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Thursday, Nov 19
Article: Face-Off: Assassin's Creed II
This is the game I've been waiting for. While the original Assassin's Creed may have been short on variety, there's no denying the quality of the visuals and the immense possibilities of the openworld sandbox it presented to us. On Xbox 360, at least, it was a technological marvel that laid t...
Wednesday, Nov 18
News: RUSE VIP beta starts end of November
Ubisoft has announced that a VIP extended R.U.S.E. beta will start on 30th November. To begin with, the beta will be a fight between R.U.S.E. factions Germany and the US, a bit like the second half of World War II [it's set in World War II you lunatic - Ed]. The UK, USSR, Italy and France will be added later.
Tuesday, Nov 17
Review: Assassin's Creed II
Nothing is true," said Al Mualim. "Everything is permitted." The point of Assassin's Creed - apart from establishing a hugely successful new IP for Ubisoft - was to avoid taking the old man's words literally, and to begin with you may wish you'd done the same with the pre-release hype for the...
Friday, Nov 13
News: Ubi talks up Splinter Cell in-game ads
Ubisoft plans to offer advertisers a variety of opportunities to promote their wares within Splinter Cell: Conviction, according to a presentation at a Microsoft event in New York yesterday. Joystiq reports that Ubisoft will identify popular routes through each level and then use tha...
Wednesday, Nov 11
News: Ubisoft silent on Shadowbane trademark
A recently-filed trademark suggests Ubisoft may be working on a brand new version of Shadowbane. The filing, spotted by Superannuation, protects the game name when used for videogames on any format, including console. Ubisoft, when approached by Eurogamer, declined comment.
News: Natal will cost under £50, says report
The report says 14 games will go on sale alongside the new tech and points out that Activision, Bethesda, Capcom, Disney, EA, Konami, MTV, Namco Bandai, SEGA, Square Enix, THQ and Ubisoft have all signed up to produce Project Natal games. A large proportion of the early titles are expected...
Thursday, Nov 5
News: Ubi game sales down by more than half
But everything's going to be all right, according to CEO Yves Guillemot. The company should still hit €1 billion sales for the full year as the next six months are set to be "significantly more favourable, with a strong return to growth and profitability".
Wednesday, Nov 4
News: SC: Conviction has USB card drive
Ubisoft spills Collector's Edition contents. Ubisoft has whipped the wrappers off the Collector's Edition of Splinter Cell: Conviction, due February on PC and Xbox 360.
Monday, Nov 2
News: No Assassin's Creed II demo
Ubisoft has explained that there will be no demo offered for Assassin's Creed II. That's according to Connected Consoles (via VG247), which heard the news from a Ubisoft representative at the Eurogamer Expo 2009. We're double-checking with the publisher this morning.
Thursday, Oct 22
News: Avatar shapes up for December
Ubisoft has announced James Cameron's Avatar: The Game will get a UK release on 4th December - two weeks earlier than the film. Avatar is a 3D project (both game and film) with a complex storyline, enormous budget and hefty dose of CGI.
Wednesday, Oct 21
News: Ghost Recon: Predator outed in Oz
The Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) has rated a game called Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Predator. Ubisoft, unsurprisingly, is listed as both developer and publisher. The game has passed with an MA 15+ rating due to "strong violence", (OFLC via VG247). That's...
Wednesday, Oct 14
News: Ubi: We could do 35 Assassin's Creeds
Never mind a third Assassin's Creed game, Ubisoft producer Sébastien Puel reckons they could do any number of them. That's because - thanks to the way Assassin's Creed is structured, exploring the genetic memories of one of the assassins' descendants - the actual game bit could theoreti...
Wednesday, Oct 7
News: Mechner making new Prince of Persia?
Ubisoft appears to be busy developing a brand new Prince of Persia game. This was backed up today by the CV of Marc-Antoine Senecal, a character modeller at Ubisoft, who claims to have been "working on the new Prince of Persia" from "August 2009 - Present (3 months)" (also via superannuatio...
Tuesday, Oct 6
News: Ubisoft buys TrackMania maker Nadeo
Ubisoft has bought Parisian developer Nadeo, known best for the car-jumping and route-planning TrackMania series of games. Nadeo has only 10 employees, but TrackMania has around 700,000 unique users each month online, if Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot is to be believed.
Friday, Sep 25
News: Assassin's DS dated, uses DSi camera
Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin's Creed II: Discovery for DS, and plans a launch alongside its big-console siblings on 20th November. Developer Griptonite (also making PSP and iPhone versions) is at the helm and hard at work providing a pacey and intricate platform romp.
Thursday, Sep 10
News: Assassin's Creed II iPhone game shown
2D platform Discovery due in November. Ubisoft has announced Assassin's Creed II: Discovery for iPhone, due for release on 11th November in the States.
Wednesday, Aug 26
News: No More Heroes 2 due out in January
Design-a-t-shirt competition launched. Ubisoft has announced Wii exclusive No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle will hit the shops in January.
Tuesday, Aug 25
News: Ubisoft cagey about BG&E2 status
Won't discuss those "on hold" claims. Ubisoft has declined to comment on reports that Beyond Good & Evil 2 has been put on hold. Claiming it has is Gamersydewriter Colin Solal Cardo, who Twittered (via 1UP) that he had "confirmation" the title was "on hold for now".
Friday, Aug 21
News: RUSE PC beta "later this year"
Ubisoft has announced plans to let PC gamers have a crack at a beta version of strategy game RUSE "later this year". You can sign up now over on the Ubisoft website, and if you're fortunate enough to be picked from among applicants you'll presumably be hearing from them.
Thursday, Aug 20
Preview: Assassin's Creed II
Non-linearity may be everywhere these days (with the option of being everywhere else), but as inFamous suggested and Assassin's Creed II now hopes to prove, a bit of linearity goes a long way too. Sucker Punch's PS3 game had those underground bits where you collected new powers, and they w...
News: Ubisoft praises "exceptional" PS3 price
Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot and EA Games president Frank Gibeau have both praised Sony for cutting the price of the PlayStation 3, making the home console an attractive prospect for the mass market consumer. It's exceptional news, actually. I think the machine is a great machine, with th...
Tuesday, Aug 18
News: Ubisoft doing dance game for Wii
Burn calories safely, at home. Ubisoft has announced party game Just Dance for release this autumn on Wii.
News: Ubisoft announces Silent Hunter 5
First-person captain's view and more. Ubisoft has unveiled Silent Hunter 5 for PC and said the latest in the submarine simulation series will be released in early 2010.
Friday, Aug 7
News: I Am Alive due out in 2011?
Arch internet-watcher superannuation today dug up the LinkedIn profile of Charles Gaudron, who lists himself as senior game designer at Darkworks, and has the following in his summary section: "I Am Alive (PS3/X360, Ubisoft, 2011)".
Friday, Jul 31
News: Turtles in Time remake price dropped
Ubisoft has cut the price of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled from 1200 Microsoft Points to 800. The game's due out on 5th August as part of the Summer of Arcade marketing ruse, whose high prices have already convinced Microsoft to offer US gamers a 400-MSP rebate if...
Wednesday, Jul 29
News: No "major changes" for Splinter Cell
Writing on the company forums on a thread debating changes people might want to see, community developer Razz said: "Just so you know: there won't be any major changes or additions to what you saw at E3 but there may be minor tweaks/balancing."
Tuesday, Jul 28
News: Ubisoft has PC anti-piracy plan
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has said the company is working on something to combat PC game piracy "starting next year and probably one game this year". Speaking in a conference call to investors (thanks Kotaku), Guillemot also said the DS piracy situation was improving.
News: Ubi: Games delayed to ensure quality
Splinter Cell and Red Steel 2 needed time. The team was asking that they couldn't be with the level of quality on all the maps and all the game for the end of the year, so they had asked for more time to be able to come with a better product, for both of those games," Guillemot explained.
Monday, Jul 27
News: Splinter Cell, Red Steel, Ghost Recon slip
Ubisoft has revealed that both Splinter Cell: Conviction and Red Steel 2 have been delayed until the first three calendar months of 2010. The publisher's results for its financial first quarter - April to June - also said that the new Ghost Recon game and I Am Alive have slipped as well.
News: Ubisoft doing Scott Pilgrim game
Ace comic becomes retro brawler. Ubisoft Montreal is to produce a videogame based on Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comic books. The game will coincide with the release of a Scott Pilgrim film next year.
Thursday, Jul 23
News: EndWar sequel in development, says Ubi
Ubisoft's Michael De Plater has revealed a sequel to voice-controlled RTS EndWar is on the way. He told Videogamer the game is being worked on at Ubisoft Shanghai, just like its predecessor, but by "a smaller team". This time around there will be more emphasis on the single-player storylin...
Wednesday, Jul 22
News: Jam Sessions 2 coming this autumn
REM! Heart! The Pixies! Black Crowes. Details of a sequel to DS game Jam Sessions have popped up on the Ubisoft website.
Tuesday, Jul 21
News: Rabbids hopping onto DS this autumn
Ubisoft has announced DS and DSi versions of Rabbids Go Home that will hop onto shop shelves this autumn. Like its Wii counterpart, RGH on handheld will be puzzle-adventure rather than mini-game and will involve collecting junk to build a tower to the moon.
Monday, Jul 20
News: Ubi to launch new games on Facebook
Ubisoft has launched a new web gaming portal via Facebook, titled UbiFriends. We've been a leader in the art of making games for many years, and we're happy to bring the Ubisoft experience to Facebook, " said Laurent Detoc, president of Ubisoft North America.
News: New CSI game coming to PC and consoles
Ray! Riley! Catherine! Nick! Not Warwick. Ubisoft has signed up to produce another game based on CBS's popular modern-day version of Quincy.
Friday, Jul 17
News: AssCreed PSP will unlock PS3 content
Ubisoft producer details Bloodlines. Ubisoft producer Frederic Lefrancois has explained that PSP game Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines will unlock content on Assassin's Creed 2 on PS3 and vice versa. Both games are due out in November.
News: Where's Waldo? game on the way
For PC, Mac, Wii and DS this autumn. Ubisoft is developing a new game based on the popular Where's Wally? books, or Where's Waldo? as they're known in foreign climes.
Tuesday, Jul 14
Article: Assassin's Creed: Evolution of an engine
In actual fact, there have been three major releases based on the Assassin's Creed engine, codenamed Scimitar. This codebase powered both the 2008 Prince of Persia game, along with Shaun White Snowboarding - very different games, suggesting a very adaptable engine. So I decided on a more...
Monday, Jul 6
News: Ubisoft to publish Heroes Over Europe
Now white knight Ubisoft is stepping in to save the game from oblivion. Heroes Over Europe is a sequel to the PC, PS2 and Xbox game Heroes of the Pacific. It boasts 16-player multiplayer, customisable aircraft with localised damage, and locations including London, Berlin and the French Al...
Tuesday, Jun 30
Review: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Once again - at least until Rockstar San Diego tries to bring the cows home with Red Dead Redemption - it falls to Europeans to keep the fine traditions of the Wild West squarely in the crosshairs of popular culture. Just as Italy and Spain did in the spaghetti western films of the sixties and s...
Wednesday, Jun 24
News: Over 300 companies up for GamesCom
Games! Modding! M0t0rb1k3s! Armbands. They'll occupy 120,000 square metres of space at the event, which is being held in Cologne from 19th to 23rd August. Attendees will include the big three along with EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Square Enix and the other usual suspects.
Thursday, Jun 18
News: Anno 1404 demo released
Anno 1404 explores the trade and history of the Far East. It's the fourth instalment in the Anno series, behind Anno 1602, Anno 1503 and Anno 1701. Although relatively unknown here, the games have a strong fanbase on the continent - particularly in Germany.
Tuesday, Jun 16
News: TMNT Smash-Up gets release date
The game, which was first unveiled earlier this month, is exclusive to Wii. It's being developed with the help of Peter Laird, who invented the TMNTs in the first place. A four-player co-op mode and the inevitable mini-games are promised.
News: Games to cost $60m, says Ubisoft boss
The next generation is going to be so powerful that playing a game is going to be the equivalent of playing a CGI movie today," Guillemot told CNBC. Right now, of course, games for Xbox 360 and PS3 cost between USD 20 million and USD 30 million to make, and look like Saturday morning cartoons dr...
Friday, Jun 12
News: Assassin's Creed 2 Euro date confirmed
Ubisoft has told Eurogamer that Assassin's Creed 2 will launch on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 here on 20th November. The 17th November date announced at E3 was for the US. The UK will also get an exclusive Black Edition of Assassin's Creed 2, which costs 70 English Queenpounds.
Tuesday, May 12
News: Far Cry 2 patch tackles save corruption
For anyone in that position, the news that the latest patch will "reduce significantly the probability of having a corrupted save-game" is likely to go down well. Developer Ubisoft Montreal expanded on this in the patch notes and said it apologised wholeheartedly:
