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Read More »UPDATED: Ubisoft DRM loophole allows remote hackers to access PCs
A potentially very serious issue with the PC DRM employed by Ubisoft seems to have left many gamers susceptible to hackers. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that a problem with the Uplay/DRM infrastructure of a number of Ubisoft titles that allows websites to plant potentially malicious code onto the PCs of …
Read More »Ubisoft to host Gamescom press conference next month
Ubisoft has confirmed it will host its first Gamescom press conference next month. The conference will take place at 3pm on August 15th in the Konrad-Adenauer-Saal, Congress-Centrum North. Top Ubisoft executives will be in attendance to showcase the firm’s new free-to-play titles set in some of Ubisoft’s popular franchises. The …
Read More »Guillemot: New consoles enable more creativity
Consumers 'are more willing to invest in original content at the start of a new generation'
Read More »Ubisoft: Lack of new consoles has "penalised" us
A second high-profile publisher figure has bemoaned the extended lifecycles of the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. "What we missed was a new console every five years," Ubisoft CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot told Gamasutra. "We have been penalized by the lack of new consoles on the market. I understand …
Read More »Ghost Recon: Future Soldier helps Ubisoft post past quarter increase
Ubisoft has reported a significant increase in earnings for the past quarter, thanks in large part to the sales of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The company announced a 27 per cent increase in earnings for Q1 of its current fiscal year ending June 30th, 2012. Revenue for Ubisoft during the …
Read More »Digital drives Ubisoft Q1 sales to $160m
Online sales jump by 127 per cent to offset falling retail revenues
Read More »New Assassin’s Creed novel due this Christmas
Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken, the latest novel based on Ubisoft’s flagship action series, will be released this December. It will once again be written by Oliver Bowden, the pen name for "an acclaimed novelist and historian who currently lives in Paris", according to CVG. Forsaken will expand on the story of …
Read More »Develop 100: Ubisoft Studios examined
We uncover why the publisher continues to make huge strides in the games industry
Read More »Splinter Cell: Blacklist will make gamers question right and wrong
Ubisoft wants to push the morality of the battlefield in next year’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Speaking to Game Informer, the title’s creative director Maxime Beland said Sam Fisher will be faced with morally ambiguous choices in how he deals with his enemies and the men he interrogates. Blacklist pits Fisher …
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