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For ubisoft, loot box inclusion boils down to two things. Ubisoft pledges to continue supporting nintendo switch 4. French video games maker ubisoft is not aware of media giant vivendi requesting a seat on the companys board, chief financial officer alain martinez said on thursday. French developer ubisoft announced today that it would be putting the brakes on the development of three projects. Now dont get me wrong about the title this is a great game its just that the tages client in the game which is the antipirating software is about the worst antipiracy program there can be so its near impossible to play on the pc but if your getting it for a console go for it i loved this game when it first came out on the original xbox it was honestly at the time my most favorite game of.
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