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Ubisoft has unveiled the contents of the Collector’s Edition for Splinter Cell: Conviction. The pack will arrive alongside the Xbox 360-exclusive stealth action game on February 23rd in the US and will retail for $79.99. Ubisoft has warned that the Collector’s Edition will have a limited run”. Along with a …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed II pre-orders up 80%
Assassin’s Creed II has received 80 per cent more pre-orders than the original game. The figure was revealed by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot during the publisher’s financial call to investors. This exceeds previous estimate from Janco analyst Mike Hikey, who claimed pre-orders for the sequel were 10 to 20 per …
Read More »Ubisoft H1 sales fall 51.7%
French publishing giant Ubisoft has released its H1 2009/2010 financials, ending September 30th 2009, which reveal that sales of the company’s software sales fell by 51.7 per cent compared to the same period the year before. Total sales for the six months ending September hit €166m – last year that …
Read More »Splinter Cell 360-only until further notice
Developer Ubisoft has reportedly confirmed that its Splinter Cell series has once again become an Xbox-only franchise, silencing rumours of a possible multiplatform future for Sam Fisher. The upcoming Splinter Cell: Conviction has been known to be an Xbox 360 exclusive for quite some time, but it appears now that …
Read More »Games industrys Xmas line-up is best ever
Ubisoft believes that the industry’s Q4 line-up could be its strongest ever – but has admitted that there will be less choice for consumers than there was in 2008. The publisher releases the sequel to flagship release Assassin’s Creed on November 20th – currently fourth favourite for the Christmas No.1 …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Lineage hits YouTube
Ubisoft has released the first of three episodes from the new Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short movies. The first part can be found on the YouTube homepage in eight countries for 24 hours only. The movies are developed by Ubisoft’s Hybride Technologies, the visual effects specialists behind 300 and Sin City, …
Read More »James Camerons Avatar The Game dated
Publisher Ubisoft has dated James Cameron’s Avatar on Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PC and DS for December 4th in the UK. The game will appear on PSP a week later on December 11th. James Cameron’s Avatar The Game is a fully 3D title based on the upcoming movie, which has …
Read More »Nickelodeon buys TMNT rights
Viacom’s global kids entertainment network Nickelodeon has paid 5.9m to capture the worldwide rights to the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand from The Mirage Group. The firm has pledged to continue working with many of the Turtles’ existing licensing partners, though question marks remain over the long-term future of …
Read More »Ghost Recon: Predator named
It seems that Ubisoft’s next instalment in its successful FPS-strategy series Ghost Recon will be called Ghost Recon: Predator, if a new ruling from the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification is anything to go by. The OFLC has granted a 15+ rating on the mysterious title, which is …
Read More »Manab Roy joins Disney
Shortly after ending his eight year stint at Ubisoft, Manab Roy has re-emerged as head of UK PR at Disney Interactive Studios. He will be looking after the label’s growing roster throughout the specialist media sector as well as managing Disney’s agency, Kazoo, in the mainstream arena. Roy’s role at …
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