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Read More »Ubisoft signs deal with Quazal
Enterprise license will see multiplayer tech integration and long-term consultancy for upcoming titles
Read More »Murray Pannell to join Ubisoft
Ubisoft’s search for a new UK marketing director is over: the publisher has confirmed to MCV that it has hired Microsoft man Murray Pannell for the job. The impressive swoop ends a six-year stint for Pannell (pictured) at Microsoft, where he was group product manager for Xbox 360 and Games …
Read More »EA backs MCVs ASA complaint
Electronic Arts has backed MCV’s complaint to the Advertising Stands Authority over the Government’s controversial print ad for its Change4Life campaign. Since MCV announced last week that it had filed an official complaint with the ASA regarding the Government’s Change4Life campaign, Codemasters, Konami, Future, Tiga, Atari and Sega have all …
Read More »Ubisoft moves I Am Alive development to Shanghai
French studio Darkworks no longer working on ambitious new title
Read More »HEARD ABOUT: Far Cry 2
How does a team in Montreal recreate the blistering sounds of a war-torn African nation on the brink of collapse? John Broomhall finds outâ?¦
Read More »Ubisoft to publish Midways Wheelman
Midway has announced Ubisoft will be publishing its upcoming title The Wheelman. The troubled publisher has entered into a strategic relationship with its France-based rival in order to bring The Wheelman, an action driving game featuring Hollywood talent Vin Diesel, to all major territories. Ubisoft will handle sales, marketing and …
Read More »Ubisoft prepares new push into sports
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has told MCV that the publisher has its sights set on claiming a greater chunk of the sports games market during 2009. The firm’s Shaun White Snowboarding title helped it generate over €500 million in the three months to December 31st – a 12 per cent …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Imagine brand hits 1m sales
Ubisoft is celebrating after a stellar performance by its Imagine range over Christmas pushed the series to just under one million annual sales. The line-up of mass-market titles shifted over 300,000 units in the four weeks to Christmas, MCV has learnt, with Imagine Teacher and Imagine Dream Weddings leading the …
Read More »Hawx dated for March
French publisher Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming Tom Clancy flight-sim Hawx will hit shelves on March 6th for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. PC gamers will have to wait a week until March 13th, just two weeks after Tom Clancy: End War gets its release on the format, which …
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