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Ubisoft taking Petz franchise into the MMO space, also ponytown

Ubisoft recently revealed two upcoming installments in its prolific Petz franchise, which are actually shaking things up in a pretty significant manner. See, one title, Petz World, will actually turn the franchise into a free-to-play MMO where playe...

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Wendy's becomes Wendy'z for Petz in-store promotion

It seems that while advertisers in the UK are discouraging gamers from eating fast food (or playing games, for that matter), US fast food chain Wendy's is partnering with Ubisoft to offer toys based on its uber-popular Petz series, according to Bra...

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Joystiq live at Ubisoft's E3 07 press conference

10:44AM PDT - Yves Guillmot CEO of Ubisoft, gets up and says he believes the market to grow 50%. 10:49AM PDT - Tony Keys, VP of Marketing talks about games for everyone. Talks about Petz. Announces dolpins....

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New Hannah Montana PSP bundle includes Lilac PSP

SCEA is showing a new initiative to cater to young girls at its Destination Playstation event today. The company has announced a new PSP bundle to be released in July, containing a PSP system in a new Lilac color. The bundle comes with a Hannah Monta...

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Adopt Petz Catz 2 for ten bucks

Sure, it's third-party pet-sim shovelware, but if you're looking for a cheap Christmas gift to throw at the preteen brats in your family, look no further! For today only, Amazon has Petz Catz 2 on sale at a discount price of $9.99. Slap another $1...

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More Petz for your DS

Remember when we said that everybody wants a piece of the virtual pets pie? We weren't lying and now Ubisoft plans to extend their Petz franchise. Not only will you have cuddly Catz and Dogz, you will now have Horsez and, get this, Hamsterz Life. I g...

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New games this week: Army of Two edition

OK, so we were sorely tempted to give the featured game honor to God of War: Chains of Olympus this week, but we've already told you how awesome it is in a metareview, and we featured a PSP game last week, so we're mixing it up with Army of Two. Wi...

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Ubisoft Imagines a blockbuster 'Games for Everyone' holiday lineup

Clear your holiday schedules, folks. We know there are a bunch of high-profile releases you're planning on tucking into as the year concludes, but Ubisoft's recently revealed "Games for Everyone" collection probably won't leave you much time to play...

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New games this week: Tony Hawk's Proving Ground edition

So, we're about 50 percent sure about this week's featured game. If it's one of the good Tony Hawks then it's head-and-shoulders above the rest. If it's not though, we could be persuaded to give the honor to ... hmm ... Fury? Wild Petz: Dolphins? H...

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Ubisoft announces Ener-G, sports games for girls

Move over Imagine and Petz, there's a new Ubisoft boutique label for Joystiq to ignore! The company has just announced Ener-G, the first sports game label for girls. Adventure Riders, Dance Squad and Gym Rockets are the first games lined up for us to...

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Japanese hardware sales, September 19 - 25: Ballz edition

Now that Bloody Roar is back on the table, we consider the fighting-game flood-gates officially open. Sure, it would make sense to bring back big-name franchises like Killer Instinct, Clayfighter, or if you want a deep cut, Battle Arena Toshinde...

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Why Ubisoft is targeting the 'tween girl' market

Interested in knowing Ubisoft's drive for targeting the "tween" girl market (e.g. Ener-G)? As Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Tony Key explained at the press conference, on DS, the tween girl market grew 63%. That's faster than the general DS marke...

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Amazon's weekend game deals; all-PS3 Goldbox next Thursday

Amazon has sent us over this preview of its "15 Days, 15 Video Games Deal" series for the weekend and Monday: Saturday, 13 Dec: World of Warcraft Battlechest is the headliner. If the past days are any indication, the other deals for Saturday wil...

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Ubisoft bringing select titles to Mac gamers

Through a partnership with TransGaming Inc., Ubisoft is poised to bring select titles to Mac gamers (yes, we repeat: "Mac gamers") through retail and digital download channels. The two most significant offerings will be Prince of Persia and Shaun W...

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DS releases for the week of February 25th

Unfortunately, not every week can be last week, but maybe you'll find something to interest you in this latest crop of releases, especially with the wide variety of titles hitting shelves across regions today. From the latest Naruto title to Soma Bri...

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