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During Ubisoft's 2013 fiscal earnings call, the company confirmed that the THQ Montreal project codenamed 1666 has been "suspended for an undisclosed period of time." Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot also commented on the friction between Ubisoft and Patrice Desilets, the Assassin's Creed creator who was the head of the project before his termination last week...

Assassin's Creed 4's new protagonist, Edward Kenway, doesn't take anything from anybody no matter their size. Well, unless they have some valuable loot; he'll take that gracefully. A new trailer highlights his motives and personality, both of which fit well into the series' theme of cool main characters that are fun to assassinate historical people with...

Watch Dogs might be multiplatform, but the PS4 version is what many are anticipating the most. Two members of Ubisoft's team have taken some time out of their busy schedule to explain what's so special about Watch Dog's PS4 variant. Among the reasons are increased density of the game's city due to added details and more effects...

Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 3 both had exclusive PS3 content, and Ubisoft is going to treat PlayStation owners with exclusive content once more for Watch Dogs. The exclusive content will be available for both the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 4 versions of the game...

The latest trailer for Splinter Cell: Blacklist features more in-game footage and shows us some of Sam Fisher's abilities that'll be available in the forthcoming addition to the long-running stealth-action series: VIDEO: 704727.mp4 Splinter Cell: Blacklist is set to hit stores on August 20, 2013, for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Last week, the game was confirmed for Nintendo's Wii U. 

Ubisoft Toronto and Ubisoft Montreal are, apparently, working on another addition to the Assassin's Creed series - that's one more game, which is supposedly going to be released after Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. Jade Raymond spoke with Polygon...

Xavier Poix, head of Ubisoft France Studios, told GamesIndustry.biz that he's expecting improved Wii U console sales later this year after major first- and third-party games launch. Most interestingly, he strongly believes that Rayman Legends will be one of those system sellers...

Ubisoft confirmed that Might & Magic X Legacy is on its way and will be shown at PAX East, which starts today. The new chapter to the Might & Magic RPG series is being created by Limbic Entertainment and they have described it as a game that mixes the "unique core formula with a new set of improved and fine-tuned features...

"We confirm that Ubisoft will announce all the details of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag on Monday March 4th at 5pm GMT." That was an official statement from Ubisoft. They've confirmed the fourth installment in the hugely popular action adventure series, Assassin's Creed...

Oh how the plot thickens. Apparently EA wants to stick it to Steam so much that they're willing to sell their games on Ubisoft's own PC-gaming client, Uplay, in addition to EA's Origin. These new titles on Uplay include Crysis 3 and even preorders for Sim City...

Some leaked marketing materials that Kotaku got their hands on suggests as much. Specifically, Kotaku secured a poster that claims Watch Dogs will ship for "all home consoles" during this holiday season. Since it is believed that the next-gen consoles from Sony and Microsoft will be available this holiday season...

Moving away from all of the previous settings, Ubisoft announced that the next game in the Assassin's Creed series is going to take place in a new time period. The publisher also confirmed that the next AC title is going to hit the market come 2014...

Post turned up via NeoGAF, revealing a video described as a "rough cut-demo" for a project from Ubisoft called "Osiris" being developed by the makers of Assasin's Creed. Check out the trailer for 'Osiris' here. The video is now being linked to the recent stories of a new Prince of Persia game. Whatever this is, chances are we might get an announcement soon. Possibly during the GDC in March.

​The latest business surrounding THQ's bankruptcy has triggered the purchase of several video game franchises and development studios. According to a letter sent by THQ to Kotaku, here's what happened: Yesterday morning, we received a competing bid for the operating business, along with Clearlake's offer, and numerous offers for separate assets...

Ubisoft proudly claims that Assassin's Creed 3 is now the fastest-selling game in the company's history, shattering the 7 million mark worldwide after being one month on the market. Meanwhile, Steam News confirms the release of the The Hidden Secrets Pack...