RSS

Topic: Ubisoft Entertainment SA

  
Prince of Persia

The Most Innovative Companies in Gaming

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Gaming.READ»

Your Shape

Inside Ubisoft's 'Your Shape' Fitness Game

Video game journalist Stephen Totilo has suggested that we may currently be in the self-help era of video games, with products on the market that promise to help you keep your brain young, quit smoking, and get in shape. The latter ...READ»

E3 Postmortem: Some cool things seen at E3…

E3 is over after a short three days but there was a lot of things revealed and announced for the upcoming holiday season and the early 2009 season. It’s all about the games that are coming out and currently in development. Here’s ...READ»

Where in the World to Find a Job
CANADA   |  8 comments

Where in the World to Find a Job

The national unemployment rate may be at its worst in over a decade, but there's a world of opportunity out there beyond Wall Street. Companies from Finland to Dubai are bucking the recession and actively hiring--you just have to know where to look.READ»

StarCraft II

StarCraft 2 Latest Game Delayed--Why Are So Many Being Moved to 2010?

Blizzard has announced that the highly anticipated StarCraft II will be delayed this holiday season, to the first half of 2010. According to Blizzard, the extra time is needed to upgrade the multiplayer network Battle.net, "This extra ...READ»

Games People Play

The Austin Game Developers Conference takes place Sept. 11-12 in Austin, Texas. The two-day event focuses on next-generation technologies and business strategies for online multiplayer and mobile games. Speakers include staff from ...READ»

Ubisoft's Your Shape
HEALTH   |  Comment

Jenny McCarthy Teaches Fitness on the Wii, with Semi-Annoying Real-Time Feedback

Like working out to exercise videos but wish they gave personalized feedback? Fan of Jenny McCarthy? If you answered yes to both questions, Ubisoft's new fitness game for the Nintendo Wii, Your Shape, could be for you. The key ...READ»

GAMES   |  Comment

Can Free to Play Work in Other Genres?

Free to play MMORPGs are here to stay. Some nay-sayers stillcomplain about the poor content and quality of service provided in F2Pgames but recent releases like Runes of Magic, Perfect World and Atlantica Onlinehave shown the world ...READ»

Xbox Games on Demand
VIDEO GAMES   |  Comment

Will Microsoft's Games on Demand Change Gaming?

Yesterday, along with a slew of new functions in its Xbox 360 system update, Microsoft launched its Games on Demand store with full Xbox 360 titles for download. Is this move a game-changer or just business as usual?READ»

Live from E3: The games I’ve played…

Compared to E3 events over the years, this year’s event is scaled back immensely and is a lot more intimate. The media, developers and publishers get a lot of cozy one-on-one time to talk about the games. It also makes the lines ...READ»

Shaun White

Shaun White's Business is Red Hot

His creativity and authenticity kill in the $150 billion youth market.READ»

Morgan Romine
ATARI   |  12 comments

Women in Tech: The Gamers

The 5 most influential women in electronic entertainment.READ»

Letter From the Editor

Heroes and… others.READ»

Nicole Lazzaro
XEODESIGN   |  Comment

XEODesign Taps Into Users' Emotions

Nicole Lazzaro Founder and President, XEODesign Oakland, California Nicole Lazzaro, 44, has studied emotion and player experiences in video games for 20 years and is the designer of Tilt, the first iPhone accelerometer game. ...READ»

Morgan Romine

Why Women Should Play Video Games

Morgan Romine, better known as “Rhoulette” in the video game online community, helped found and build Ubisoft’s all-girl gaming team, the Frag Dolls. As captain of the Frag Dolls team, she serves as spokesperson, gamer, road manager ...READ»

jesse-white-sketch.gif
SHAUN WHITE   |  Comment

Visions of Shaun White's Fall '09 Line for Target

A peek into the designs for the second season of Shaun White's clothing line for Target.READ»

RZA, Chess Masters and MMA Fighters Gather to Stop Violence

Hip-Hop Chess Federation Teams with MMA Fighters Jake Sheilds and Ralek Gracie, RZA, Rakaa, IM Josh Waitzkin, for the “Mind Over Matter” Chess & Grappling Exhibition HHCF brings together top entertainers and fighters to ...READ»

TALENT   |  1 comment

What does a red-headed snowboarder have to do with strategic HR management?

Uniqueness, creativity, taking risks, seeing beyond the obvious... READ»

The Wide World of Heroes5

The Wide, Wide World of Heroes

NBC's Heroes racked up the network's top-selling DVD for 2007 by cultivating die-hard fans with extensions of the show's fantasy world across every form of media (while selling plenty of additional advertising against those extensions ...READ»

Live from E3: Nintendo announces WiiMusic, WiiSports Resorts, Grand Theft Auto and more

Today is the first official day of E3 2008 and Nintendo kicked it off with their media briefing at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. After a montage of people “smiling”, Cammie Dunaway, executive vice president of Nintendo, U.S., ...READ»

Videogames

Video Games 2009: Who Will Win the Console War?

In 2008, titles like Grand Theft Auto IV (5 million copies) and Wii Fit (4.5 million) helped the game industry reach $21 billion in sales. But with the recession, gaming may struggle to stay on top in 2009. So how will the big three ...READ»