Ubisoft (Page 22)

Feature

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ships 10m as Ubi's Q3 sales dip 35%

Yves Guillemot notes that the company did hit its holiday sales target "despite the transition currently affecting the market"

Feb. 10, 2014 James Brightman

News

Ubisoft launches graduate programme

"We are looking for strong team players who are results-oriented"

Feb. 5, 2014 Rachel Weber

6 comments

News

Watch Dogs trademark abandonment was fraudulent

Fraudster posed as CEO Yves Guillemot in USPTO filing

Feb. 4, 2014 Rachel Weber

6 comments

News

Ubisoft to create 100 new jobs in Quebec City studio

Publisher makes $28 million investment to raise studio to AAA level

Jan. 24, 2014 Matthew Handrahan

1 comment

News

Ubisoft grabs Tetris license

Publisher gets rights to downloadable versions of block-dropping game on Xbox One, PS4

Jan. 16, 2014 Brendan Sinclair

3 comments

News

Rainbow Six Patriots scrapped and restarted

Ubisoft confirms next entry in shooter series wasn't working, being rebuilt for new generation of consoles

Dec. 13, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

2 comments

News

Ubisoft expects shorter console transition

Pent-up demand for new hardware will lead to quicker adoption, says publisher's EMEA executive director

Dec. 9, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

6 comments

Feature

Ubisoft explains why launch games underwhelm

Tony Key also notes that the $100 price difference between Xbox One and PS4 won't matter, and he expects installed base to quickly double last gen

Nov. 18, 2013 Chris Morris

12 comments

Feature

Ubisoft posts half-year sales of €293m, net loss of €62.1m

Revenues up, but increased R&D widens bottom-line gap, year on year

Nov. 12, 2013 Dan Pearson

News

South Park: The Stick of Truth delayed until 2014

Ubisoft's acquisition from THQ has been pushed back until next year

Oct. 31, 2013 Mike Williams

1 comment

News

Ubisoft shares plunge 20%

Watch Dogs delay and lowered sales forecasts drive publisher's stock south

Oct. 16, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

6 comments

News

Splinter Cell, Rayman failed to hit sales targets

Ubisoft puts Blacklist and Legends in the frame for negative revision of fiscal year expectations

Oct. 16, 2013 Matthew Handrahan

12 comments

Opinion

PS4, Xbox One take "painful body blow" from Watch Dogs delay

Chris Morris looks at the ramifications of Ubisoft's last-minute delay of one of the hottest new IPs in the industry

Oct. 16, 2013 Chris Morris

18 comments

News

Ancel: Innovation Nintendo's greatest strength and weakness

Rayman creator argues company still has the power to surprise

Oct. 15, 2013 Rachel Weber

4 comments

News

Author Tom Clancy dies aged 66

Writer behind dozens of franchises passes in Baltimore

Oct. 2, 2013 Dan Pearson

2 comments

News

Ubisoft picks up Future Games of London

Publisher acquires mobile studio behind free-to-play Hungry Shark franchise

Oct. 1, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

9 comments

News

Ubisoft Quebec operations will employ 3,500 by 2020

Montreal becomes Ubisoft's hub for online infrastructure and game development in the Americas

Sept. 30, 2013 Mike Williams

1 comment

News

Ubisoft calls next-gen launch titles "miles better" than previous launches

Ubisoft executive director Alain Corre says AC4 and Watch_Dogs will be better than the launch games that came before

Sept. 25, 2013 Mike Williams

1 comment

Feature

How to build a AAA studio

Jade Raymond on taking Ubisoft Toronto's headcount from 0 to 300 while making Splinter Cell: Blacklist in three years

Sept. 6, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

8 comments

Feature

Retail isn't going away - Ubisoft digital head

Chris Early says brick-and-mortar does some things better than digital; Ubi is experimenting with episodic titles

Aug. 14, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

16 comments

News

Next-gen preorders doubling those from current consoles

Ubisoft CEO says some retail partners seeing big demand for Xbox One and PS4, believes open-world will be key for all genres

July 18, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

19 comments

Feature

Michel Ancel: Connect, Share, Create

The veteran developer shares his thoughts on the definitive trends of the next generation, and the vital importance of connected play

July 17, 2013 Matthew Handrahan

2 comments

Feature

Ubisoft: "We won't even start" a game if it can't be a franchise

Tony Key discusses why marketing budgets are expanding and how Watch_Dogs connects to the NSA scandal

July 15, 2013 Steve Peterson

17 comments

News

Ubisoft: Services are key to next-gen market growth

Yves Guillemot believes "criticised" multimedia services are vital for attracting new customers

July 12, 2013 Matthew Handrahan

3 comments

News

Ubisoft security compromised

Publisher advises customers to change passwords after personal info, encrypted passwords accessed

July 2, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

5 comments