Far Cry 4 interview with creative director Alex Hutchinson at E3 2014

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Ubisoft kicked off its E3 2014 press conference with the first five minutes of the upcoming Far Cry 4 , and then showed us some of its new cooperative action in a lengthy gameplay video. We've played it, and PC Gamer Editor-in-chief Evan Lahti spoke to Ubisoft's Alex Hutchinson at the event about what the developer is adding to its successful FPS formula.

Be sure to check out more on E3 2014 all this week.

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