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Ubisoft is raising money for GamesAid via exclusive t-shirts sold at the Eurogamer Expo. The publisher is selling three shirts at the show with designs based on Rayman, Assassin’s Creed and Ghost Recon artwork. The shirts cost 15 each or gamers can get two for 20. UK games industry charity …
Read More »GameStop: Breaking streets dates is not part of our plan
The UK arm of retailer GameStop has insisted that it intends to observe street dates in the future. Some customers who pre-ordered Gears of War 3 last week received their copies as early as Saturday (September 17th) – complete with a note requesting that users refrain from playing until tonight. …
Read More »Superdrug gets Just Dance 3 makeover
Ubisoft has teamed up with some of the biggest dancing, singing and make-up brands around to ensure Just Dance 3 is another smash hit. It has partnered with cosmetics chain Superdrug to get display units in front of thousands of potential girl gamers. These will appear in 880 stores across …
Read More »Ubi seeks Assassin’s Creed singer
The search is on for a vocalist to sing the theme song for this November’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. The track will reportedly be a "hauntingly stirring theme score" composed by Lorne Balfe and requires a "soft melodic voice", according to Eurogamer. No professional experience is required – just a computer …
Read More »Life in fast lane beckons for Ubisoft
A new Driver finally makes it to store shelves today – five years after Ubisoft spent $24m buying the brand and its studio.But it’s just the first step in Ubisoft’s plans for both the re-engergised franchise and the driving genre, says CEO Yves Guillemot. Driver: San Francisco takes the series …
Read More »Valve: Aggressive DRM measures are ‘backwards’
Portal publisher can beat piracy and make more money through quality of service, claims Gabe Newell
Read More »Patch to remove From Dust DRM
You have to wonder why it bothered in the first place. Having once seemingly learnt its lesson regarding the DRM it implements on its PC games, for reasons unbeknown to anyone other than itself Ubisoft decided to re-enter the battleground by including always-on” DRM in recent release From Dust. And …
Read More »‘Fewer and fewer are succeeding at triple-A’
Ubisoft studio manager says digital is now the place for start-ups to grow
Read More »Driver: SF gets full digital PSN release
Ubisoft has revealed that upcoming release Driver: San Francisco will receive a full digital release on the PlayStation Network. Though no firm release date for the PSN version was given, Ubisoft Reflections MD Garth Edmonson told a Gamescom panel last week that it would arrive in a few weeks”, suggesting …
Read More »PlayStation: The next ten years
Distinguished Sony panel discusses wild technologies, once unimaginable possibilities, and oncoming obstacles
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