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The march of Ubisoft across the globe continues apace – the French publisher has today announced plans to open a studio in Brazil, the 20th of its studios around the world. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the new development team Ubisoft’s first studio in South America. The studio will open …
Read More »Ubisoft chooses Brazil for 20th studio
Firm's first South American studio, in Sao Paulo, will boast 'unique set of fresh talent' says studio head Burgess-Quémard
Read More »Ubisoft unveils new Play Zone label
Ubisoft has announced the creation of a new casual brand for Wii, named Play Zone. The label will offer immediate entertainment and recreation” titles for Wii, with the first, Sports Party, hitting retail on July 11th. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Ubisoft working on new Driver title?
A story about UK games development posted this morning on the BBC seems to claim that the now Ubisoft-owned developer Reflections is working on a brand new instalment to its Driver franchise. The BBC video interview begins with a shot of a Reflections dev playing a driving game, over which …
Read More »Ubisoft joins empire expansion race
As the Activision Blizzard deal and EA-Take Two saga suggest that the publishing community is set on expanding significantly, Ubisoft head of studios Christine Burgess-Qumard has told our sister site Develop : We are in the race, definitely – and we’re not in it to come last.” The comments came …
Read More »Ubisoft ‘won’t come last’ to Activision Blizzard or EA-Take Two mergers
Head of studios says firm will still compete with expanding rivals in the midst of industry-wide consolidation
Read More »Ubisoft dev boss predicts even bigger budgets and team sizes in future
Christine Burgess-Quémard Q&A fleshes out targets for studio growth and development acquisitions
Read More »Ubisoft developing for iPod
Ubisoft is the latest major games publisher to confirm that it will provide content for Apple’s iPod and iPhone. The news was revealed by executive producer of casual games at Ubisoft Pauline Jacquey in a full interview with MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz. To read the story, visit CasualGaming.biz here.
Read More »Soul Calibur and HAWX dated for Europe
Ubisoft has detailed its European line up for the rest of the year, with fresh dates for Soul Calibur and Tom Clancy titles. Soul Calibur Legends – a Wii adventure set in the Soul Calibur universe – is scheduled to arrive on August 29th, four weeks after Soul Calibur IV …
Read More »Ubisoft’s 3D game efforts to be HQ’d from Quebec City, says report
Studio will reportedly also play a key role in CG film and TV show productions
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