During Ubisoft's Q1 2020-21 earnings call, it confirmed that its Fall 2020 games, including Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Valhalla, will be $60 USD when they launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. However, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot specifically mentions the games scheduled for release this holiday, potentially leaving the door open for a price increase. Ubisoft Yves Guillemot was responding to a question and said "For the Christmas games, we plan to come with the same price as the previous generation of consoles. That's what we're focused on at the moment." Later in the call, he reiterated the $60 price, but did not commit to saying all future next-gen games would be $60. "We said earlier that for the $60 price, we are concentrating on the Christmas releases, and those games will launch at $60." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/12/assassins-creed-valhalla-hands-on"] This move by Ubisoft differs from 2K's decision to make NBA 2K21 $70 USD on PS5 and Xbox Series X, as opposed to the $60 price tag on current-gen systems. This news also arrives alongside Ubisoft's commitment to implement "major changes" to the company following the series of abuse and misconduct allegations against some of its employees. During the earnings call, Ubisoft reported that it had a record first quarter with "significantly higher-than expected performance led by the depth of the Group's catalog, quality of its Live services and historically high engagement levels." Ubisoft had record net bookings of "€410.0 million (~$474 million USD), far exceeding the Group’s target of around €335.0 million (~$388 million USD)" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/12/watch-dogs-legion-hands-on-a-world-worth-exploring"] Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on November 17, 2020. We know it will be a launch title for PS5 and Xbox Series X, but we have yet to learn the launch date of either next-gen system. Watch Dogs Legion will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and PC on October 29, 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch. Additional reporting by Matt T.M. Kim

During Ubisoft's Q1 2020-21 earnings call, it confirmed that its Fall 2020 games, including Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Valhalla, will be $60 USD when they launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. However, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot specifically mentions the games scheduled for release this holiday, potentially leaving the door open for a price increase. Ubisoft Yves Guillemot was responding to a question and said "For the Christmas games, we plan to come with the same price as the previous generation of consoles. That's what we're focused on at the moment." Later in the call, he reiterated the $60 price, but did not commit to saying all future next-gen games would be $60. "We said earlier that for the $60 price, we are concentrating on the Christmas releases, and those games will launch at $60." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/12/assassins-creed-valhalla-hands-on"] This move by Ubisoft differs from 2K's decision to make NBA 2K21 $70 USD on PS5 and Xbox Series X, as opposed to the $60 price tag on current-gen systems. This news also arrives alongside Ubisoft's commitment to implement "major changes" to the company following the series of abuse and misconduct allegations against some of its employees. During the earnings call, Ubisoft reported that it had a record first quarter with "significantly higher-than expected performance led by the depth of the Group's catalog, quality of its Live services and historically high engagement levels." Ubisoft had record net bookings of "€410.0 million (~$474 million USD), far exceeding the Group’s target of around €335.0 million (~$388 million USD)" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/12/watch-dogs-legion-hands-on-a-world-worth-exploring"] Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on November 17, 2020. We know it will be a launch title for PS5 and Xbox Series X, but we have yet to learn the launch date of either next-gen system. Watch Dogs Legion will be released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and PC on October 29, 2020. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch. Additional reporting by Matt T.M. Kim

Family Guy has long been a fixture at Comic-Con, and that hasn't changed even with this year's all-digital Comic-Con@Home event. Fox will be streaming a panel featuring many of the stars and producers of the series, including creator Seth MacFarlane and actors Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mila Kunis. The Family Guy panel will be featured on IGN's Comic-Con@Home livestream at 2pm PT on Saturday, July 25. Check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule. IGN can exclusively reveal that Family Guy Season 19 will debut on September 27, 2020. We also have a clip from the Comic-Con@Home panel. Check it out in the embed below or the video player above: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/22/family-guy-exclusive-preview-of-the-comic-conhome-panel"] The clip features MacFarlane and Borstein reflecting on which episodes from Family Guy's 18-season run are their favorites. MacFarlane points to the Season 9's Agatha Christie-spoofing "And Then There Were Fewer" (which placed #12 on our countdown of the Top 20 Family Guy episodes). Borstein, however, seems to favor specific moments and lines over entire episodes. We'll have to wait and see what other topics are covered during the panel, but no doubt we'll see clips of the upcoming 19th season. Hopefully the cast and crew will address the recent news that voice actor Mike Henry is stepping down from his role as Cleveland Brown. Henry tweeted, "It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role." The Simpsons is making similar moves. Fox released a statement declaring "Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.” We'll be interested to see how MacFarlane and his collaborators feel about this major change to such a long-running series. The Family Guy panel will stream on Saturday, July 25 at 2pm PT. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-adult-cartoon-tv-series&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Family Guy has long been a fixture at Comic-Con, and that hasn't changed even with this year's all-digital Comic-Con@Home event. Fox will be streaming a panel featuring many of the stars and producers of the series, including creator Seth MacFarlane and actors Alex Borstein, Seth Green and Mila Kunis. The Family Guy panel will be featured on IGN's Comic-Con@Home livestream at 2pm PT on Saturday, July 25. Check out our full Comic-Con 2020 panel schedule. IGN can exclusively reveal that Family Guy Season 19 will debut on September 27, 2020. We also have a clip from the Comic-Con@Home panel. Check it out in the embed below or the video player above: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/22/family-guy-exclusive-preview-of-the-comic-conhome-panel"] The clip features MacFarlane and Borstein reflecting on which episodes from Family Guy's 18-season run are their favorites. MacFarlane points to the Season 9's Agatha Christie-spoofing "And Then There Were Fewer" (which placed #12 on our countdown of the Top 20 Family Guy episodes). Borstein, however, seems to favor specific moments and lines over entire episodes. We'll have to wait and see what other topics are covered during the panel, but no doubt we'll see clips of the upcoming 19th season. Hopefully the cast and crew will address the recent news that voice actor Mike Henry is stepping down from his role as Cleveland Brown. Henry tweeted, "It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role." The Simpsons is making similar moves. Fox released a statement declaring "Moving forward, The Simpsons will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters.” We'll be interested to see how MacFarlane and his collaborators feel about this major change to such a long-running series. The Family Guy panel will stream on Saturday, July 25 at 2pm PT. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-adult-cartoon-tv-series&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Following a series of abuse and misconduct allegations against Ubisoft employees, Ubisoft has outlined the "major changes" it will take in the future to prevent these issues occurring again. As revealed during Ubisoft's Q1 2020-21 earnings call, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot began by addressing the issues with the following quote;

"While Ubisoft’s current performance and business prospects are stronger than ever, we nonetheless face a very serious challenge following the recent allegations and accusations of misconduct and inappropriate behavior within our Group. I am determined to make profound changes in order to improve and strengthen our corporate culture. We already have acted swiftly and firmly, announcing and introducing large-scale initiatives intended to transform our organization. Our overriding aim is ensuring that all Ubisoft employees have a safe and inclusive workplace environment. As a leader in our industry, we have to be intransigent in order to create an exemplary culture where everyone feels respected and valued. This is vital to ensure that all of the talented people who make up Ubisoft feel fulfilled in their jobs."

Following three top executives and the creative director of Assassin's Creed Valhalla stepping down, as well as other employees being removed or resigning, Ubisoft also revealed the major changes it will take, including;

1. A series of investigations will take place by independent external consultants, and a "confidential third-party managed listening and alert platform has been put in place to enable employees as well as external individuals to anonymously report any harassment, discrimination or other inappropriate behavior. This external company will deliver regular reports to Ubisoft's Board of Directors. Additionally, a support and recovery unit has been put in place that is being overseen by an organization "specialized in helping victims of harassment.
2. Guillemot is personally overseeing a "review of the composition and reorganization of the editorial department," and is overhauling the way these teams work together.
3. Ubisoft will be transforming its HR processes in order to "better prevent, detect and sanction inappropriate behavior." In an effort to do this in the best way, it has selected a "leading consultancy firm to perform an external audit." Furthermore, team leads' bonuses will be tied to "their ability to create a positive and inclusive workplace environment," and a harassment awareness-raising campaign among all Ubisoft employees will be in place that will take the form of training modules.
4. Ubisoft has launched a group-wide questionnaire to obtain "their feedback on a totally anonymous basis, and has put in place talking and listening sessions for employees on all of its sites with the aim of addressing their suggestions and concerns and identifying areas for improvement."
5. A Head of Workplace Culture has been appointed and a new Head of Diversity and Inclusion position has been created, and this position will be open to both internal and external candidates. Both of these roles will report directly to Guillemot.

These changes were announced a day after Bloomberg released a wide-ranging report that further detailed Ubisoft's history of internal abuse and sexism and included stories of multiple Assassin's Creed games being scrapped of minimized to do a "perception that games won't sell with a strong male lead." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Following a series of abuse and misconduct allegations against Ubisoft employees, Ubisoft has outlined the "major changes" it will take in the future to prevent these issues occurring again. As revealed during Ubisoft's Q1 2020-21 earnings call, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot began by addressing the issues with the following quote;

"While Ubisoft’s current performance and business prospects are stronger than ever, we nonetheless face a very serious challenge following the recent allegations and accusations of misconduct and inappropriate behavior within our Group. I am determined to make profound changes in order to improve and strengthen our corporate culture. We already have acted swiftly and firmly, announcing and introducing large-scale initiatives intended to transform our organization. Our overriding aim is ensuring that all Ubisoft employees have a safe and inclusive workplace environment. As a leader in our industry, we have to be intransigent in order to create an exemplary culture where everyone feels respected and valued. This is vital to ensure that all of the talented people who make up Ubisoft feel fulfilled in their jobs."

Following three top executives and the creative director of Assassin's Creed Valhalla stepping down, as well as other employees being removed or resigning, Ubisoft also revealed the major changes it will take, including;

1. A series of investigations will take place by independent external consultants, and a "confidential third-party managed listening and alert platform has been put in place to enable employees as well as external individuals to anonymously report any harassment, discrimination or other inappropriate behavior. This external company will deliver regular reports to Ubisoft's Board of Directors. Additionally, a support and recovery unit has been put in place that is being overseen by an organization "specialized in helping victims of harassment.
2. Guillemot is personally overseeing a "review of the composition and reorganization of the editorial department," and is overhauling the way these teams work together.
3. Ubisoft will be transforming its HR processes in order to "better prevent, detect and sanction inappropriate behavior." In an effort to do this in the best way, it has selected a "leading consultancy firm to perform an external audit." Furthermore, team leads' bonuses will be tied to "their ability to create a positive and inclusive workplace environment," and a harassment awareness-raising campaign among all Ubisoft employees will be in place that will take the form of training modules.
4. Ubisoft has launched a group-wide questionnaire to obtain "their feedback on a totally anonymous basis, and has put in place talking and listening sessions for employees on all of its sites with the aim of addressing their suggestions and concerns and identifying areas for improvement."
5. A Head of Workplace Culture has been appointed and a new Head of Diversity and Inclusion position has been created, and this position will be open to both internal and external candidates. Both of these roles will report directly to Guillemot.

These changes were announced a day after Bloomberg released a wide-ranging report that further detailed Ubisoft's history of internal abuse and sexism and included stories of multiple Assassin's Creed games being scrapped of minimized to do a "perception that games won't sell with a strong male lead." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Ubisoft Forward's second broadcast will come in September, says Yves Guillemot.

Ubisoft Forward's second broadcast will come in September, says Yves Guillemot.

Hasbro is expanding its Power Rangers Lightning Collection with a new addition based on the Shattered Grid comic crossover from 2018: Lord Drakkon. The Shattered Grid series is a crossover between the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Go Go Power Rangers story lines. If you aren't up on your Power Rangers comic lore, Lord Drakkon is Tommy Oliver in an alternate universe where he never joined the Rangers, and instead kept his loyalties to Rita Repulsa. The Lightning Collection is Hasbro's premium Power Rangers collectible line. Think Star Wars Black Series or GI Joe Classified Series, but for Power Rangers. The figure features excellent paint and detailing and includes the shattered trophy helmets of defeated Rangers,, interchangeable hands and sword, and "transforms from Evolution to Evolution as he gains more power, eventually becoming a Black Ranger." Oh, and there are two different matrices of lightning to represent his growing powers. Yes. Lightning is an accessory. Instead of me telling you about it, take a look at the gallery below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=lord-drakkon-evo-iii-figure-reveal&captions=true"] The Lord Drakkon Evo III figure will be available this September for $49.99 as a Hasbro Pulse exclusive. Last week, Hasbro revealed new Star Wars: Black Series figures based on the Clone Wars animated series, and also revealed a Top Gun x Transformers mash-up coming later this year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend. Find him on Twitter @sethmacy.

Hasbro is expanding its Power Rangers Lightning Collection with a new addition based on the Shattered Grid comic crossover from 2018: Lord Drakkon. The Shattered Grid series is a crossover between the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Go Go Power Rangers story lines. If you aren't up on your Power Rangers comic lore, Lord Drakkon is Tommy Oliver in an alternate universe where he never joined the Rangers, and instead kept his loyalties to Rita Repulsa. The Lightning Collection is Hasbro's premium Power Rangers collectible line. Think Star Wars Black Series or GI Joe Classified Series, but for Power Rangers. The figure features excellent paint and detailing and includes the shattered trophy helmets of defeated Rangers,, interchangeable hands and sword, and "transforms from Evolution to Evolution as he gains more power, eventually becoming a Black Ranger." Oh, and there are two different matrices of lightning to represent his growing powers. Yes. Lightning is an accessory. Instead of me telling you about it, take a look at the gallery below. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=lord-drakkon-evo-iii-figure-reveal&captions=true"] The Lord Drakkon Evo III figure will be available this September for $49.99 as a Hasbro Pulse exclusive. Last week, Hasbro revealed new Star Wars: Black Series figures based on the Clone Wars animated series, and also revealed a Top Gun x Transformers mash-up coming later this year. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend. Find him on Twitter @sethmacy.