Report: Ubisoft close to Assassin’s Creed film deal with Sony
One of the rare video game properties that we think could make a pretty good movie seems to be moving forward. Variety reports that Sony is close to inking a deal with Ubisoft Motion Pictures to create a film franchise based on the Assassin’s Creed series. It’s reportedly the climax of a months-long bidding war [...]
NYT: Video-game companies take lucrative advantage of US tax code, especially EA
If the United States tax code were cheese, it would be more Swiss than American — tax breaks and incentives for software development, research and technological advancement were established to promote an intellectual advantage in the US, and video-game companies are in a unique position to take full advantage of federal funding, especially EA, The [...]
From Dust to PSN: Sept. 14 in EU, Sept. 27 in NA
Eric Chahi’s From Dust is blowing over to PSN next. The deity delight arrives in Europe and North America for Sony’s console on September 14 and 27, respectively. The game launched smoothly in early August as part of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 “Summer of Arcade” promotion and then decided, like a spontaneous piece of performance art, [...]
Driver: San Francisco for Xbox 360 missing Uplay Passport
Copies of Driver: San Francisco for Xbox 360 being sold by retailers do not include the Uplay Passport, a code required to access multiplayer beyond the 48-hour trial period. Driver is the first title by Ubisoft to require a Uplay Passport. Joystiq contacted Ubisoft late last week when we became aware of the situation. We [...]
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