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Following a weekend of server trouble that lead to some gamers being unable to play their copies of Assassin’s Creed II or Silent Hunter V thanks to Ubisoft’s new internet-only DRM, the publisher has apologised for the outage – adding that the problems were down to an attack” on its …

Ubisoft has ramped up its efforts in the sport genre with the announcement of its first core football title. Pure Football is due for release in May – coinciding nicely with the World Cup – and is being developed by Ubisoft Vancouver. The game boasts a more serious tone than …

Rumours that Ubisoft’s contentious copy-protection method has already been cracked is false, says the publisher. The piracy prevention method, which requires all Ubisoft PC titles to be constantly connected to the web, has only been available for a day with the US release of submarine sim, Silent Hunter 5. A …

Publisher Ubisoft has bolstered its UK team with the appointment of Gareth Evans as business account manager. Evans joins the firm from Capcom and has five years experience working on brands such as Resident Evil. At Ubisoft, he will work primarily with HMV, Sainsbury’s, TRU, Ireland and independents. The publisher …

Accompanying the long-awaited release of Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction in the UK on April 16th, a hardware bundle including a 250GB limited edition Xbox 360 has also been announced. Included in the SKU will also be two wireless joypads, wireless headset, ethernet cable, AV cable and the standard edition version …

April’s upcoming Splinter Cell: Conviction will, thanks to a deal with Microsoft, be exclusive to Xbox 360 – but don’t assume that the same can be said of its eventual successor. I don’t see why it wouldn’t,” Ubisoft Montreal’s Max Beland stated when asked by Edge Online if the next …

Two audio heads doubt Jacquesâ?? claim that sound design remains under-funded

Audio heads at SCEE and Ubisoft explore the state of sound design

The contentious copy-protection method that will require all Ubisoft PC titles to be constantly connected to the web is crucial for fighting piracy, the publisher says. The new ‘online platform’, as the publisher describes it, will be introduced with the release of Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter 5 on …

22.5 per cent year-on-year drop for last nine months as publisher continues to realign strategy