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Ubisoft is in negotiations to buy three separate games firms for approximately €5 million each. And the French publisher was even keen on buying US studio Cryptic, which was this week purchased by Atari. Speaking at the UBS Annual Global Media Conference Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez said: "We have about …
Read More »GDC09: first details of AI Summit
Speakers from Rockstar Leeds, EA, Nintendo and Ubisoft to attend inaugural event
Read More »Ubisoft Romania to hire 120 more staff
Expansion continues in spite of economic downturn
Read More »Ubisoft revenues grow 83m in H1
Ubisoft has reported a rise in fiscal first-half sales and operating income for the six months to September 30th. However, net profit slipped in the period – down to €24 million from €30.6 million. The publisher posted sales of €344.5 million for H1, up from €261.4 million for the comparable …
Read More »Jon Rosenblatt joins EA
Ubisoft’s Jon Rosenblatt is to make a shock return to Electronic Arts, as senior European marketing director for the publisher’s Sports label. MCV understands that Rosenblatt, Ubisoft’s UK marketing director, will begin his new role in the New Year. He will report to Todd Sitrin, VP of marketing for EA …
Read More ȣ4m TV marketing splash for Ubisoft
Ubisoft is to invest a substantial 4 million in TV advertising of its Wii and DS products in the run up to Christmas as it attempts to cement its position as one of the strongest casual software publishers. The publisher’s UK marketing director Jon Rosenblatt stated: From now until Christmas …
Read More »Far Cry 2 sells a million
French publishing giant Ubisoft has stated that its recently released Xbox 360, PS3 and PC first person shooter Far Cry 2 has hit the one million sales milestone after less than three weeks on the market. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said of the news: The holiday quarter is off to …
Read More »Ubisoft swoops for Massive
French publisher buys one of the studios ejected in the Activision Blizzard merger
Read More »Ubisoft drops Heroes game
It has emerged that French publishing giant Ubisoft will not be publishing a video game based on the TV series Heroes after all, MTV reports. Ubisoft scooped the rights to the franchise, which tells the story of a number of genetically modified super-heroes, in July last year. However, following the …
Read More »Ubisoft half-year sales hit 344m
Ubisoft has announced sales of €344 million for the first half of FY 2008-2009 – the six months to September 30th. Revenues were up 31.5 per cent on the same period in FY 2007-2008 – when Ubisoft recorded €261 million – or 38.3 per cent at constant exchange rates. Second-quarter …
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