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Rate Ubisoft Readying 'Around Ten Games' For Project Natal

Original at MTV Multiplayer external link    Tue, Dec 1

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By Brian Warmoth We have around ten games that will come for Natal during the first six months of the launch of Natal, and we expect between four to five games for the new controller [from] Sony," Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot announced during a call to investors, according to Gamasutra.

Rate News: Ubi doing "around 10" Natal games

Original at Eurogamer external link    Tue, Dec 1    3 related articles

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has said the company is committed to producing games for Sony and Microsoft's new motion controllers. Speaking during a conference call (overheard by Kotaku), Guillemot said "around 10 games" will "come for Natal during the first six months of the launch".

Rate Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal, 4-5 For PS3's Motion Controller

Original at GayGamer.net external link    Thu, Nov 26

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By NaviFairy Quite a lot actually. "Around 10 games" are currently planned for the first 6 months after Natal is unleashed on the world, according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, with the more modest number of four to five games planned for PS3 waggle. Any idea of what these motion controlled games are? No...

Year 2009

 

Rate News: Ubi game sales down by more than half

Original at Eurogamer external link    Thu, Nov 5

But everything's going to be all right, according to CEO Yves Guillemot. The company should still hit €1 billion sales for the full year as the next six months are set to be "significantly more favourable, with a strong return to growth and profitability".

Rate Ubisoft Acquires TrackMania Dev Nadeo

Original at eXophase.com, the Gamer's Phase external link    Tue, Oct 6

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By x3sphere “The acquisition of Nadeo is an important step in our expansion within the on-line gaming sector”, said Yves Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer of Ubisoft. “Through Nadeo, Ubisoft will gain an expert team, one of the best on-line technologies around as well as a flagship multiplayer ga...

Rate News: Ubisoft buys TrackMania maker Nadeo

Original at Eurogamer external link    Tue, Oct 6

Ubisoft has bought Parisian developer Nadeo, known best for the car-jumping and route-planning TrackMania series of games. Nadeo has only 10 employees, but TrackMania has around 700,000 unique users each month online, if Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot is to be believed.

Rate Ubisoft founder to be named 2009 ESA Champion

Original at Crispy Gamer external link    Thu, Sep 17

By James Fudge He will not get a title belt though, but maybe a nice plaque. The ESA Foundation will honor Yves Guillemot, chairman and chief executive officer of Ubisoft, as the 2009 ESA Champion at this year’s Nite to Unite for Kids event. The annual black-tie gala will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 2...

Rate Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot - Delayed Games Will Be Delayed Again

Original at Ripten Video Game external link    Wed, Sep 16

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By Dylan Duarte It’s solid logic - a slew of high profile games got pushed back to a less busy release window, just to make Q1 2010 a really busy release window. The funny thing about Guillemot saying this is that a good number of Ubisoft titles have been pushed back from this holiday season to early next year.

Rate News: Ubisoft praises "exceptional" PS3 price

Original at Eurogamer external link    Thu, Aug 20

Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot and EA Games president Frank Gibeau have both praised Sony for cutting the price of the PlayStation 3, making the home console an attractive prospect for the mass market consumer. It's exceptional news, actually. I think the machine is a great machine, with th...

Rate News: Ubisoft has PC anti-piracy plan

Original at Eurogamer external link    Tue, Jul 28

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has said the company is working on something to combat PC game piracy "starting next year and probably one game this year". Speaking in a conference call to investors (thanks Kotaku), Guillemot also said the DS piracy situation was improving.

Rate Ubisoft CEO on The Next Generation of Gaming Consoles

Original at TeamXbox external link    Tue, Jun 16

Yves Guillemot, chairman and CEO of Ubisoft, talks about the next generation of video game consoles.

Rate Ubi: game dev cost likely to double in next-gen

Original at Virgin Media external link    Tue, Jun 16

 UK Speaking to CNBC, Ubisoft chairman and CEO Yves Guillemot has said he believes development costs of top tier titles will approximately double in the next generation, jumping from $20-$30 million in this generation to a staggering $60 million. ...

Rate Ubisoft wants this generation to continue

Original at CVG Online external link    Mon, Jun 15

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Yves Guillemot, big boss man of French-based publisher Ubisoft, has expressed his desire for this round of console hardware to continue as long as possible. It sounds like there's a lot of power under the hood of 360 and PS3 that's yet to be fully ...

Rate Ubisift CEO Says Next Gen Consoles Closer Than We Think

Original at Slashdot external link    Mon, Jun 15

An anonymous reader writes "Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot tells CNBC that he believes the next generation of video game systems isn't as far away as the public has been led to believe. Guillemot noted that public demand for the best machine possible, ...

Rate Enter the Academy of Champions on the Wii

Original at Softpedia external link    Mon, May 25    5 related articles

 Romania Yves Guillemot, who is the Chief Executive Officer at Ubisoft, stated that “We made our mark in the sports genre last year with the global success of Shaun White Snowboarding. Now, with Academy of Champions, Ubisoft offers another sports game with a ...

Rate No New Consoles for Some Time

Original at Softpedia external link    Thu, May 7

 Romania Still, recently, the Chief Executive Officer of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, stated that all publishers and developers needed to be on the lookout for new hardware that would change how the development process works. With such different positions from two ...

Rate Ubisoft CEO Says New Hardware Is Coming

Original at Softpedia external link    Mon, May 4

 Romania - Andrei Dumitrescu After revealing the financial results of his companies, its Chief Executive Officer, Yves Guillemot, announced that Ubisoft was getting ready to create videogames for a new generation of hardware. As he talked to investors and to industry analysts, ...

Rate Ubisoft Already Preparing for New Hardware

Original at eXophase.com, the Gamer's Phase external link    Thu, Apr 30

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By x3sphere Speaking in a recent interview with Gamasutra, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot went on record to state that the company has already taken the liberty of planning ahead for future console and handheld iterations. Guillemot acknowledges that maintaining a proactive outlook is essential to c...

Rate Beyond Good & Evil 2 to be bigger, better ... more badass?

Original at Joystiq external link    Fri, Apr 3

 CA Though he didn't go into more detail (at least, as far as we know) regarding controls, we can't help but worry after what Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said last year. Interestingly, during the interview the developer remained cagey regarding the ...

Rate EA, Take-Two, Nintendo (And Ubisoft!) Cautious About Christmas Spending [Business]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Nov 13

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By Luke Plunkett Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot says: Take-Two's Strauss Zelnick: I'm concerned that it's going to be a pretty rough holiday season. Everyone's going to be shopping less. First you are going to see less foot traffic and then less inventory on the shelves.

Rate Opinion: One Million Copies of Far Cry 2 Sold in Less Than Three WeeksVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at 1up.com external link    Thu, Nov 13

By Kyle Stallock Obviously as giddy as a schoolboy, Ubisoft chief executive officer Yves Guillemot said, "The holiday quarter is off to a solid start with a successful launch of Far Cry 2. The game is well on track to achieve our expectations for the year."

Rate Opinion: Yves Guillemot Pushing Tom Clancy on Wii

Original at 1up.com external link    Fri, Sep 19

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By Dustin Quillen Guillemot went on to admit that casual games account for nearly 25 percent of the company's business these days, and that if industry trends continue, that figure could increase threefold. "I think the number of people can triple. We had the six-to-50-year-old males playing games and 80-...

Rate Ubisoft interview - Tom Clancy series coming to Wii, two music games coming, sports titles becoming increasingly important, and much more

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Thu, Sep 18

By The News Team GameDaily has an interview with Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot that is chock-full of information. I’ve pulled a few snippets, but please make sure to read the full piece for a lot more talk concerning Nintendo. BIZ: Regarding Wii MotionPlus, how long did Ubisoft know about it and when will we s...

Rate Tom Clancy Games Prepare To Tactically Engage The Nintendo Wii [Only Ubisoft]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Sep 17

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By Luke Plunkett Ubisoft's current lineup on the Wii is...regrettable. Could do with a few more "proper" games. Like the Tom Clancy ones, most of those are pretty decent. Here's what Ubisoft boss, the delightfully-named Yves Guillemot, has to say on the matter:

Year 2007

 

Rate Ubisoft Announces the Sale of its Stake in Gameloft

Original at TechWhack external link    Sun, Jul 22

By Sukhdeep Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer of Ubisoft, stated: “The video game market offers numerous internal and external growth opportunities. We have therefore decided to sell our stake in Gameloft in order to focus on Ubisoft’s expansion and strengthen our ability to seize all such...

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