It's always been plagued by late game releases, but it looks like Europe may be getting a leg up when it comes to Ubisoft titles in the near future. According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, Europe is now the company's biggest market. Will this new-found importance finally give European gamers the attention they've asked for all these years? We hope so. More in the full article.

Ubisoft's on a definite roll this time around, with the company enjoying good sales numbers in the first quarter thanks to a boost afforded by the release of games such as Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC), and others. There's just one little snag, however, with the confirmation of Splinter Cell: Conviction's delay. More details in the full article.

We reported that Ubisoft was branching out with the creation of an animation studio. Well, they're going ahead full steam with the integration of movie tech in their company because they've just announced that they just bought Hybride Technologies, the same company which worked on 300 and Frank Miller's Sin City. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Ubisoft recently revealed another hidden card up their sleeve during the ongoing Ubidays 2008 press conference. A debut trailer of the sequel to the 2003 action-adventure title, Beyond Good and Evil, was featured during the event, showing off the highly detailed next-gen graphics of the new title. You can view the video of Beyond Good and Evil 2 by clicking on the "read more" link found below.

It was a lucrative year for French video game publisher and developer Ubisoft. The company saw a profitable sales growth of 36 percent, amounting to around €928 million (US$ 1.46 billion). It owed its success to the successful releases during the previous year coming from established franchises, original IP releases, and even its casual line of games. For more details, check out our full article.

What has Jade Raymond's been working on after Assassin's Creed (Micorosft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, PC) was released? Ubisoft's CEO, Yves Guillemot, shared a few words regarding this that fans of the video game producer will probably want to know. To find out more, head on over to the full article.

Ubisoft struck gold with their acquisition of the Tom Clancy name for life. How much did it cost them, and how big a gold mine will it bring them? Talks are also in the air about their venture into the world of MMOs with the said name. To find out more, read up over at the full article.

The recent hullabaloo Electronic Arts caused when they tried to acquire Take-Two Interactive set a fire below fellow industry giant Ubisoft. According to Ubisoft chairman Yves Guillemot, the company is also looking to expand its borders. More in the full article.

Ubisoft has just completed tallying the results of their holiday quarter performance and the results have been no less than fantastic. Most of their franchises have proven to be hits, including next-gen newcomer Assassin's Creed (PC, PS3, Xbox 360). The French-based company now says they've moved up as the third-leading independent publishers in the business. Details in the full article.

Paris-based publisher Ubisoft Entertainment has just made known its first half financial performance for fiscal year 2007, and the company reports some EUR 261 million (US$ 355.31 million) in sales. That's a 51.8% hike up in sales from last year's EUR 172 million (US$ 234.15 million), and a good lap ahead of Ubisoft's first half targets. The French publishing company also reported that 75% of its income now comes from console games sales.

Ubisoft Entertainment CEO Yves Guillemot said:

Ubisoft has turned in a very solid first-half showing and has continued to win market share on new-generation consoles. [...] The strong sales performance and our positioning on high gross margin consoles has lead to a sharp profitability improvement for the first half of 2007-08.

 
With Assassin's Creed (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC), Haze (Sony PS3, Xbox 360, PC) and, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Nintendo Wii, DS), and Naruto: Rise of a Ninja in its lineup of games to be released, Ubisoft eyes a continuance of income at the later half of fiscal year 2007 and raised its optimistic estimates by a modest 6% (year-on-year) to € 330 million (US$ 449.24 million). The company expressed its full year projection to reach at an estimate of € 825 million (US$ 1.12 billion) by the fiscal year's end.

In other finer points, Ubisoft has announced that four titles were delayed to FY 2008-2009. Tom Clancy's End War (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) will still make it by this fiscal year, including the four titles mentioned earlier.