Ubisoft announced this afternoon that satellite image provider GeoEye has given high-resolution pictures from its earth-imaging IKONOS satellite to the company for integration in the upcoming air combat title Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.
“High-resolution satellite imaging is moving from the black world of intelligence to the white world of commerce and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X will bring that [...]

Ubisoft announced the minimum and recommended specs for the PC version of Far Cry 2 this morning. In what is most likely good news to those who pimped out their computers for Crysis last year, the barrier to entry for this latest romp in Africa is looking fairly attainable. So even if you didn’t, you [...]

Charlotte, NC-based Optical Experts Manufacturing (OEM) is being sued by Ubisoft for alledgedly leaking the PC version of Assassin’s Creed onto the internet for illegal downloading.
The leak, which Ubisoft is claiming a loss of revenues on, was downloaded over 700,000 times compared to the retail version selling only 40,000 units. OEM is being blamed for [...]

Massive Inc. announced today that they have partnered with Ubisoft and Paramount Pictures to launch a new in-game advertising campaign for the upcoming movie Tropic Thunder. Taking place in Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six 2: Vegas, an interactive scavenger hunt has been added in which players interact with the campaign and hunt clues for a reward at [...]

The first lineup of discounted PlayStation 3 games in their HD-DVD style case (ha!) should be in stores as you read this. If not, then you should see a price drop to $30 on the regular editions until the HD-DVD (ha!) cases arrive. The full game roster is as follows:
Resistance: Fall of Man, Warhawk, Motorstorm, [...]

Ubisoft gave gamers the very first look at I Am Alive tonight at their E3 2008 press conference. Being kept somewhat of a secret until its debut, the project is reportedly being handled by Assassin’s Creed’s Jade Raymond, and is about a “natural disaster of insurmountable impact, and one man is determined to stay alive.” [...]

Last night during Spike TV’s coverage of E3, they debuted a new trailer to Ubisoft’s upcoming Prince of Persia title. In it, gamers a glimpse at the new style, cooperative gameplay, enviornments, and combat systems, all presented on top of some very good music to roll things along.
For the folks like me who asked the [...]

Montreal-based Hybride Technologies has been acquired by Ubisoft, according to a statement released this morning by the company. Known primarily for their work on television and advertising, Hybride will now work with Ubisoft to “offer gamers visual experiences that rival those of the cinema”.

“The future of our industry depends on our ability to create brands [...]

Ubisoft is setting up shop in South America, unveiling today that it has opened the country’s first game production studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Chosen because of its economy, as well as being a cultural hotspot for media and youth, the new studio will officially open early next month with a team of 20 developers.
“The [...]

After taking last week off, Ben “Yahtzee” Crowshaw is back at it with another episode of Zero Punctuation. In this episode, he takes a sip on some nectar, turns up the Korn, and gives his take on Ubisoft’s new first-person shooter Haze.
Personally, from the downright cheesy trailers from last year’s E3, up to the [...]

Ubisoft’s 2008 Ubidays press event has come and gone, with a number of key announcements being made. Of all the games that were shown during the conference, the confirmation (and following teaser, shown above) of Beyond Good & Evil 2 was among the many things that fans can look forward to from the company.
A quick [...]

Giving the general gaming public access to their press events isn’t something new, but is still quite rare nowadays. For the last few years, the only companies that have done so are first-party publishers(Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony), and even then it’s usually only during E3.
Today a third-party is joining the group, however, as Ubisoft announced [...]

Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will portray the Prince and Princess, respectively, in the upcoming film version of The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and [...]

One of the more under appreciated titles of the PlayStation 2/Xbox era was Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil. Aided by the hand of Michael Ancel (King Kong, Rayman), the game took players to a fantasy world of photography, boat racing, beat-em-up action, and one of the best story lines to date. With lackluster sales, the [...]

2007 was a great year for the video game industry, but according to a senior executive at Ubisoft, its peak might not be arriving until next year.
Speaking to Reuters, Ubisoft North American president Laurent Detoc thinks that all three console makers (Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony) are in a position to sell more hardware than ever this [...]