“We are delighted to welcome the talented team of creators at Massive into the Ubisoft family,” said Christine Burgess-Quemard, executive director of worldwide production studios at Ubisoft. “Ubisoft is growing at an intense pace and our strategy is to ensure the strength of our global creative teams. Massive has put together a group of some of the most confirmed and recognized creators in the industry and I know that their talent and innovation will allow them to seamlessly integrate into our worldwide network of production studios.”

“Massive’s development team places great importance on its freedom to innovate and create games of the highest quality,” stated Martin Walfisz, president and founder of Massive Entertainment®. “We are fortunate to have found in Ubisoft a publisher who shares the same values and understands our mindset. I have no doubt that our future together will offer significant mutual benefit and synergy.”

With everyone going mental over Ubisoft these days, I thought it would only be right to post up the Raving Rabbids 2 teaser trailer which Jeux France recently broke all over town. All CG, there is no gameplay footage anywhere to be found in this video, but naturally we’ll be seeing much much more over the coming weeks from these wacky bunnies.

Video and press release after the jump..

The Rabbids strike again!

Those mischievous bunnies are back! In a hilarious sequel that is guaranteed to be even crazier and funnier than the first and with even more insane games to play. Let the party begin!

After having invaded the world of Rayman, the insane Rabbids have a new objective: THE INVASION OF PLANET EARTH! They have established their base in a nearby shopping mall and have just begun training for their nastiest scheme yet! As part of their training, the Rabbids must carry out several missions around the globe to prepare themselves for World Domination.

Rayman will now attempt to foil their plans by infiltrating their camp as one of them and hopefully stop this insanity!

Developed by Ubisoft, the game is scheduled for fall 2007.

The upcoming sequal in the Splinter Cell series, Double Agent, appears to be shaping up quite nicely, with a release supposedly occuring in October. With releases coming on just about every platform, this installment casts Fisher in the role of a double agent, taking orders from both sides of the fence and features a dynamic storyline whose progression is determined by the player’s actions.

Watch the video after the jump..

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Ubisoft today announced the upcoming open beta round for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, the upcoming fantasy action title developed by Kuju. Open beta rounds will begin Tuesday, August 29th at 9AM PT and potential beta testers will be able to sign-up via Might and Magic’s website. Ubisoft are looking to have approximately 100,000 players participate in this final open beta before the release of Might and Magic.

Read more: Dark Messiah – Might and Magic

I love practically everything Michel Ancel has worked on, that is a fact I cannot deny, so naturally I’m super excited about Ancel’s upcoming Rayman 4 – Raving Rabbids from none other than Ubisoft for the Nintendo Wii. Though development is still well underway on the title, Ubisoft began their promotional campaign earlier this year, giving us Nintendo fanboys a beautiful look at what the Wii is capable of and a peek at the adorable art-style and direction. Part of the campaign featured a series of bunny facts videos, which also stars Michel Ancel, naturally being attacked by the little rabbit monsters. Thanks to YouTube, there’s a video up of all of these lessons including a brief introduction by Michel Ancel himself, which was used at E3 2006.

Watch a video compilation of Rayman 4 – Raving Rabbids after the jump..

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