Ubisoft News

Ubisoft have announced their plans to open a new development studio in Toronto, Canada, Ubisoft's first venture in the province of Ontario, and its fourth studio in Canada.

As sales of home video games appear to have hit a ceiling in Japan, the game software industry is closely eyeing the European market, which has enjoyed strong growth in recent years.

To video game publishers, Mark Weiner is both a dream come true and a nightmare.

First of all, apologies to all of our Toronto readers who will protest the use of such an attention-grabbing headline.

Tags: Ubisoft , North America , Yves Guillemot , Toronto O 6 Ubisoft has announced that they have plans to open a studio in Toronto , Ontario to expand operations and make use of creative talent in the region.

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Recently, there has been a feeling in the gaming industry that something is afoot at Apple HQ.

Choice to keep Splinter Cell: Conviction exclusive to Microsoft platforms not only due to history, but was simply made long ago.

As a result, all we got was a brief mention of the project and an awkward wave from Mizuguchi's seat in the audience.

Ubisoft's executive director Alain Corre has said that Wii titles which simply copy products already on the market have no chance of selling.

Yet more from Ubisoft chief Yves Guillemot this afternoon, as we're told by the exec that next-generation games could cost as much as 60 million USD to make.

James Cameron is not only supervising the adaptation of his film 'Avatar' to vidgame, he's also planning to have it available in 3-D. The track record of film-based videogames has been spotty.

New fitness title includes a camera. Every major publisher out there pretty much has a Wii health and fitness product either in the works or on the shelf, so this isn't a surprise at all.

Showgoers try out games at the PlayStation exhibit at the 2009 E3 Expo on June 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

Which was the most innovative, risk-taking company at the E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles this week - Microsoft with its Project Natal sensor , Sony with its "glowing orb" stick or Nintendo with its Wii Vitality Sensor? How about none of the above? The answer after the jump.

At its E3 press conference Ubisoft unveiled a new in-game service titled UPlay. While details were thin, UPlay will feature a store, community aspects and media content accessible in-game rather than via consoles' dashboards, reports Kotaku .

For years, Ubisoft has extolled the potential of convergence between Hollywood and games.

James Cameron speaks about his new game Avatar and soccer legend Pele helps introduce Academy of Champions.

Microsoft's Project Natal camera system turns gamers' bodies into videogame controllers.

Yves Guillemot and his brothers started out importing cheap videogames from the U.K. into their native France where they could sell them for much higher prices.