Ubisoft succeeded in making real-time strategy accessible with the voice-controlled 'EndWar.' Will 'H.A.W.X.' do the same for combat flight sims?
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tom Clancy's aluminum birds have had a long, turbulent flight from Ubisoft Budapest, but the wait is nearly over. Today, Ubisoft North America confirmed that "H.A.W.X." is slated for simultaneous release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on March 5 -- and that tomorrow, Xbox 360 owners will be able to take three of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 22, 2009
Ubisoft announced today that "Assassin's Creed," "Red Steel," "Ghost Recon" and "Splinter Cell" will all receive sequels by the end of the company's 2009-2010 fiscal year, while "I Am Alive" has been delayed. In its third-quarter earnings call, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot also discussed the fate of franchises "Shawn White Snowboarding" and "EndWar," and revealed the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
When a game is released touting a unique method of gameplay, one's natural inclination is to be skeptical. Gamers have been promised a number of revolutions in control mechanics as of late, and far too often, what we ultimately receive are poorly-used motion controls, poorly-used touch controls, or pointless and gimmicky butt controls. Ubisoft set [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 21, 2008
Yes, that's right -- they got Assassin's Creed in your Prince of Persia. And though we have to admit it was far more exciting the first time Ubisoft revealed that Altair would appear in a game not his own, we're certain that plenty of users who register at ubisoft.com for the free Xbox 360 and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Brutal Legend and Ghostbusters may have evaded the Activision Blizzard chopping block, but amnesiac secret agent Jason Bourne hasn't been as lucky. Only two days after AB declared their intentions to "realign staffing" at Bourne Conspiracy developer High Moon Studios, intellectual property originator Ludlum Entertainment announced today that it has reacquired the exclusive rights to create [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 28, 2008
If it weren't for Tom Clancy's Politika, 2008 would mark the ten-year anniversary of the famous Tom Clancy game title prefix -- and with the intellectual property rights to the man's good name securely in pocket, Ubisoft celebrated those ten years at their Ubidays 2008 press event, broadcast live from the Louvre this morning. Following [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 3, 2008
Remember Tom Clancy's Air Combat, the game that Ubisoft Bucharest boasted would "become the new benchmark for flight combat games"? Well, apparently 'Air Combat' didn't turn enough barrel rolls in the heads of focus testers, and so now they're calling it HAWX.
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Valve's digital distribution salesmen need a raise. In the course of one short month they've landed big accounts with Atari, Epic Games, and now, Ubisoft. Today Valve announced that over 40 Ubisoft titles, "the largest library available from any single publisher or developer," will be available on their online service Steam.
Continue reading...Thursday, March 20, 2008
Ubisoft announced today that it has acquired all rights to the Tom Clancy name and intellectual property for perpetuity, and will finally be free of royalty payments for the ten years' worth of games (including best-selling series Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell) published under the international espionage writer's brand.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
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