Rainbow 6 Gets Controversial in Patriots
Ubisoft Montreal have unveiled Rainbow 6 Patriots, the next installment in the highly acclaimed Tom Clancy franchise. Patriots details the tactics of Team Rainbow, a homegrown terrorist uprising and the many civilians caught in the crossfire. The games terrorist threat, called the True Patriots, hopes to restore its interpretation of American values by beheading corporate America and [...]
SDCC 2011: Continuing The Assassin’s Creed Universe
The publisher reaffirms its plans for a third major installment in the series. At the “Crafting a Universe” panel, writer Darby McDevitt explained his position on crafting a story that fits a certain location and the overall narrative structure of an Assassin’s Creed title. McDevitt explains that after constructing a certain narrative him and his [...]
Ubisoft Is “Struggling To Nail Down” Ghost Recon’s Identity
Ubisoft creative director Tommy Jacob has admitted that the development teams have struggled when it comes to nailing down the “identity” of the Ghost Recon franchise, while simultaneously trying to grow the franchise’s user-base. “It’s been a struggle to nail down and maintain an identity that stays true to Ghost Recon’s roots while allowing the [...]
Brotherhood Getting More Downloadable Content
Ubisoft have announced its plans to continue the downloadable content for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the latest installment into the acclaimed action-adventure franchise. The publisher plans to “increase the excitement” around its online mode, including some other “good surprises”, with the additional content. EMEA sales and marketing chief Geoffroy Sardin then went on the confirm the [...]
Ubisoft Wants To Compete With Final Fantasy
Within the past couple of years, Ubisoft has centered itself as a comparable developer/publisher. That said, wanting to expand its reach, the publisher revealed its ambitions to develop a Japanese role-playing game, much like the Final Fantasy series. When be interviewed Famitsu, Ubisoft’s Alain Corre spoke about the companies general ambitions within the role-playing genre. [...]
Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Announced, May 2010
A month after rumors pointed at its development, Ubisoft has made it official. The French publisher announced today that in May, the same exact month that the Prince of Persia movie will be hitting theaters, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will be releasing on both consoles and handhelds. Also, in the Press Release, the [...]
Assassin’s Creed II Sells 1.6 Million In One Week
Ubisoft plans to ship James Cameron‘s Avatar on December 1st. But, undoubtedly, the publishers heaviest holiday hitter of this year is Assassin’s Creed II, which shipped last week. That said, according to the company’s internal estimate, Assassin’s Creed II sold over 1.6 million units worldwide during its first week; that’s 32 percent faster than the [...]
Next Prince of Persia To Be Announced In Spring
When the newly revamped Prince of Persia released, it easily began one of most impressive games this console generation. However, it left many of us wanting more. With that said, recent speculation has pointed to a sequel. And, with the trademarking for “Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands“, speculations has been raising, even more. At [...]
“Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands” Trademarked
It’s time to get your hopes up. According to trademark site Superannuation, Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner filed trademark for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands for “gaming-related use”. However, the question still remains. Is this a movie tie-in(god forbid!), or is it another Prince of Persia title? Sadly, UbiSoft wasn’t able to tell [...]
Kristen Bell Back In For Assassin’s Creed II
Kirsten Bell will indeed return as Lucy Stillman in the sequel to Assassin’s Creed, UbiSoft announced today. Kirsten’s character Lucy is… well, boring, but you don’t want to mess with Veronica Mars and her “expressive enthusiasm”. Anyway, Lucy Stillman was one of the few people protagonist Desmond actually got on with the original Assassin’s Creed, [...]
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