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Two release dates slip as their respective publishers and developers attempt to get them out the door.
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Tags konami, PC, PS3, Silent Hill, tom clancy's ghost recon future soldier, ubisoft, Xbox 360

Although it won't be hitting until sometime in 2013, will the next Tom Clancy shooter be the first game to tackle the banking crisis?
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Tags PC, PS3, Red Storm, Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots, ubisoft, ubisoft montreal, vgas, Xbox 360

Ubisoft debuting the trailer for their big tactical shooter on Saturday at the Video Game Awards.
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Tags 360, PC, PS3, Spike VGAs, Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots, ubisoft

This coming Spring, Ubisoft is giving Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc an HD update on PSN and XBLA.

In this writer's humble opinion, Rayman was one of the very few 2D franchises to cleanly make that early leap into 3D at the end of the 90's and beginning of the last decade. Rayman for the PS1 was one of the finest platformers for Sony's first console and its 3D sequel, Rayman 2: The Great Escape was one of the finest platformers for the Dreamcast way back when we thought Sega would always be in the hardware business. Read more...

Tags PS3, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, ubisoft, Xbox 360

Not only is the classic Belgian comic making its 3D debut on the big screen courtesy of Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson, but it's coming to the small 3D screen as well in December from Ubisoft. Here's hoping it's more Jurassic Park for the Genesis and less Pter Jackson's King Kong.

Now that I'm seeing that there's a Tintin game on the way, I'm actually kind of surprised that it took so long for someone out there to realize that this boy reporter/adventurer was about due for a video game adaptation. Seriously, he's a kid who travel the globe (and once into outer space) solving mysteries and occasionally punching Nazis and the like in the nose (and sometimes worse--Tintin comics were crazy with dead people, both good and evil).

But someone in the great big nexus of media synergy figured that with The Adventures of Tintin coming to theaters in a great big mo-cap 3D extravaganza helmed by Steven Spielberg (and co-produced by Peter Jackson), maybe it was about time. The film, which is getting a December 21st release here in the U.S., features mo-cap and voice performances by Jaimie Bell (King Kong, Billy Elliott), Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Lord of the Rings), and Daniel freakin' Craig in a new story penned by current Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat and Attack the Block writer Joe Cornish, and Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright.
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Tags nintendo 3DS, The Adventures of Tintin, ubisoft

by John Constantine

The problem with most press conferences in the gaming industry is that, with a few notable exceptions, there just aren’t many entertaining personalities. The marketing executives, the publisher presidents, the developers, everyone. The vast majority of them are pretty dull. It’s not their job to keep a crowd entertained for two plus hours. They make games. So, at first blush, you can understand the logic behind Ubisoft’s hiring of “The Soup” host Joel McHale as the host for their E3 press conference. McHale’s an entertainer. He also entertained, but the man’s scripted humor didn’t do much to save Ubisoft’s big-on-talk, low-on-games show.

Most of the first hour was devoted to talking up Ubi’s new multimedia initiative. With their acquisition of special effects studio Hybride Technologies, the French publisher has slowly but surely built towards their dream of making more than video games. Ubi started collaborating directly with filmmakers when developer Michel Ancel worked with Peter Jackson on 2005’s “King Kong”.

Today, Ubisoft Montreal’s Yannis Mallot discussed his studio’s collaboration with James Cameron on “Avatar”. Cameron himself came out to talk to the crowd about how both the “Avatar” game and movie share a metric ton of three-dimensional art assets. Ubi themselves have produced one-hundred shots for the film. They also revealed that the “Avatar” game is the first stereoscopic three-dimensional game. Even though the game’s on the E3 show floor, we didn’t get a demo from Mr. Cameron.
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Tags assassin's creed 2, avatar, e3, james cameron, no more heroes 2, tmnt, ubisoft

Today Ubisoft officially announced that "Assassin's Creed 2" for all current-generation platforms is slated for a Holiday 2009 release. Read more...

The developer of "Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X." told us the things we "must do" in the new aerial fighter. Are you up for it?
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One odd side-effect of the current recession is that Vin Diesel's new game this month features licensed General Motors cars that may soon cease to exist in the real world. Read more...

Ubisoft today released the first trailer for "Prince of Persia Epilogue," downloadable content coming February 26 that continues the story of their latest platformer, and being big fans of "Prince of Persia," we took notes and screen captures about what the trailer showed us. Here's what we found... Read more...