SAN FRANCISCO – Today Ubisoft unveils just a few of the phenomenal songs that players will be able to perform in Michael Jackson The Experience, the video game that will allow players to feel the magic of King of Pop by reliving his most iconic performances through their own singing and dancing. For the first time ever, the Wii™ version of the game will be playable exclusively at the Gamescom consumer and trade show that will take place in Cologne, Germany from August 18th through the 22nd.
Some of Michael Jackson’s most famous songs that will be included in the game are:
• Bad
• Beat It
• Billie Jean
• Earth Song
• The Girl Is Mine
• Who Is It
• Workin’ Day And Night
• And many more…
New Interactive Video Game Challenges Players with Four Decades of Survey Questions
SAN FRANCISCO – August 10, 2010 – Ubisoft revealed today that it will be publishing Family Feud® Decades, an interactive video game that challenges players with thousands of authentic survey questions from four different eras: 1970’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s. Created by Ludia and licensed by FremantleMedia Enterprises, Family Feud® Decades will be released November 9, 2010 in North America for the Wii™ system from Nintendo.
New Video Game Features Dance Moves to the Hottest Kids’ Pop Songs and Classic Kids’ Favorites
SAN FRANCISCO – August 6, 2010 – Today, Ubisoft announced the development of Just Dance Kids, a new video game title in the multi-million selling Just Dance franchise and the No. 1 selling music/rhythm franchise on the Nintendo Wii™ system. Developed exclusively for Nintendo Wii™, Just Dance Kids includes a variety of kid-friendly songs with over 40 fun dances created by professional choreographers and led by real kids. The game will launch exclusively in North America in November 2010.
“Kids will instantly recognize the hit tunes featured in Just Dance Kids and enjoy learning fun choreography designed with them in mind,” said Adam Novickas, U.S. director of marketing at Ubisoft. “Just Dance Kids is a great way for the family to interact together and learn new dance routines, in addition to providing a great form of exercise – as players will be moving and grooving to the entertaining dance moves.”
PARIS (Dow Jones)–U.S.-based video-game developer Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) has sold its 14.8% stake in its French counterpart Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBI.FR) for an undisclosed sum to investors it didn’t identify, ending a tenuous six-year relationship that began with French fears of a hostile takeover by the American group. “Our strategic priorities have changed since our initial investment,” Electronic Arts said in a statement. “More recently, the Ubisoft position has been viewed as a portfolio holding, rather than a strategic holding,” …
Darren Bowen of Ubisoft UK has told trade publication MCV that the company expect to have 6 to 8 launch titles ready for the 3DS when it hits.
The company were one of the biggest ealry adapters of the DS and it seems that they want 25% – 30% of market share with 3DS too. It’s great to see the massive amount of support the console is getting this early on, much more than the DS did at this stage.
“We will have six to eight of the key launch titles on 3DS, so we are expecting anywhere between 25 and 30 per cent share on that platform.”
Can you believe it? Just Dance is the best-ever performing game from a third party publisher on the Wii… I knew it was popular but not that much!
- 93 percent sales increase to 160 million euros ($201.45 million) for fiscal period
- Ubisoft has beaten its own estimates for the quarter
- “good” performance from its back catalog and casual titles, categories which accounted for 33 million euros and 26 million euros, respectively
- 800,000 units sold-in of Just Dance
- 350,000 units sold-in of Avatar.
- 3.7 million units of Just Dance sold in total
- Just Dance is the best-ever performance for a third party publisher on the Wii
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands was said to have a “soft” performance
- “Our sales performance this quarter reflects the success of several titles and attests to the quality of our game catalog. It’s proof of Ubisoft’s ability to make its mark in an ever-demanding video games sector.” – CEO Yves Guillemot
- regarding 3DS, new controls schemes for 360/PS3 “rich line-up of both online games and new titles for the upcoming hardware launches this fiscal year.”
SAN FRANCISCO – July 12, 2010 – Today, Ubisoft announces its video game lineup for Comic-Con International: San Diego. The company will feature game demos and unveil new details on its products at both its company’s booth and during exclusive panels at the convention.
Ubisoft will feature an exciting interactive booth located at space #4245 on the main convention floor. The booth will feature an area for consumers to play Scott Pilgrim vs. The WorldTM: The Game before it’s released on August 10th, a special stage to get down with Just Dance® 2, and multiple gaming stations for attendees to play the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood multiplayer. Booth visitors will also be treated to fun giveaway prizes throughout the day, including poster signings and special guest appearances.
Just Dance was a big hit for Ubisoft on Wii so it comes as no surprise that a sequel is in the works and was shown off at E3 last week in all its glory.
We have caught up with the developers to find out what we can expect from the follow-up.
Was the huge success of Just Dance a surprise for Ubisoft?
For Ubisoft it wasn’t a great surprise in the sense that we play-tested the game internally very early in the development process. The creative director and team worked on some early prototypes and everyone just started dancing – men, women, hardcore gamers and casual alike.
I think in terms of its mass appeal the dev team strongly believed that this game was a perfect party starter and that we had something very different and special.
The game, although it looks simple has still a great deal of depth. Girls love it for the dancing, young adults love it for the fitness and fun, parents love it for the range of music, kids love it because for the first time they are allowed to jump and dance all around and of course family and friends love it because it is extremely social.
Ubisoft E3 Press Kit – http://pressextranet.ubisoft.com – Select your country and click on the E3 logo
LOS ANGELES – June 15, 2010 – Today Ubisoft® announced it will launch
Just Dance® 2 exclusively for the Wii™ on October 12, 2010 . After the tremendous worldwide success of the first installment, which has sold more than three million units to date, Just Dance returns with a brand new track-list of more than 40 popular songs, improved movement detection and hot new features to challenge friends and family. Just Dance 2 is immediate fun, eliminating inhibitions and bringing all generations together around a universal pleasure: Dancing.
Los Angeles, USA – June 15, 2010 – Today, Ubisoft® announced the development of six titles for the next generation handheld console from Nintendo: Hollywood 61; Battle of Giants™: Dinosaur Strike; Driver® Renegade; Assassin’s Creed™ Lost Legacy; Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory™ and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon™.
As one of the top independent publishers on the Nintendo DS™ and Wii™, Ubisoft is also one of the first major publishers to invest heavily in development for 3D. “Nintendo has created a new portable console that will allow easy and affordable access to 3D technology,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. “The portability and freedom from glasses of the Nintendo 3DS™ allows our creative teams to craft unique new and immersive games for all types of gamers.”
