Archive for April, 2009

Apr 30 2009

Wii Portfolio Drives Ubisoft Full-Year Sales Up 14 Percent; ‘Expect More Shaun White’

Published by Chris Comeau under News

The strength of its Wii titles was key to Ubisoft’s 14 percent sales increase in its fiscal 2008, the publisher announced today, although sales declined 5.1 percent in the fourth quarter.
Thanks to what the company calls "a continued strong showing" for Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party and Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip, Ubisoft’s fourth [...]

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Apr 30 2009

GDC Canada Career Seekers: Complimentary Pass Offer

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From GDC Canada:
Recently laid off? Still looking?  Reboot and Think Services would like to offer you a FREE main conference pass to GDC Canada to jumpstart your game development career!
Mix and mingle with your past and future colleagues from EA, Nokia, Disney/Propaganda Games, Action Pants, and Bungie…and make sure to find out why [...]

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Apr 29 2009

Ubisoft announces ‘Ghost Recon 4′

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From Joystiq:
Ubisoft announced today that it’s working on a new Ghost Recon, currently titled Ghost Recon 4. Some of our more observant readers likely remember this game coming up in a previous Ubisoft financial report. Sadly, it’s still a ways off, with Ubisoft crossing its fingers for a release sometime before April 2010. Sadly, [...]

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Apr 29 2009

UFC 2009 Undisputed; Georges St-Pierre Interview

Published by Chris Comeau under Interview, Movie

From GameTrailers:
St-Pierre describes living a childhood dream through the UFC 2009 Undisputed video game.

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Apr 29 2009

Gameloft: Sales up by 22% in the First Quarter of 2009

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From PRNewswire:
Gameloft achieved consolidated sales of EUR30.8 million for the first quarter of 2009, up by 22% from the previous year. On a comparable exchange rate basis, growth over the same period reached 18%.
Mobile games accounted for 94% of the company’s annual sales and console games covered the remaining 6%.
Europe accounted for [...]

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Apr 29 2009

Airborne Mobile raises $500,000 for mobile media apps

Published by Chris Comeau under News

From VentureBeat:
Airborne Technology Ventures has raised $500,000 in funding from mobile entrepreneur Skuli Mogensen for the company’s mobile media business.
The company, which is the parent of Airborne Mobile, takes content from major media brands, such as Fox’s Family Guy and the Food Network, and makes it available on mobile platforms. The funding is [...]

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