From g4tv.com:
When Vivendi Games and Activision merged, people were understandably concerned about the future of games like Ghostbusters, Brutal Legend and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. But there was another game in publishing limbo: A2M’s Wet. Although it didn’t have the installed fanbase of the above three titles and despite that it doesn’t [...]

From gamedaily.com:
The 25th anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is coming later this fall – making this editor feel quite old – and French publisher Ubisoft announced today that it’s commemorating the occasion (which they dubbed a "Shell-ebration") with a brand-new TMNT fighting game for the Wii. Tokyo-based Game Arts, which contributed heavily to [...]

From igda.org:
IGDA-Montreal is excited to announce a fourth edition of Dominance War, a massive international online game art competition. Dominance War IV, starting February 20th, is a truly unique game art competition. It brings together the globe’s best online art forums to compete for world champion standings in an Olympic-like setting. In this event, [...]

From gamesindustry.biz:
Ubisoft has said that it expects a new generation of home consoles to be on the market by 2012.
The French publisher is increasing headcount to work on future technology, with mergers also on the cards to increase development and technology resources.
"We want to take advantage of a company that could bring more [...]

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See you there!
When: Wednesday, January 28th @ 7:00pm What: IGDA-Montreal "GameNight" Where: The SAT, 1195 St.Laurent Why: Jamming with LittleBigPlanet! [...]

From escapistmagazine.com:
Funny review of Ubisoft Montreal’s recent sequel, Far Cry 2. Be warned, it might offend some people!
 

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From montrealtechwatch.com:
Airborne and iNovia Capital announced last week a $2million financing round.
Airborne is a Montreal tech company producing mobile tools and applications, with a very diverse product line, from games, SMS apps, to wallpapers, ringtones and mobile marketing tools.
The financing round by iNovia Capital has been presented by both companies as a renewal, [...]

From joystiq.com:
Straight out of Ubisoft’s Q308 earnings call comes news that Assassin’s Creed 2 – the not-so-secret sequel to the 6 million plus selling megahit – will be silently leaping onto consoles "by March 2010" according to the Twitter feed of gaming gournalist Geoff Keighley Ubisoft’s third quarter earnings report.
Ubi’s forecasting for its 2009 [...]