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Ubisoft announces Ghost Recon 4

Ubisoft has announced that a new Ghost Recon will hit shelves before April 2010. The game was revealed in the firm’s full year financial report, which saw Ubisoft post an annual sales jump of 14 per cent. The publisher also confirmed that Red Steel 2 will hit shelves this Christmas, …

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Hawx dated for March

French publisher Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming Tom Clancy flight-sim Hawx will hit shelves on March 6th for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. PC gamers will have to wait a week until March 13th, just two weeks after Tom Clancy: End War gets its release on the format, which …

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Endwar confirmed for November 7th

French publisher Ubisoft has confirmed the UK release date of its upcoming voice-controlled RTS, Tom Clancy: Endwar – it will hit UK retail on November 7th. Other news to emerge from the publisher’s release schedule includes the slight slippage of Gearbox’s Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway on PC, which will …

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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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UBIDAYS ’08: EndWar could change gaming

Far from simply being a new RTS franchise is Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy stable, it seems clear that the publisher has some pretty sensational plans for its upcoming EndWar on Xbox 360 and PS3. EndWay will be set in a persistent online world, and moreso, it seems that the publisher hopes …

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Clancy brand going global after breaking 50m sales barrier

Ubisoft has plans to make its Tom Clancy franchise a true heavyweight in the wider entertainment world after the series reached a spectacular 52 million in lifetime unit sales. The newly-acquired IP, which cost Ubisoft €60m and allows the publisher to take full control of the property, will be expanded …

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Brand new Tom Clancy IP announced

Seemingly just moments after snapping up the rights to all things Tom Clancy, Ubisoft has announced a new title branded with the anti-terror author’s moniker – HAWX. Standing for High Altitude Warfare X, the Ubisoft Bucharest developed title will, as the name suggest, bring the flight sim genre to the …

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Ubisoft brings 40 titles to Steam

Ubisoft has signed a deal with Valve to bring over 40 of its titles to North America through the online Steam platform. Assassin’s Creed is the first title to be made available for pre-purchase, and will be able to be downloaded from April 9th. Tom Clancy titles, the IL-2 Sturmovik …

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SHAREWATCH: Ubisoft stock jumps 12% after Clancy purchase

Shares in Ubisoft rose the most in two months yesterday, after the firm announced that it had bought the complete rights to the Tom Clancy franchise. According to Bloomberg, shares rose as much as 5.91 euros, or 12 percent, to 54.98 euros. Before yesterday’s rise, shares of Paris-based Ubisoft had …

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UK CHARTS: Rainbow Six sneaks to the top

The popularity of the Tom Clancy franchise continues with its fifth number one in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, in the form of Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The tactical shooter records 77 per cent of its sales on Xbox 360 (the remainder on PlayStation 3) and is the fourth …

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