{"title":"Ubisoft Kyiv","description":"\u003cp\u003eUbisoft Kyiv represents Ubisoft's primary Eastern European development presence and one of the largest game development studios operating in Ukraine, having evolved from a small PC porting team into a multi-disciplinary support studio contributing across major franchise productions within the Ubisoft network. Founded in April 2008 in Kyiv, Ukraine—originally under the transliterated name Ubisoft Kiev—as part of the Guillemot family's strategic international expansion of Ubisoft's development footprint into Eastern Europe's talent-rich and cost-competitive technology sector, the studio's formation was publicly announced April 29, 2008, with early personnel receiving foundational training at Ubisoft Romania before returning to establish Kyiv operations, with the team's first credited contribution coming in March 2009 through participation in a PC conversion project alongside just six employees and the organization growing to 16 developers by March 2010 as it established its core competency in platform porting and technical optimization. The studio's operational architecture centered from inception on PC platform expertise within Ubisoft's multi-studio production model, developing the quality assurance infrastructure, technical porting pipelines, and platform certification workflows that would underpin the Kyiv studio's growing responsibilities across Ubisoft's major franchise ecosystem—formalizing this specialization through the 2016 launch of a dedicated quality control department for PC ports that systematized processes the studio had developed through successive porting projects and positioned Ubisoft Kyiv as the institutional home for PC technical excellence within the broader organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond PC porting responsibilities, Ubisoft Kyiv expanded into substantive support roles across Ubisoft's flagship franchise portfolio including the Ghost Recon military tactical series—contributing to both mainline entries and an ambitious cancelled multiplayer project—alongside action-adventure open-world franchises, motorsport gaming series developed in collaboration with Finnish studio RedLynx, and the Uplay\/Ubisoft Connect platform infrastructure developed in partnership with Massive Entertainment, while close collaboration with Ubisoft Quebec on historical RPG releases and with multiple studios on the Rainbow Six tactical shooter franchise demonstrated the Kyiv studio's integration as a trusted co-development partner across diverse production contexts. In December 2019, Ubisoft formally rebranded the studio from Kiev to Kyiv to adopt the Ukrainian-language romanization of the city's name rather than the Russian-derived transliteration, reflecting broader international adoption of Ukrainian naming conventions and acknowledging the studio's identity as a Ukrainian institution. The February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine confronted Ubisoft Kyiv—alongside sister studio Ubisoft Odesa, founded March 2018 as the organization's second Ukrainian presence—with an existential operational crisis that Ubisoft parent organization addressed through advance salary disbursements, supplementary funding covering exceptional relocation and safety costs, emergency housing arrangements in neighboring countries for displaced employees and their families, dedicated support hotlines, redundant communication infrastructure, and €200,000 in humanitarian donations split between Save the Children and the Ukrainian Red Cross, with the studio demonstrating remarkable resilience by maintaining development contributions through the ongoing conflict and remaining among the top ten largest studios within Ubisoft's global network, continuing operations from Kyiv as an active subsidiary within Ubisoft's reorganized studio structure.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"far-cry-new-dawn-xbox-one","title":"Far Cry: New Dawn","description":"\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eFar Cry New Dawn returns to Hope County, Montana, seventeen years after the nuclear Collapse left the world in ruins. What was once a war-torn valley is now a strange, vivid wilderness reclaimed by nature, where survivors scrape together the remnants of civilization while a ruthless gang called the Highwaymen strips the land of everything that remains. As a security captain rallying the people of Prosperity, you take up salvaged weapons and unlikely allies to push back against a new kind of threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Post-Apocalyptic Hope County Reborn\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe familiar Montana of Far Cry 5 has been transformed into a \"super bloom\" landscape of pink wildflowers, overgrown ruins, and mutated wildlife. The Collapse reshaped the region into something beautiful and dangerous in equal measure, where abandoned towns hide useful salvage and aggressive animals roam the wreckage. The result is a world that feels both haunting and alive, blending the series' open-world exploration with the desperation of life after the bombs fell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Highwaymen and the Twins\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStanding between the survivors and a future are the Highwaymen, an organized band of road raiders who seize resources and force communities into submission. The local chapter answers to Mickey and Lou, twin sisters whose cruelty drives much of the conflict. They mark the first Far Cry where every primary antagonist is a woman, and their presence gives the campaign a personal, simmering tension as you work to dismantle their hold on the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBuild and Upgrade Prosperity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n  \u003cdt\u003eYour Home Base\u003c\/dt\u003e\n  \u003cdd\u003eProsperity is the survivors' township, built on the bones of an old ranch, and it grows alongside your progress. Investing in the settlement is central to the experience rather than an optional side activity.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n  \u003cdt\u003eSpecialists and Facilities\u003c\/dt\u003e\n  \u003cdd\u003eRecruiting specialists unlocks new facilities such as the Weapons Workbench, Infirmary, Garage, and Explosives Lab. Each can be upgraded across three tiers, expanding what you can craft and how tough you become.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n  \u003cdt\u003eEthanol as Currency\u003c\/dt\u003e\n  \u003cdd\u003eUpgrades are fueled by ethanol, gathered by liberating Highwaymen outposts or hijacking their fuel tankers. This loop ties your base growth directly to how aggressively you take the fight to the enemy.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCrafting, Outposts, and Tiered Combat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Dawn introduces light RPG mechanics to the Far Cry formula. Enemies are ranked into tiers up to Elite, and stronger foes demand stronger gear, so weapons and vehicles are crafted and upgraded from scavenged materials. Captured outposts can be held to produce ethanol or scavenged for a quick haul, surrendering them back to the Highwaymen at a higher difficulty for richer rewards on the next assault. It is a system that rewards planning, scavenging, and the willingness to retake the same ground again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eExpeditions Beyond Hope County\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time in the series, you can travel well beyond the main map. Expeditions fly you to locations across the United States, from Louisiana swamps to a beached aircraft carrier, where you grab a high-value package and fight your way to an extraction point before the Highwaymen overwhelm you. These missions are the primary source of rare crafting components and can be replayed at escalating difficulty, and they support co-op so a friend can join the run.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are reclaiming outposts, hunting down resources for that next Elite weapon, or simply taking in the eerie beauty of a world growing back over the rubble, New Dawn offers a focused, rewarding spin on Far Cry's open-world action. Step into the captain's boots, rebuild what the Collapse took, and decide what kind of future Hope County deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ubisoft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31426058584150,"sku":"XBOX_4409111576662_DL_GL","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/3268\/files\/card-far-cry-new-dawn-xbox-digital-game.jpg?v=1782237173"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.pjsgames.com\/en-de\/collections\/ubisoft-kyiv.oembed","provider":"PJ's Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}