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Brotherhood claims biggest AC launch

As well as claiming second spot in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has also claimed a new record for the series. With sales of over 200,000 units in its first week, Brotherhood can officially lay claim to enjoying the strongest ever …

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Brotherhood reviews top COD, NFS

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has received rave reviews, making it one of the most critically claimed games available this Christmas. At the time of writing, the game boasts a Metacritic average of 91 per cent for the PS3 edition and 90 for the Xbox 360 version – currently outranking all …

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Splinter Cell remakes confirmed

Ubisoft has at last confirmed that it is to release HD versions of its last gen Splinter Cell trilogy, which was first rumoured in September. IGN reports that the confirmation came from CEO Yves Guillemot as part of the publisher’s recent earnings call. Details concerning platforms or the release date …

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Ubisoft pumps £1m into Rabbids ads

Publisher Ubisoft will spend big to turn its Raving Rabbids series into one of the industry’s biggest kids brands. The firm is shelling out 1m to promote upcoming game Raving Rabbids Travel In Time, as well as the range of Rabbids toys, figurines and even an upcoming TV show. The …

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Ghost Recon and Driver: SF delayed

Two of Ubisoft’s biggest titles of 2011 have been delayed. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Driver: San Francisco were due for release in Q1 2011, but have now been pushed back until the publisher’s next financial year – which falls between April 2011 and March 2012. The announcement emerged as …

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Studio ‘overhaul’ for Ubisoft

Ubisoft has reorganised its studios, the firm said in its half-year financial earnings statement today. Although exact details were not provided, the publisher said it was "reorganizing the roles and operations of its studios" so it could "adapt its structure to the major changes in the industry". That means the …

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Ubi sees sales jump 57%

Sales for the first six months of the 2010-11 financial year, a period ending September 30th, came to €260m – up 56.7% (or 46.0% taking into account exchange rate variance) on the €166m recorded for the same period last year. Gross profit stood at €146.2m. Losses did increase overall – …

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