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8
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April 2001
>Announcement of the Rayman M series, a new real-time
multiplayer game. It will be available on PC and PlayStation®2 in
November 2001, and an X-box version is scheduled for 2002.
>Integration of the Canada distribution network
Ubi Soft acquired the Guillemot Corporation’s interactive software
distribution division for Canada. The main business of the new orga-
nization, which will employ about ten staff, includes the sale, distri-
bution and promotion of products throughout Canada.
May 2001
>Signing of an agreement with Sony Online Entertainment for the
publication of PlanetSide, the first massively multiplayer online
shooting game. This exclusive agreement covers Europe, Australia
and Japan. It is scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2002.
>Signing of an agreement with Crave Entertainment for the
publication of Battle Realms for PC. It is scheduled for release
in September 2001.
>Signing of a worldwide agreement with Sony Pictures for the
development of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon™,
a game inspired by the well-known film, which won four Oscars.
The game is scheduled for release in spring 2002 on PlayStation®2,
PC, Game Cube, Game Boy®Advance and X-box.
>Signing of a licensing agreement with Codemaster for three
games on Game Boy®Advance: Colin Mc Rae Rally 2.0, Mike Tyson
Boxing and TOCA World Touring Cars.
>Ubi Soft won several IGN prizes at the Electronic Entertainment
Expo (E3) in Los Angeles:
>Rayman Advance: prize for the best performance and graphics on handheld consoles;
>IL 2 Sturmovik: prize for the best PC Simulation game;
>Battle Realms: prize for the best PC Strategy game;
>Pool of Radiance II: prize for the best Role-Playing game (RPG).
June 2001
>Myst®III: Exile topped the sales charts in the United States
according to the PC Data and Amazon.com ratings.
>Myst®III: Exile for PC and Macintosh sold more than 75,000 copies
during the first two weeks following its release. According to PC
Data, Myst® III: Exile was also number one on the PC game
sales charts in volume and sales figures. According to Australia’s
Inform Official National Chart, the game was also at the top of the
country’s charts of the lounch.
>Release of Rayman®Advance in the United States and Europe
simultaneously with the launch of Nintendo’s handheld console.
>Signing of an agreement with Capcom® for seven Game
Boy®Advance games, including: Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Revival, Street Fighter Alpha 3 (provisional name), Mega Man Battle
Network, Breath of Fire and Final Fight One. Ubi Soft will publish
these games in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Eastern Europe.
They will all be out by the start of 2002.
July 2001
>Ubi Soft and Ludigames announced the release of 15 games for
personal digital assistants (PDAs) for Christmas 2001.
>Signing of a worldwide publishing agreement with Team 17 covering
the next Worms brand game on PlayStation®2, PC, Game
Boy®Advance and GameCubeTM. Worms Blast is scheduled for
release in autumn 2001.
August 2001
>Announcement of a rise in first quarter consolidated sales of 162%.
During the first quarter 2001/2002, Ubi Soft had consolidated sales
of 60.39 million euros, up by 162.5% over the same period
in the preceding financial year. On a like-for-like basis, in other
words without the acquisition of 3D Planet (Italy), Sinister Games
(United States), and Red Storm (United States), which were
consolidated from 1 October 2000, Blue Byte, which was
consolidated from 6 February 2001, and the assets of the TLC
division, first quarter sales were 36.81 million euros, up by 60%.
8.1. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: STEADY BUSINESS IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF THE 2001/2002 FINANCIAL YEAR
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