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Ubisoft videogame sales nearly double

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft reported on Thursday that its sales nearly doubled in the fiscal quarter that ended June 30. Ubisoft racked up 161 million euros (208 million dollars) in sales, a 94 percent jump from the 83 million euros (107 million ...

Ubisoft getting videogame players off the couch

Ubisoft is tapping into camera and motion-sensing technologies to pump out videogames that get players up and moving, sometimes even away from television screens. The French videogame powerhouse rolled out an array of active titles at a "Games you can feel" press ...

Video game sales plunge in April: NPD

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sales of video game hardware and software plunged 26 percent in April, industry tracker NPD said on Thursday, one of the largest declines over the past decade. The research group said sales in the United States, the world's ...

Videogame titan Ubisoft going green

French videogame titan Ubisoft is intent on being a big player in greening the industry. Ubisoft announced on Monday that it is doing away with paper manuals traditionally included with videogames crafted for play on Microsoft Xbox 360 or Sony PlayStation 3 ...

"Logorama" duo take aim at "Ghost Recon" videogame

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The directors behind the Oscar-winning animated short "Logorama," are moving into the live-action world -- but they aren't going Hollywood just yet. Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy will do a 20-minute live-action film for the latest ...

2010 promises more titles for core gamers

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - With a new year ahead, video game publishers are returning to their roots and core gamers to maintain sales at a time when a contraction in the industry is expected to mean fewer overall new releases. Mainstream ...
French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday. "Your Shape" ramps up the healthy videogame genre with a custom camera that puts people on-screen and under the scrutiny of an animated coach devoted ...

"Assassin's Creed 2" hits stores on Tuesday

"Assassin's Creed 2," a new videogame from Ubisoft, hits stores on Tuesday in a hotly anticipated swirl of treachery, swordplay, history, and artistry set in scenic Renaissance Italy. Analysts expect France-based Ubisoft's second installment in the "Assassin's" franchise to be one of ...
Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game. "I can't even enter myself without being accompanied," quipped a Ubisoft spokeswoman as ...

Gameworld: Academics hope history in video games spurs interest

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Portraying Leonardo da Vinci or World War II in a video game is challenging game developers to mix fun with facts while academics hope this growing genre will get players more interested in history. Gary Keith Brubaker, ...
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