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It appears that Ubisoft’s follow-up to its hacking blockbuster Watch Dogs will be coming out this year. That’s if a leak from IGN to be believed. Advertising on the media giant went up early, revealing an November 15th release date for Watch Dogs 2 (courtesy of Eurogamer, below). This is …
Read More »Ubisoft: ‘Diversity is a fuel to grow our market’
Improving diversity will make the games industry more successful, argues Ubisoft Reflections’ MD Pauline Jacquey. Jacquey wants to see the industry introduce new genres, styles and heroes, which will help widen the number of consumers who buy games, and in turn improve the diversity of those that make them. The …
Read More »Gameloft founder quitting after Vivendi takeover, Ubisoft next in line
Michel Guillemot teaming up with brother Yves to protect Assassin's Creed publsiher
Read More »Report: The Division film staring Jake Gyllenhaal on the way
An Assassin’s Creed film is launching at the end of this year, but it seems another Ubisoft property is getting the silver screen treatment. Variety reports that The Division is coming to cinemas, with Donnie Darko lead Jake Gyllenhaal said to be taking the lead the title. This won’t be …
Read More »Gameloft’s Guillemot stepping down to help protect Ubisoft from Vivendi
Michel Guillemot intends to quit Gameloft after its shareholders backed the hostile takeover at the hands of Vivendi. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that Vivendi now controls 56 per cent of Gameloft voting rights and will appoint a director majority at the company’s AGM at the end of the …
Read More »The Crew welcomes its five millionth player
Ubisoft’s racing outing The Crew continues to expand its audience, even well over a year after its release. The game has now hit 5m registered players (which is not quite the same as sales). The publisher has said that everyone who logs in on May 28th will be handed 50,000 …
Read More »Ex-Ubisoft Paris devs form Sloclap, ink publishing deal with Devolver
Debut title from start-up to launch in 2017
Read More »Ubisoft UK promotes key PR and marketing staff
The Division publisher has announced four promotions within its UK marketing team. PR executive David Burroughs has been promoted to junior PR manager. He will be taking the lead on the Just Dance franchise over the next year. After spending over a year as marketing exec, Will Buck is now …
Read More »There’s a $1,200 special edition Assassin’s Creed movie ticket pre-order
Ubisoft is often cited for the multitude of ways in which is tempts consumers to pre-order its games, and it’s staying loyal to this approach for its upcoming movie, too. VG247 reports that ticket pre-sale site Kernal currently has a range of ticket pre-orders up for grabs, the most expensive …
Read More »Hungry Shark World gobbles up 10m downloads in first week
Future Games of London’s latest release also rips apart mobile records for Ubisoft
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