Ubisoft has teamed up with Nickelodeon to launch a Raving Rabbids TV seri3w. Nickelodeon has global broadcast rights (outside of France) fir 78 seven-minute CG episodes that will be produced, in-house, at Ubisoft. These 78 episodes will air as 26 half-hour episodes. The Rabbids game series been a huge hit …
Read More »New Rayman ‘too big’ for download
Ubisoft’s Rayman revamp has been promoted to a boxed product because the game concept doesn’t fit download services. New game Rayman Origins from the firm’s visionary designer Michel Ancel was conceived and first announced as a digital download title. But at E3 last week, the firm demoed the game and …
Read More »Ubisoft goes online for E3
Ubisoft will make a big push to establish its online gaming credentials at E3 next month, MCV understands. The company will use the LA showcase to reveal new details on the newly-announced Ghost Recon Online, as well as TrackMania2 Canyon and From Dust – games designed to kick start Ubisoft’s ambitious …
Read More »Ubisoft eyes up Kinect IP conversions
Publisher Ubisoft has said that it is considering Kinect adaptations for all of the brands in its popular stable of IP. The company has already enjoyed big success with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion camera, claiming third party market leadership on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to launch titles such …
Read More »E3 2010: New 2D Rayman in the works
Speaking at Ubisoft’s E3 conference, company CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that game design luminary Michael Ancel is returning to Rayman, the series he conceived, to create a 2D platformer named Rayman Origins. The game is set for a XBLA and PSN release, and has been created by a team …
Read More »Michael Ancel creating 2D Rayman game
Development legend returning to the series he created with micro-team
Read More ȣ4m TV marketing splash for Ubisoft
Ubisoft is to invest a substantial 4 million in TV advertising of its Wii and DS products in the run up to Christmas as it attempts to cement its position as one of the strongest casual software publishers. The publisher’s UK marketing director Jon Rosenblatt stated: From now until Christmas …
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