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SCi’s mystery would-be bidder is not Ubisoft, according to a source from the company. The Financial Times quotes an insider from the French publisher as saying: We are not in discussion with SCi Entertainment any more than we are with any other company in the industry.” However, another source quoted …
Read More »GC LEIPZIG: Ubisoft signs up to Games For Windows
Ubisoft PC titles will carry the Microsoft Games For Windows branding in future. The news was revealed by the platform holder at its Leipzig conference yesterday. The first Games For Windows Ubisoft title is The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. Other publishers already signed up to Games For windows include …
Read More »Red Storm creative director joins Bungie
Christian Allen to take new post as design lead
Read More »Ubisoft signs up Left Field Productions
Excitebike 64 developer to produce Nitrobike for Wii
Read More »EIF: Guillemot predicts market boom
This upbeat message was given during Guillemot’s keynote speech at today’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Nodding towards the success of Nintendo’s Wii and DS in particular, he explained that the expansion of the market will come thanks to new consumers taking up gaming. But he warned that with this growth comes …
Read More »EAâ??s power at Ubisoft increases
Voting rights double as EA has now been in possession of stock for two years
Read More »Ubisoft gets Heroes
Ubisoft will develop and publish a game based on the sci-fi drama series Heroes, which began airing on UK terrestrial television earlier this week. The move follows the completion of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group, giving the publisher the rights to produce the game. The US …
Read More »Ubisoft Q1 sales rocket 90 per cent
Ubisoft’s sales for the first quarter ended June 30 2007 came to a whopping €134 million, up 90.5 per cent. This year’s figure dwarfs the €70 million recorded for the same period last year. For the first quarter 2007-08 79 per cent of the Group’s sales came from games for …
Read More »Next Splinter Cell name revealed?
A translation from Finnish games mag Magaza Pelaaja courtesy of games blog Kotaku claims that Ubisoft’s next outing for stealthy gaming superstar Sam Fisher will be dubbed Splinter Cell: Conviction. After dabbling with the idea of turning his back on the government in the last outing, Double Agent, this new …
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