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Ubisoft has announced Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: The Da Vinci Edition will be released on March 25th. This new SKU includes the best-selling historical action game which was first released in November last year, as well as the recent Da Vinci Disappearance DLC pack, on one disc. It will be available …
Read More »Assassins Creed Brotherhood ships 6.5m
More than 6.5m copies of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood have been sold into retail globally since the game’s release in November. The figure was announced in Ubisoft’s latest financials, and shows strong sales momentum since last month’s revelation of Brotherhood’s 6m sales worldwide. The follow-up to last year’s Assassin’s Creed II …
Read More »Ubisoft sales top 600m Euros in Q3
Ubisoft has reported sales of €600m for the three months ended December 31st, 2010. The publisher’s third quarter sales show a increase of 21.2 per cent when compared to €495m recorded during the same period last year. This exceeded initial forecasts of €520m. Sales for the first nine months of …
Read More »Ubisoft offers Brotherhood freebies on Facebook
Fans of the Assassin’s Creed series have been urged to visit the Facebook page of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood in order to unlock some free content on their console games. Publisher Ubisoft has said that once its Assassin’s Creed page hits 1m fans it will release a third free multiplayer map …
Read More »Ubisoft eyes up Kinect IP conversions
Publisher Ubisoft has said that it is considering Kinect adaptations for all of the brands in its popular stable of IP. The company has already enjoyed big success with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion camera, claiming third party market leadership on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to launch titles such …
Read More »Ubi plots 10-year plan for Assassin’s Creed
As sales of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood lead the brand past the 20m sales milestone, Ubisoft wants to maintain the momentum behind the franchise. DLC packs will increase the excitement around Brotherhood’s multiplayer modes as the wait for a follow-up begins. We will have good surprises for players in the weeks …
Read More »Ubi vindicated by Brotherhood boom
European sales of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood have led the brand past the 20m milestone – and proved wrong those doubters at retail, says Ubisoft. Speaking last week as MCVuk.com revealed the game hit 1m copies sold across Europe, EMEA sales and marketing chief Geoffroy Sardin said the success silenced those …
Read More »Where next for Assassins Creed?
For Ubisoft, the world is its oyster when it comes to Assassin’s Creed. The franchise’s latest game is flying off shelves in Europe, and the series is a global powerhouse selling 20m. Meanwhile the storyline profiles a team researching the genetic memory of an assassin – so the franchise can …
Read More »Brotherhood makes a killing in Europe
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has sold over 1m copies across Europe in less than a week, publisher Ubisoft has told MCV. The swift success of the game makes it the publisher’s fastest-selling game ever in the European territories, and overall the publisher’s biggest franchise. To date, the Assassin’s Creed games have …
Read More »Brotherhood claims biggest AC launch
As well as claiming second spot in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has also claimed a new record for the series. With sales of over 200,000 units in its first week, Brotherhood can officially lay claim to enjoying the strongest ever …
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