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Posted on 2 July 2022 by admin

Ubisoft wants to spread climate change awareness with these in-game events

Ubisoft has detailed how two of its games hope to spread awareness about the impact of climate change.

The details come as part of the 2022 Green Game Jam (opens in new tab), which judged games on the three-fold theme of Food, Forests, and our Future.

In the game’s impact statement, Ubisoft said Skull and Bones (opens in new tab) will use in-game events to challenge the player with environmental issues such as how the demand for shark fins is affecting the ocean.

“Much like our own oceans, this world provides many resources to benefit them on their adventure but also opens the possibility of exploitation,” Ubisoft writes in its application for Skull and Bones (opens in new tab). “Our first activation will address resource exploitation, showing what happens in the game world and the real world when the demand for sharks’ fins results in the overfishing of sharks. Players will have the choice to contribute to marine wildlife protection and comprehend the destructive nature of the shark fin trade.”

Riders Republic (opens in new tab), on the other hand, will have an event from the moment the game begins that sees the sky go orange throughout the entire game because of wildfires, with players equipped with gas masks by default. As part of the game, they will have to reduce the risk of fire spreading and identify the most fragile and flammable areas of Sequoia National Park (thanks, NME (opens in new tab)).

The Playing For The Planet Alliance was launched in 2019 during the Climate Summit at UN Headquarters in New York in recognition that its alliance members reach “more than one billion video game players” combined. Members include Bandai Namco, Creative Assembly, Microsoft, Niantic, Sony, and Sega, amongst others.

The Green Game Jam itself saw Hay Day secure two awards, with other award winners including Riders Republic, Brawlhalla, June’s Journey, Imagine Earth, TerraGenesis, and Carbon Island.

Ubisoft’s seafaring adventure, Skull and Bones, popped up on the ESRB website (opens in new tab) rated “Mature” last week, adding credence to a recent rumor that Ubisoft is set to showcase Skull and Bones’ changes and improvements sometime in the week commencing July 4 (opens in new tab).

Beleaguered by setbacks and delays, Skull and Bones was originally revealed at E3 2017, and we’ve seen and heard surprisingly little since then beyond getting delay announcements in 2018 and then again in 2019.

Read up on our new games 2022 (opens in new tab) guide for a complete look at all the games launching over the next few months.

Posted on 2 July 2022 by admin

Ubisoft to Feature In-Game Climate Change Events for Green Game Jam 2022

As part of Green Game Jam 2022, Ubisoft is set to be one of several studios spearheading efforts to promote the fight against climate change with special in-game events.

Green Game Jam was started in 2020 by Playing for the Planet, a UN-led initiative that strives to “inspire young people to learn and act in support of the environment” by collaborating with the gaming industry.

In addition to the sales of a tree-themed in-game charity item for the Brawlhalla World Tree Initiative and an exclusive Charity Pack within Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, two other Ubisoft titles will soon debut some dramatic “activations” to players.

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Riders Republic, Ubisoft’s arcade-y extreme sports sandbox released this past October, will invite players to join forces to prevent Sequoia National Park from burning down in-game unannounced.

“We will be promoting strategies to reduce wildfire frequency and size as well as have an emotional impact on players regarding the consequences of wildfires,” Ubisoft gameplay director Boris Maniora wrote. “The live event won’t be announced to players proactively. Instead, they will be immersed immediately in the consequences of wildfires on the outskirts of the map when booting the game.”

Some specific details shared about the Riders Republic event were:

The Riders Republic event, which secured the Media’s Choice Award for Green Game Jam 2022, is said to be taking place later this year or early 2023.

Another in-game climate change event that Ubisoft has been working on is for Skull and Bones, the studio’s long-anticipated pirate adventure title.

“Our first activation will address resource exploitation,” Ubisoft Singapore senior gameplay programmer Wong Yi wrote, “showing what happens in the game world and the real world when the demand for sharks’ fins results in the overfishing of sharks. Players will have the choice to contribute to marine wildlife protection and comprehend the destructive nature of the shark fin trade.

“Like our current societal challenges, changes need to be collaborative, raise awareness and encourage others to learn of and consider additional ecological causes that need attention.”

This in-game activation is said to be categorized as one of the seasonal live events in Skull and Bones. As players contribute to the community challenges, rewards will be unlocked for all players depending on the overall level of participation.

Additionally, Yi announced Ubisoft’s plans to partner with marine conservation NGOs “to show players that their in-game actions can have a meaningful impact on the oceans that have inspired their game world.”

“We hope that this further instills in our players greater motivation to take part in real-world community challenges that reward humanity.”

Posted on 2 July 2022 by admin

Riders Republic, Skull & Bones Will Have In-Game Events to Highlight Climate Issues

Ubisoft has announced that in-game events in both Riders Republic and Skull & Bones will be used to highlight real-world environmental issues.

Beginning in late 2022, the first live event will take place in Riders Republic and deal with forest fires.

There will be no warning (to simulate the immediacy of forest fires), the sky will change to an ominous shade of orange, and players will need to team up in order to save endangered sequoia trees from the blaze.

Certain areas of the map will become inaccessible, and you will be able to pinpoint the location of each conflagration by the smoke on the horizon.

You can read our full thoughts on Riders Republic in our review.

Skull & Bones, meanwhile, will have an event focusing on the consequences of overfishing. While we don’t have a firm release date for the long-in-development title, we should hear more soon, and it is rumoured to be released in October.

What do you think of Ubisoft’s idea of adding live events to highlight these issues? Let us know in the comments section below.

Posted on 1 July 2022 by admin

Riders Republic and Skull and Bones will have in-game events aimed at tackling climate change

Riders Republic and Skull and Bones will have in-game events aimed at tackling climate change.

Ubisoft is using two of its virtual offerings to highlight some very real issues. In collaboration with Playing for the Planet (opens in new tab), the company will host in-game events in Riders Republic and the long-awaited Skull and Bones designed to raise awareness about the impact that climate change is having on our world.

As reported by Axios (opens in new tab), sometime in late 2022 or early 2023, Riders Republic players will find parts of the game world ablaze. According to Ubisoft, the event won’t be announced ahead of time. Instead, you’ll log in one day and suddenly be met with an orange sky and “fire smoke” fog throughout the entire game. You’ll be equipped with a gas mask, but some areas will be off limits due to their proximity to the blaze. As well as highlighting the dangers of wildfires, the event will encourage cooperation as players will have to work together to prevent Sequoia National Park from burning to the ground.

Similarly, Ubisoft is using its pirate-themed adventure Skull and Bones, which is rumoured to be launching in November, to host events highlighting the problems facing our oceans, such as overfishing. “Players will have the choice to contribute to marine wildlife protection and comprehend the destructive nature of the shark fin trade,” the company says.

Ubisoft isn’t the only one taking environmental issues seriously. In collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation, PlayStation launched the Play and Plant (opens in new tab) program for Horizon Forbidden West, which saw it plant a tree for every player who unlocked the ‘Reach the Daunt’ trophy during the game’s first few weeks on sale.

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