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After a turbulent 24 months in the global economy, French publisher Ubisoft has stated that it expects a more stable market for its upcoming financial year beginning April 1st. More specifically, it expects fiscal 2010-11 to ensure its return to profitable growth and positive cash-flow” following its latest year-on-year sales …
Read More »Ubisoft reports drop in sales
French publisher Ubisoft has reported sales of €661m for the nine months ending December 2009, a 22.5 per cent year-on-year decrease. Sales for its Q3 hit €495m, down just 2.7 per cent compared to the same period in 2008. 48 per cent of sales in the period came from the …
Read More »PS3 confirmed for new Ghost Recon
Having omitted any mention of the PS3 from its formal announcement of new shooter Ghost Recon Future Soldier this morning, Ubisoft has now confirmed a multiformat release for the game. Ubisoft community developer Aymeric Evennou said on Twitter: "To those who wondered, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will also release on …
Read More »Ghost Recon: Future Soldier revealed
Ubisoft has at last officially confirmed what many suspected – that a new Ghost Recon title will be released this Christmas. It will be called Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and is being developed by the same team that made Advanced Warfighter 2. The game will, according to Ubisoft, go beyond …
Read More »Crytek scoops Imagina Award
2010 'Best Simulation in Real Time' gong goes to CryEngine 3
Read More »Game dev tech key to our film, says Avatar studio
Movies are becoming more like games, says one of James Cameron's closest colleagues
Read More »Ubisoftâ??s latest piracy wall divides dev opinion
Develop Jury Service sees the new online DRM tech praised and slammed
Read More »Splinter Cell: Conviction dated
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction has been given a concrete UK release date of April 16th. Ubisoft previously delayed the game from its original February 26th release date to a vague ‘April’ release in order to push the game back to the publisher’s next financial year. Conviction will arrive three …
Read More »How Just Dance became a chart hit
The surprise news that Ubisoft’s Just Dance topped the All Formats Chart last month was, let’s be honest, a bit of a jaw-dropper. While the game had grown in popularity since its debut, rising from No.100 to No.3 in the space of six weeks, few would have expected it to …
Read More »Dance smash sponsors MCV Awards
Win or lose, at least guests at this year’s MCV Awards will be able to shake their booty into the small hours thanks to current chart-topper Just Dance. The Wii game from Ubisoft has provided the biggest surprise of 2010 so far by out-selling everything during mid-January, remaining at number …
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