A cinema campaign featuring Renault and Ubisoft’s Rabbids aims to take the game characters beyond consoles. The familiar characters currently star in ads for Renault’s Grand Scenic, which have been shown throughout the summer before screenings of blockbusters such as Shrek Forever After and Toy Story 3. Ubisoft says that …
Read More »Get Games grows
Games portal Get Games has expanded with three new publishers on board, a number of new appointments and a redesigned site. Codemasters, Ubisoft and 2K Games have all signed deals with the digital download service which will see their popular titles added to Get Games’ site. These include Ubisoft’s Assassin’s …
Read More »Gamescom 2010: Day 2 roundup
Gamescom opened its doors on Tuesday 17th August to select members of the press but yesterday the event kicked off proper. Festivities began with a special Gamescom press conference, followed by more announcements from Konami, Ubisoft and more. But if you don’t have time to sift through our collection of …
Read More »Dinosaurs Strike announced for Wii
Combat of Giants will make its Wii debut this November with Dinosaurs Strike, Ubisoft announced at Gamescom today. The Ubisoft franchise has already sold more than 1m units worldwide with Dinosaurs, Mutant Insects and Dragons games appearing on DS over the past few years. Dinosaurs Strike is the latest in …
Read More »Michael Jackson, Just Dance 2 tracks revealed
Ubisoft has revealed a handful of tracks that will be playable in the eagerly awaited Michael Jackson: The Experience. The upcoming dance game based on the late King of Pop’s career will feature some of his most popular hits, including ‘Bad’, ‘Beat It’, ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Earth Song’, ‘The Girl is …
Read More »Ubisoft announces Fighters Uncaged
Ubisoft has announced Fighters Uncaged, a fighting game developed exclusively for Kinect. The game will be released in November and pits Xbox 360 owners against a variety of fighters in a series of tournaments of competitions. The Kinect controller recreates their real-life attacks in-game and the title even teaches players …
Read More »Child of Eden cools Kinect functionality
Though Q Entertainment’s Child of Eden will still support Kinect to some degree when it arrives at retail in 2011, the developer has now claimed that Microsoft’s motion camera is not the central focus of the title. The game, which is being developed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and is being seen …
Read More »Hawx 2 demo in-bound
Ubisoft will launch a Hawx 2 demo for Xbox 360 and PS3 next week. The demo is set to offer two different single player missions. Interception Course sees gamers play a Russian pilot sent to intercept stolen aircraft. Meanwhile, Seek and Destroy puts players in control of an elite US …
Read More »Ubi DRM dropped for RUSE
Upcoming RTS RUSE will not use Ubisoft’s hotly-debated internet DRM, the publisher has confirmed. Speaking in a post on Steam Community a member of the game team stated: When RUSE is released in September, it will benefit from Valve’s Steamworks API to offer the best community experience to players. Consequently, …
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