Warrior Within half a year ago, that’s how much I love it.

        But it hasn’t been the same, it’s just generic shit all over the place.

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          Have you played the two new prince of Persia games? They are very good. But not the same gameplay as the ps2 classics.

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            Ubisoft asked the Rayman team (who have produced some of the best platformers) to develop Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, regarded as the best metroidvania of 2024.

            It failed to meet sales expectations, so they disbanded the teams and cancelled the sequel.

            Turns out gamers™️ do vote with their wallets, and they vote for churned out sequels.

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            No, even Two Thrones felt off.

            The combat and movement was so good in WW that I didn’t try anything new after TT.

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        It amazes me that anyone played any far cry or assassins creed game in the last 10 years and went “yes this is a good game”. All they make is bare minimum surface level crap and it’s been that way for a loooooong time.

        For Honor was their last good game.