Publishing giant Ubisoft has announced its acquisition of Vancouver-based Action Pants Inc., along with plans to utilize the studio on a new sports game exclusively for Wii. Considering that most recent publisher news has concerned layoffs, we're pretty happy to report the birth of Ubisoft's first in-house studio on the west coast of North America.
"The creative talent at Action Pants made the decision an easy one," said Ubisoft's executive director of worldwide production studios, Christine Burgess-Quemard. Co-founder and executive partner at Action Pants Inc., Simon Andrews, shared the excitement and said the two companies have "similar values." Considering those "values" have included Ubiporting crappy games to the console in the past, let's hope these two skip the foreplay and get right down to the nitty gritty: creating actual worthwhile experiences on the Wii.
[Thanks, Tom!]
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 4:31PM jefwif said
ohhh my yoobeesoft action pants are anything but soft about this news!
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 4:35PM (Unverified) said
Maybe its Shaun White 2 :D
Or maybes its Imagine Sportz Babiez D:
Or maybes its Imagine Sportz Babiez D:
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 5:26PM (Unverified) said
DON'T say things like that PLEASE!! oh god i hate that series (its personal don't ask and that applies to every commenter)! excuse me while i get high on PSYCHO and BUFFOUT (fallout 3 joke and once again don't ask) to help me forget you just said. lol
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 4:46PM (Unverified) said
Is that a Wiimote in your Action Pants, or are you just happy to see me?
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 4:54PM Mr Khan said
Ehh, Ubisoft's slowly turning around. The shovelware isn't going to go away, but they are going to start utilizing the platform for projects of a similar calibur to their PS360 games (or at least start publishing such efforts, if not actually making them)
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 5:00PM Cash9007 said
Why? Third party developers don't make shit off Wii games.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 5:11PM (Unverified) said
Isn't it funny what happens when you make shitty games?
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Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 5:02PM wcanyon said
Great name. Great logo. Great game? We'll see.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 5:37PM (Unverified) said
And the crowd goes wild.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 6:41PM tracer bullet said
It's just me or the developers are starting to look at the Wii more seriously? There's several news around, regarding new investiments, projects and exclusives to Nintendo machine.
Good news, indeed. Here's looking for a good racing game, with lots of action... and you can keep your pants.
Good news, indeed. Here's looking for a good racing game, with lots of action... and you can keep your pants.
Posted: Feb 3rd 2009 7:06PM (Unverified) said
That is the absolute coolest company name ever.





