Ubisoft unveils 2 new games

Ubisoft has announced two new games: Valiant Hearts: The Great War, a downloadable 2D platformer set during World War I, and Child of Light, a downloadable side-scrolling RPG.

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a 2D platformer that’s inspired by actual letters from World War 1. The game is being developed by Ubisoft Montpellier on the UbiArt Framework (the same studio and engine that gave us Rayman Legends and Rayman Origins).

Valiant Hearts tells the tale of four strangers coming together on the battlefield to help a young German soldier find love in a story about survival, sacrifice, and friendship.

Players have to use stealth and puzzle-solving abilities to make it through the war-torn scenarios, although, there is some humour spread throughout the game.

Valiant Hearts: The Great War will be available in 2014 on PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS4 and Xbox One.

Child of Light

Child of Light is a gorgeous RPG, that explores the story of a heroine named Aurora.

Aurora must find the missing light sources and defeat the Black Queen to restore the kingdom. Guiding her through the darkness is a floating ball of light named Igniculus, who can be controlled by a second player.

This two-player element allows for different respective skills to be used against enemies, such as Igniculus using a light source to blind enemies and slow them down, or directly healing comrades and collecting orbs to restore the party member’s health and mana.

The game is inspired by fairy tales and epic poems (all dialogue is spoken in rhymes) and styled after Japanese role-playing games, with turn-based battles and a skill tree closely resembling what we saw in Far Cry 3.

Child of Light will be available on PS4, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC in 2014.