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Publisher plans to tap into local film and TV talents with new Canada base

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The UK video games market weekly value has dropped just one per cent following last week’s heat wave. According to MCV calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA weekly report, 20.1 million for the weekend ending July 4th. Unit sales dipped two per cent to 836,461. Game sales are typically low during …

Ubisoft says the launch of its new UPlay service represents a significant shift in the way the publisher brings its content to consumers. Announced at E3, UPlay is a new in-game service that will appear across several of Ubisoft’s key future titles, providing content and community aspects to gamers online. …

Ubisoft has joined forces with customer care experts RightNow to provide a new service to support its gamers. The publisher’s new phone self-service channel boasts an interactive voice response software that interacts with customers using prompts and speech recognition technology. The service gathers information from the caller and uses it …

Ubisoft has announced that its Playzone range has sold over 500,000 units, ahead of the release of two new games in the series. The budget label began life with the release of Sports Party in July last year, and was backed by a full marketing push. And now the company …

Games-on-demand service Metaboli has announced that Ubisoft titles will be available via download-to-own for the first time. The deal will be available to customers in EMEA via www.gamesplanet.com and in the US through www.gametap.com. Metaboli currently has 47 Ubisoft titles in its catalogue, which have proven particularly popular with our …

Publisher Ubisoft has announced that light-hearted brawler Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: Smash Up will be released for the Nintendo Wii on September 25th in the UK and Europe. The game, which is very much in the Super Smash Bros mould, allows four players to take each other on using a …

The Impulse digital distribution service has made significant additions to its catalogue, by signing up publishers Ubisoft and Activision. The PC download service, which was set up by Sins of a Solar Empire publisher Stardock, has now added Activision titles Prototype and Call of Duty 4 to its catalogue, while …

Ubisoft’s 2007 hit Assassin’s Creed has sold eight million units worldwide At least that’s according to Assassin’s Creed 2 creative director Patrice Dsilets, who revealed the statistic in an interview with Joystiq. Dsilets also revealed that up to 35 million gamers would have played the original, if you factor in …