Before we knew it as the Wii, we knew it as the Revolution. In March of 2006, there were rumblings of a FPS being developed for Nintendo's next console. Screenshots were even leaked/scanned from magazines, and it was said that Ubisoft was developing it. Well, on April 11, 2006, 5 years this day(Tuesday), not today, Ubisoft officially made the announcement, with a press release, that they were developing..., says CoffeewithGames in the introduction.
Joystiq writes: During a Q&A session following the PAX demo of Red Steel 2, creative director Jason VandenBerghe told Joystiq that he would love to see Red Steel arrive on other platforms. When asked about the possibilities of the new motion control options headed to PS3 and Xbox 360, VandenBerghe said, I personally would love to see any and all consoles have more sword fighting experiences. He then added that any decision to develop the series on other consoles would be up to Ubisoft.
Thatgamingsite writes: Red Steel 2 was officially confirmed by Ubisoft today although many of us saw the Nintendo Power scans days ago. What might come as a happy surprise or possibly a fear to some is that Ubisoft have confirmed that the game is due for release before the year is out. Holiday 2009 according to Ubisoft
Kotaku: Say, Wii owner. Did you pass on No More Heroes? Well, shame on you! But if you have no taste, maybe you'd like to pick up Red Steel while you're remedying that, thanks to Ubisoft. The French publisher is bundling both Wii titles in one package, a practice we've not seen much of this generation, particularly on the Wii.
N-Europe's Nathan Whincup writes: ...it looks as though Red Steel 2 is in a presentable state right now, as the Next Month page in Issue #34 of British Nintendo magazine NGamer promises to feature a first look at Red Steel 2 and MotionPlus swordsmanship in the May 2009 issue, which will hit news stands on Wednesday March 25th.
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Mysterious industry insider Surfer Girl reveals more trainwrecks and/or nightmares hidden behind the closed door of Ubisoft: ¿ How the editorials at Ubisoft have power of life or death over any project in the company. ¿ How Martin Tremblay, former CEO of Ubisoft Montreal, was asked to resign because a certain then senior producer named Yannis Mallat could not stand him. (Mallat has connection to the the Guillemot family that owns Ubisoft; After Tremblay's departure, Mallat was promptly promoted to CEO.) ¿ How Mallat influenced the editorials to kill an unannounced AAA HUDless FPS. ¿ The early troubled development of Assassin's Creed, and its secret sci-fi twist. ¿ Tom Clancy's connection (or lack of) to Ubisoft Montreal and Splinter Cell Conviction.
While many third party publishers were late to realize the potential of the Wii, Ubisoft were one of the first.However,the French firm has now admitted that a number of its early Wii titles were rushed and lacked quality.
In yet another financial report, Ubisoft has revealed that whilst older games continued their strong sales in the last quarter of the year.....
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