Get a closer look at some of the new gameplay features in [Ubisoft Montreal’s] Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood in this GamesCom 2010 demo.

See the full quality version on GameTrailers…

2008’s release of developer/publisher Ubisoft’s open world first person shooter Far Cry 2 was met with praise from critics and solid sales. Even before the game was released there was talk of making Far Cry 3. Now a new rumor from the pages of PC Gamer’s latest print magazine suggests that Far Cry 3 is in full production mode.

The magazine, in its rumor-filled Spy column, states that the game is "in full swing now" at Ubisoft’s Montreal studios. According to the article the game’s development is being lead by Josh Mosqueira, who previously worked over at Relic Entertainment as the lead designer for Company of Heroes. There’s no word on what the game might be about although previous suggestions about Far Cry 3 stated the game would stick to Far Cry 2’s African setting.

Check out this short review of the Ubisoft Montreal (and Ubisoft Chengdu) developed retro game based on the movie.

(Good job Caroline, Jonathan, Justin and Jean-François!)

Check out the full quality review on GameTrailers.

With advanced motion controls and cinema-style 3-D about to radically change the way video games are experienced, Ubisoft Montreal says it’s prepared to be a “pioneer’” in the evolving industry.

Yannis Mallat, CEO of Ubisoft Montreal, said the company is on the forefront of new technology about to be launched by the world’s top three video game companies – including motion controls this fall for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as well as a new hand-held 3-D console being launched next spring by Nintendo. […]

Read the full article on Montreal Gazette…

Earlier this summer, word surfaced that Ubisoft Montreal creative director Clint Hocking had left the employ of the French publisher. Within the development community, speculation ran rife about where one of the primary architects of Far Cry 2 and the Splinter Cell series would wind up.

Clint Hocking will be feeling the Force at LucasArts.

Today, that question was answered. Following Twitter posts by a Ubisoft community developer, LucasArts has confirmed to GameSpot that Hocking is now in its employ. “We are pleased to announce that Clint Hocking has joined LucasArts as creative director on an unannounced project,” a LucasArts rep said. […]

Read the full article on GameSpot.

The developers [Ubisoft Montreal] gather to provide a story overview for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.

Check out the full quality trailer at GameTrailers.

Has the Prince of Persia franchise fallen victim to Tinsel Town, or is The Forgotten Sands a royal offering? Find out in the official GameTrailers review.

Ubisoft’s creative director Clint Hocking, who’s shipped games include Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Far Cry 2, announced that he’s leaving the company after spending nine years with its Montreal studio.

Hocking did not specify whether he already has plans to join another developer or whether he intends to continue working in the game industry, but he expressed a need to avoid the bad habits that he believes are inevitable whenever he finds himself comfortable and content with his station in life.

"In the 451 weeks that I have been here, I have adopted many new habits," Hocking explains in a post on his personal blog. "It has taken tremendous effort to prevent those habits from atrophying into bad ones. Pride burns into hubris. Willingness wilts into desperation. Confidence slows to stubbornness. Passion boils into anger."

He adds, "Each of these faults and others – without care and constant self-examination – risk becoming habits. I am too comfortable. I am too content. And I know where that can lead for me. Fortunately, for the first time in my life, I know the way forward."

Though the creative director has shipped only three titles during his nine years at the company, he points out that those releases have sold a total of more than 12 million copies and have each received an average Metacritic score of over 90 percent. "I’ve been very lucky to say the least," he admits.

Good luck Clint!