Far Cry 3 likes holding your hand, but not in the clingy, clammy way committed by worrywart games. A more pedantic guide would have dragged you through a clockwork jungle, crushing the chaos that lies beneath brilliant moments of discovery and sudden warfare. What you get on the pirate-infested island paradise of Far Cry 3, with great relief, is a tug in the right ...
Ubisoft ends fiscal 2013 with €64.8 million in profit
Ubisoft has released its financial information for the 12 month period ending March 31, 2013, which by all accounts seems to have been a pretty legit fiscal year for the publisher/developer conglomerate. The company crossed the finish line with €1.256 billion ($1.615 billion) in revenue and ...
Far Cry 3 up to 6 million shipped, digitally sold
Ubisoft has shipped and digitally sold 6 million units of Far Cry 3 since its release late last year. That's 1.5 million more than the figure reported in Ubi's Q3 report back in February. Assassin's Creed 3 sits at 12.5 million shipped and digitally sold (it was at over 12 million back in ...
Martin Kevan, Far Cry 3's Dr Earnhardt, passes away, aged 66
Actor and author Martin Kevan has died at age 66 after a brief battle with cancer. Kevan, best known for his roles in Happiness is Loving Your Teacher and Un Tuer si proche, as well as penning the novel Racing Tides, played the mad Dr. Earnhardt in Far Cry 3. As the Montreal Gazette notes, Kevan ...
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon listed on XBLM for May 1, stars Michael Biehn
Not only is Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon very real and very, very neon, it also could be here in just over three weeks. The 80s-inspired Far Cry 3 spin-off emerged on the Xbox Live Marketplace this weekend, where its release date is listed as May 1. The listing confirms Blood Dragon as a standalone ...
Arkham City Wii U, Far Cry 3, AC3 on sale at Best Buy this week
Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition, the Wii U version, is $20 at Best Buy as part of its weekly deal offer. Also on sale are the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 for $30, or PS3, Xbox 360 and PC editions of Black Ops 2 for $40 each. We found the Wii U version of ...
Leaked Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon screens are swathed in neon
Several purported screenshots for Ubisoft's mysterious, potentially standalone Far Cry 3 continuation Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon have surfaced on All Games Beta, and they seem to mesh with the game's over-the-top, post-apocalyptic plot. Three first-person perspective shots show what appears to be ...
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon gets 80s teaser video, retro website [update]
It's appropriate on both counts that the first official confirmation of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon comes on April Fools' Day and is totally warped. This teaser video and a new website, both revealed today, indicate some kind of 80s-styled take on the island setting of Far Cry 3. The website's "Story" ...
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon achievements emerge, indicate standalone game
A listing for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon achievements surfaced this morning, suggesting the rumored continuation of last year's game is a standalone digital release. The listing on Exophase, which seems to indicate a shooter, show achievements totaling to 400G, the base GamerScore allotment for an ...
Steam Daily Deal: Far Cry series for $40, Ubisoft games on sale
The Far Cry Franchise Pack is on sale for $40 on Steam today as the platform's Daily Deal. This deal is part of a larger Steam sale, as today is day three of the Ubisoft Publisher Weekend, so other Ubisoft-published games are 35 to 50 percent off on the platform as well. The Far Cry Franchise Pack ...
PSA: Far Cry 3 patch out today, adds new difficulty, outpost reset
Those who think they've gotten everything out of Far Cry 3 are in for a treat today. As promised, a new update has been released, adding some special options to the game. Players who have beaten the game can start a new game in Master difficulty, which populates the world with tougher enemies and ...
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