'Far Cry 6' lands on Feb. 18, 2021

Ubisoft's Far Cry 6 announcement might have gotten leaked earlier, but the official launch sheds more light about the upcoming sequel to Far Cry New Dawn. Now we know the game is launching on February 18, 2021. It'll be available for the Sony PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, Microsoft Xbox Series X and Xbox One, Google Stadia, PC via Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Store, and Uplay+. If you buy the PS4 or Xbox One game, you can upgrade to the next-generation PS5 or Xbox Series X versions.

As revealed in the leak, you will play resistance fighter Dani Rojas who is trying to take down President Antón Castillo (played by Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito) and, possibly, his son Diego (Coco's Anthony Gonzalez). Ubisoft hasn't revealed much about game mechanics yet. You will get weapons like a disc launcher (which comes with the pre-order pack) and a for-hire "wiener dog on wheels." Make of that what you will.

Ubisoft sues Apple, Google for offering 'Rainbow Six: Siege' copycat

Screenshot courtesy of Qookka Games/Ejoy

Ubisoft thinks one mobile game available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store is blatantly copying Rainbow Six: Siege. Since the companies aren't taking the game down, it decided to take legal action against them. Ubisoft claims Area F2, a game developed by Alibaba's Ejoy and Qookka Games, is a "near carbon copy" and borrowed "virtually every aspect" of Rainbow Six so that it can "piggyback" on the game's success.

The game developer said it alerted Apple and Google about this reported copyright violations, but both companies so far have declined to pull Area F2 from their app stores. Ubisoft didn't say why it was suing the app store operators instead of the game's developers. But as Engadget points out, this might come down to region and accessibility. Ejoy is based in China, so making a foreign copyright challenge might be more difficult than cutting its access to some revenue it might get from Apple's and Google's app stores.

'Assassin's Creed Valhalla' to let you choose between male or female version of your character

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla won't be the first Assassin's Creed game to offer you the option to choose between a male and a female character. That honour already belongs to 2018's Assassin's Creed Odyssey. But now, Valhalla will let you choose either the male or female version of the same character. And yes, both choices will still be considered canon to the story, according to narrative director Darby McDevitt. The female version will be available in the game's collector's edition.

In the game, you play as Eivor, who is described as a "fierce Viking raider raised on tales of battle and glory." You lead a group of Norsemen that have been driven out of Norway by "endless wars and dwindling resources in the ninth century CE." Assassin's Creed Valhalla is expected to arrive in Holiday 2020 season. It'll come to the Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Google Stadia, Ubisoft's UPlay+, and the Epic Games Store.

'Assassin's Creed Valhalla' won't be available on Steam at launch

Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin's Creed Valhalla will only be available on one third-party store for the PC, the Epic Games Store. The game will also be launching on Ubisoft's Uplay, Google Stadia, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 5 this Holiday 2020. It will be the first mainline new installment of Assassin's Creed that will skip Steam at launch. 

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