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The 3DS version of Rayman Origins will finally arrive next month. According to the just released trailer, owners of Nintendo’s latest handheld will finally get their crack at the title on June 5th in North America and June 8th in Europe. The demo arrived for the game on the 3DS …
Read More »Ubisoft suggests F2P will drive next-gen console race
Free-to-play could be the go-to business model for next generation console software on PS4, Next Xbox and Wii U. That’s the impression given by Ubisoft in its post financials conference call. A surprising amount of focus was put on the next-generation consoles in the presentation. It’s interesting to think that …
Read More »Ubisoft to capitalize on next-gen, free-to-play
CEO Yves Guillemot provides guidance for the coming year
Read More »Ubisoft posts £30m profit FY2012
Q4 earnings down, but French publisher's sales up for the year
Read More »Ubisoft profits rise to £30m in FY2012
French publishing giant Ubisoft has posted full-year profits of €37.3m (29.7m) for the twelve months ended March 31st, 2012. The company racked up€1.06bn (845m)in sales, up from the €1.04bn (828m) taken in the previous financial year. Its current operating income came in at €56m (44.6m). Ubisoft attributed its success to …
Read More »Avengers game heading to Wii U, Kinect
The new Marvel film is taking the box office by storm, and Ubisoft is giving gamers the chance to wield their favourite heroes’ superpowers. Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth is currently in development for Wii U and Kinect and is due for release this Autumn. However, it will not be …
Read More »Beyond Good and Evil 2 beyond current tech
Michael Ancel confirms game still in development for next-gen
Read More »Domain listing outs Avengers: Battle for Earth
A game tie-in for The Avengers film is on the way from Ubisoft, if the info from a recently registered domain name is to be believed. A Whois listing spotted by Fusible shows the domain name avengersbattleforearth.com was registered through brand protection company MarkMonitor by Marvel Characters, Inc. Furthermore, the …
Read More »Ubisoft to transform Toronto studio ‘into dev giant’
Publisher to quadruple headcount to 800 new employees, and will receive to more than $750m in investment
Read More »Ubisoft confirms Rayman Legends
The Wii U functionality detailed in last week’s leaked Rayman Legends video was never intended to go public, Ubisoft has said. A video, which can be seen here, was leaked online last week confirming not only the game itself but also some NFC-based Syklanders tyle tech for the new game …
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