May
20
2009
From GameTrailers:
A trailer of the upcoming Need for Speed game (for Wii and DS) developped by EA Montreal.
It doesn’t seem to be in-game footage though, just a cinematic.
Update: Here’s an interview with Joe Booth the Senior Producer, touching the design and controls of the game:
May
20
2009
From Kotaku:
First person brawlers are few and far between—only a handful, like Condemned, Breakdown and Zeno Clash, have found some degree of success with their attempts—but that’s not going to stop EA from letting you rain blows on the professional athlete of your choosing. The new addition is just one of "more than 200 [...]
May
20
2009
From 1up:
Ubisoft has a new teaser for Splinter Cell: Conviction online. It seems that our guy Sam Fisher is in some trouble.
At the game’s main site, there’s nothing save a "Third Echelon" emblem and the message, "Site Currently Under Investigation." Below that, "If you have any information on Sam Fisher, please report it [...]
May
13
2009
From Kotaku:
Eidos-Montreal are in the early development stages for Thief 4, the developer confirmed this morning.
Last week we heard that an announcement was coming, but there’s not much grist in the news that hit today.
Eidos-Montreal, which is currently producing Deus Ex 3, has recruited the "very best core team" for Thief 4, [...]
Mar
02
2009
From joystiq.com:
Ubisoft announced a partnership with Gold’s Gym to market the new Wii exercise game Gold’s Gym: Cardio Workout, due out March 31. The Balance Board-compatible game includes "cardio boxing, running, sit-ups and other activities" as well as calorie and weight tracking. The new game will include a coupon for one week at Gold’s [...]
Feb
20
2009
From gametrailers.com:
Here is a trailer for the upcoming Prince of Persia downloable content, which should be available on February 26.
Source
Dec
19
2008
From reuters.com (via joystiq.com):
White, who’s a mainstream brand thanks to his exploits in both skateboarding and snowboarding in the X-Games, has spent the past two years working with Ubisoft’s acclaimed Montreal development studio on his new snowboarding game.
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John Taylor, videogame analyst, Arcadia Research, said "Shaun White Snowboarding" sold 259,000 copies in the U.S. in [...]
Dec
18
2008
From geek.com:
French company Gameloft has been going for just under 10 years now, and has developed on a fair few systems in that time; PC, Nintendo DS, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii and, more recently, the iPod Touch/iPhone OS. Given the current craze for the iPhone, the affordability of the games offered on it and [...]