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Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 2 will be released on October 24th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Alongside the usual game, a special collectors edition will also be available and will contain an exclusive wooden box, the Far Cry 2 game, a limited edition t-shirt, an art …
Read More »LEIPZIG 08: Ubisoft opens Poland office
Ubisoft has opened a new business office in Warsaw, Poland. Edge reports that the HQ will focus on growing the firn’s market share in Eastern Europe. The publisher announced the news at Leipzig Games Convention yesterday. Ubisoft Eastern Europe export area manager Rose-Marie Nargaud will head up the office. "Opening …
Read More »Ubisoft would hire 1,000 UK developers – but only if there was a tax break
Gareth Edmondson says Ubisoft would match investment in other territories, but only if Government stepped up
Read More »Ubisoft targets further studio growth
But warns that Activision-Blizzard-style mass-scale merger 'can be very damaging to a global company'
Read More »More I Am Alive on the way?
Ubisoft’s executive director Alain Corre has hinted to MCV that the publisher is likely to release a string of sequels to its upcoming action title I Am Alive. The firm showed off an impressive teaser trailer of the survival title at E3, and it has garnered plenty of column inches …
Read More »Ubisoft signs up to Games Media Awards
Ubisoft has become the latest big name publisher to lend its support to this year’s Games Media Awards. The publisher will be sponsoring the Mainstream Magazine Games Writer category, one of ten titles up for grabs at the event. Head of communications Lidia Rumley commented: It’s great to be able …
Read More »UK CHART: SoulCalibur IV debuts at No.1
Ubisoft and Namco Bandai’s SoulCalibur IV has hit the top spot in the official ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats in its debut week. The title – which contains playable Star Wars characters – represents the first All Formats No.1 for the SoulCalibur franchise since SoulCalibur II, which was released on GameCube, PS2 …
Read More »Ubisoft to publish next Armored Core
Ubisoft has announced that it is to publish From Software’s curiously titled latest in its mech battler series, Armored Core for Answer, on Xbox 360 and PS3 this October. The game is set in a pollution-ridden future where the world’s populace fear that the planet’s end is approaching. The title …
Read More »Ubisoft eyeing an Activision-Blizzard style merger?
As the business media’s eyes remain firmly fixed on Activision-Blizzard and EA’s acquisition battle with Take Two, Ubisoft has been holding its own secret meetings with suitors – discussing potential deals that could propel the French publisher into the same league as its two biggest rivals. However, the company’s executive …
Read More »HAWX barrel rolls back to 2009
French publisher Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming Tom Clancy themed flight-sim HAWX will now not be released this year, and has instead pencilled it in for a Q1 2009 release, CVG reports. Also slipping, albeit ever so slightly, is Geatbox’s WWII FPS Brothers in Arms: Hells’ Highway – which …
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