#34: Change is Coming

Ubisoft has been around longer than most game companies, developing and publishing its own titles since 1986 on early personal computers. Three decades in such a young industry requires change and adaptation to survive and thrive where so many others have failed and disappeared into obscurity. Lately though, it seems like they may have fallen into complacency, happy with a formerly tried and true formula that hit a wall with a couple of under-performing, AAA titles that seemed to fit the rubric just fine. But as we said, Ubisoft is not afraid of change, and we've got details on the beginnings of the next big shift in this giant's workings. Wild things are happening elsewhere in games, as the release delays continue with new launch dates for Cyberpunk 2077 and... well, not Dying Light 2 since it doesn't even get that much. HTC China lets slip that we may be getting Left 4 Dead 3 sometime after Half-Life: Alyx, Sony is almost surely bringing some major first party titles to PC, and Gamestop posts a not-so-stellar 2019 year end earnings update.