Shape Up is Ubisoft's new fitness game

Ubisoft is getting into the fitness trend. During their E3 Media Briefing, the publisher revealed Shape Up. Shape Up is a new fitness game that adds a number of challenges that seek to engage players and increase their fitness level by tossing in a sense of fun factor.

Ozzie Mejia

June 9, 2014 3:51 PM

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Ubisoft is getting into the fitness trend. During their E3 Media Briefing, the publisher revealed Shape Up. Shape Up is a new Xbox One-exclusive fitness game that adds a number of challenges that seek to engage players and increase their fitness level by tossing in a sense of fun factor.

One of the modes displayed was Piano Step, which displayed virtual players on the screen. In this instance, a virtual representation of the player in the present competed against a ghost version of their previous playthrough, engaging in a rhythm game to the tune of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger."

The game will also feature competitive multiplayer modes, as several Ubisoft devs from North America and France competed against each other on stage, with person engaging in push-ups with several rule twists thrown in.

Shape Up will release on Xbox One this holiday season.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?