Description A Far Cry Add on, Prince of Persia, Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30, King Kong and of course, Tom Clancy are all coming in Ubisoft's next year of games.
Ubisoft has announced its product catalog for fiscal year 2005-2006 (ending March 31, 2006) and provided additional information on its financial prospects.
First semester: four major launches, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown
In light of strong sales for titles launched over the past few months as well as the high number of orders placed for blockbusters scheduled to hit the market by the close of fiscal year 2004-2005 (on March 31st), Ubisoft management has decided to release Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown in the first half of fiscal year 2005-2006, rather than in March 2005. This title, which is ready for launch, will thus boost the beginning of fiscal year 2005-2006 with estimated sales of 1.5 to 2 million units.
In addition to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown, the first six months will see the release of three other major titles: Far Cry Instincts on consoles, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith for portable consoles and 187 Ride or Die, a new brand in the urban street-racing segment.
Third quarter: Peter Jackson's King Kong and Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 will join Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Prince of Persia for the traditionally strong holiday season
While Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Prince of Persia will attempt to break the sales records achieved during the 2004 holiday season, Peter Jackson's King Kong is clearly shaping up to be one of the season's major blockbusters. These titles will be supplemented by a new chapter of Brothers In Arms, which has, in March, established itself as the benchmark brand in the World War II shooting-game segment.
Fourth quarter: new adventures for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and three new brands
With Killing Day (working title), an FPS specifically designed for next-generation consoles, Ubisoft will try to tap into the capabilities of the new consoles. The group will also mark its entry into the sports segment with a basketball game (And 1TM) and reinforce its presence in the strategy segment with two games under the Might & Magic brand.
32 products will be launched in total during fiscal year 2005-2006, including three for Nintendo DS, five for Sony's new PlayStation Portable console (PSP) and four for the new next-generation console from Microsoft.
TITLES - Platform
Q1 FY05-06
Lumines - PSP Bomberman DS - Nintendo DS Bomberman Hardball - Playstation 2 Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Nintendo DS Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - GameBoy advance Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown - Playstation 2 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown - Xbox Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown - GameCube Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown - PC
Q2 FY05-06
Lunar Genesis - Nintendo DS AA Rise of a Soldier - Xbox AA Rise of a Soldier - Playstation 2 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 mission pack - Xbox Far Cry Instincts - current console World War II Squadron (working title) - Xbox The Settlers Heritage of Kings add on - PC Prince of Persia Warrior Within - PSP 187 Ride or Die - Xbox 187 Ride or Die - Playstation 2 187 Ride or Die - PC 187 Ride or Die - GameCube Myst V : End of Ages - PC/Mac
Q3 FY05-06
Alexandra Ledermann 6 - PC And1 - Playstation 2 And1 - Xbox New chapter of Brothers In Arms - PC New chapter of Brothers In Arms - Playstation 2 New chapter of Brothers In Arms - Xbox Far Cry add on - PC Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 - GameCube Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 - PC Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 - Playstation 2 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 - Xbox Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 - next generation consoles Peter Jackson's King Kong - GameBoy advance Peter Jackson's King Kong - PC Peter Jackson's King Kong - Playstation 2 Peter Jackson's King Kong - PSP Peter Jackson's King Kong - Xbox Peter Jackson's King Kong - Nintendo DS Peter Jackson's King Kong - GameCube Peter Jackson's King Kong - next generation consoles Prince of Persia 3 - GameBoy advance Prince of Persia 3 - GameCube Prince of Persia 3 - PC Prince of Persia 3 - Playstation 2 Prince of Persia 3 - Xbox Prince of Persia Warrior Within - Nintendo DS The Settlers mission pack - PC
Q4 FY05-06
Silent Hunter 4 - PC Heroes of Might & Magic 5 - PC Splinter Cell 4 - PC Splinter Cell 4 - Playstation 2 Splinter Cell 4 - Xbox Splinter Cell 4 - GameCube Splinter Cell 4 - next generation consoles Splinter Cell - PSP Killing Day (working title) - next generation consoles Product with Might & Magic brand - PC Title to be confirmed - Xbox Title to be confirmed - Playstation 2
