Ubisoft took their turn on the stage for their turn at hyping up the crowd at E3 2015, and they showed off details and reveals for games in their most loved franchises as well as revealing a few surprises. Mostly it was made of games we expected, although the rumours about Watch_Dogs 2 being there were proven not to be true.

The press conference started off with a trailer for a game no one saw coming – South Park: The Fractured But Whole. The sequel to the Stick of Truth game that the creators said they’d never make (but decided to do anyway), this time we see the characters playing through a superhero themed game. I’m not a fan of South Park, but I did get a laugh when they realised that they were no longer doing an RPG and paused the action to change costumes.

Next we had another new and unexpected game announcement: For Honor, a team game for up to 8 players (2 teams of 4 players) involving a lot of melee combat. It was shown off with a beautifully animated trailer that followed a common thread of combat across several different battlefields with a different fighter for each. There was also a live demo and it seems that hits will be given more emphasis through camera shake on screen, in an attempt to better immerse players in the game. It certainly looks as if it’ll have promise and players can sign up at forhonor.com to get more information about the game.

Onto the titles and franchises we did expect to see the first up was The Crew’s new expansion announcement. Wild Run will come with loads of new content such as vehicles, maps and gatherings and will be released on November 17th.

The Division was also featured, with news on a Beta coming on Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC early next year and the release date being announced as March 18th. They also talked about an area in the game called the Dark Zone – a quarantined area of the world which you can enter and showed a clip of gameplay that showcased the multiplayer elements, how you can choose to work together or not, finding loot and towards the end became a really good lesson on why you should never trust your best friends in a video game.

Games were announced for the Anno series, with Anno 2205 showcasing a nearish-future version of the city building game and Trackmania with Trackmania Turbo taking the series to consoles with a colourful and interesting set of racetracks with loops, twists and turns; as well as the ability to do your own tracks. Trials Fusion also announced Awesome Levels Max expansion with a perfect trailer that involved rainbows, a gun-toting ginger cat and a fire-breathing unicorn. Brilliant.

Just Dance 2016 was of course there, with the news that a camera is no longer needed to play the game and that you can use your smartphone as a controller for the game. More tracks, more dancing, more colour, more wonderfully danced avatars of course. The big news announced though was that a streaming service for the game called Just Dance Unlimited was going to be launched to allow users to get updates of fresh tracks to play, through a monthly subscription fee. The game will release in October for all platforms, with Xbox One, PS4 and WiiU getting access to the Just Dance Unlimited service.

There was more information on Rainbow Six: Siege including a rather awesome trailer that ramped up the tension and emphasised the importance of mission completion. Terrohunt was also announced to be making a return in this game, with a live demonstration of a mission on-stage which showcased some beautiful teamwork and co-optional play. Beta access will start from September 24th and it will include both the PvP and Terrohunt gamemodes for players to try out.

Another one of the big games we expected to see there was Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate and the idea of twin assassins with a gang of people backing them up set in Victorian London sounds amazing. We got a nice little trailer which included a Victorian horse-drawn carriage chase. Shame that it featured just one twin and it was the male one. Maybe I’m being a bit harsh but this is the same franchise that once talked about how it was too difficult to animate female assassins and got flack for it. I’d have loved to see her in action, but at least they did make a trailer for her even if it was shown during Sony’s press conference instead. If you’re interested, sign up at assassinscreed.com.

Finally they wrapped up with one last surprise game reveal: a new Ghost Recon game that emphasised the open-world possibilities and that there are many different ways of completing a mission. The trailer for Ghost Recon Wildlands showed the way that three different methods could result in a mission complete. Also, there was a lot of talk of not fearing death and quite a bit of blood. We’ve already talked about what position we’d take if we played, and I’m going to be causing havoc.

All in all, Ubisoft’s press conference was a lot how we expected it to be. Most of what was expected made a showing in some form and with big showy trailers too. There were some surprises though and I do look forward to seeing if games like For Honor become a success.

Also, Trials Fusion’s trailer was the highlight. Because it was ridiculous.