Ubisoft’s Xavier Poix spells out lessons from Wii U launch games (interview)

The head of Ubisoft France gave a talk on leveraging new technology for games.

Ubisoft posts a six-month loss — but Assassin’s Creed is riding to the rescue

The French video game publisher joins a long list of companies having a tough transition to the next generation.

Ubisoft shifts its digital rights management stance from stick to carrot

Ubisoft clarifies its stance on digital rights management.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Tom Hanks, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, game startups in Estonia, and more

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

‘Give us something BIG!’: 10 of the best live-action video game trailers

For better or worse, it seems like big-budget live-action trailers for video games are here to stay. It's just as well that some publishers are doing them right, as seen in these 10 impressive examples.

Cerebral online gunfights carry Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (review)

The new Ghost Recon's solo campaign has some flaws, but the online action shines.

Newbs and pros can all find useful roles in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s multiplayer (preview)

The beta test version of Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier dropped late last week. Offering a taste of what’s coming up in the full edition’s multiplayer mode about a month from now, it has two basic maps and three different …

The next Ghost Recon has great team play, but graphics need work (preview)

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier is Ubisoft’s big release this year in the third-person shooter market. The video game is one of the major releases of the year and should help revive interest in Tom Clancy’s long-running combat franchise, …

Ubisoft ships 13M dance games and 7M copies of Assassin Creed title

French video game publisher Ubisoft reported today that it shipped more than 13 million dance games and 7 million copies of Assassin’s Creed Revelations during its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31.

For the quarter, revenue was 652 million euros, …