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In a surprise move, Ubisoft has revealed that the next Assassin’s Creed game will feature a new protagonist and a new setting, and will be created by a new team. Assassin’s Creed 3 released last year and featured new hero Connor Kenway, with the game set during the American Revolution. …

Ouya will look to follow the way of smart phones and tablets, with plans to launch annual iterations of the Android-based console. Speaking with Joystiq at DICE, Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman explained how the company will replicate the mobile hardware strategy of actively refreshing with upgraded parts. "As it relates …

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has declared the current financial year is "a turning point" for the publisher after higher-than-expected Q4 sales. The exec said the company’s decision to strengthen its core gamer offering, venture into free-to-play and grow its online revenues is paying off. His comments follow today’s announcement of …

Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft saw its sales rise to over €800m last quarter, beating the previous Christmas season. Sales for the three months ended December 31st, 2012 generated €802m – up 23 per cent when compared to the €652m for the same period in 2011. Ubisoft has originally targeted €740m …

Ubisoft has confirmed that former Wii U exclusive Rayman Legends is now also to be released on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game was once scheduled as a launch title for Nintendo’s machine, and had been expected to arrive some time this quarter. All three SKUs – Wii U, PS3 …

Raiden is to become a striking feature of London, Liverpool and Leeds later this month. Konami has announced a neat marketing trick for the upcoming Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – three huge murals of the game’s star Raiden that have been created in key locations in the UK. Specifically, they …

Average paying user spending as much as $60 per month on free-to-play platform, says Jim Greer

The heroes in a half shell are heading back to your consoles. Activision has agreed a multi-year deal with Nickelodeon to produce three games based on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IP, the first of which will be released this summer. The publisher now has the global rights to …

The filmmaker behind Star Trek, Cloverfield, and television’s Fringe and Lost could be going into games development. In the opening session at the DICE conference today, JJ Abrams appeared alongside Valve boss Gabe Newell, and the two nonchalantly spoke of the possibility of movies based on Half-Life and Portal. The …

Microsoft is likely to follow the template it laid down with Windows 8 when it comes to designing the Xbox 360’s user interface. That’s according to the former VP of Windows Sales Joachim Kempin, who told IGN: "I think the other thing they will try, there’s no doubt about it, …