UbiSoft just released their financial results which, besides the very interesting fianncial information, also yielded some interesting information about their current and future titles.
According to the report Ubi's sales objective for their 8 upcoming titles is over 10 million units throughout 2003/2004. With Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Beyond Good and Evil, Ubi Soft is aiming to become the leader in the vast action adventure game segment. In the FPS (First Person Shooter) segment, Ubi Soft intends to make considerable inroads with Far Cry and XIII.
The flagship title of Ubi's lineup is, without a doubt, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, with the first Sam Fisher game having already sold over 4.5 million units the company will apply all resources in order to maintain the momentum. The game is expected, according to the report, in March, 2004.
The full list of upcoming Ubi titles is as follows:
-Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: voted Best Action Adventure Game at the E3 professional trade show last May.
-Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow: The new episode is due for March 2004.
-Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: a completely new console version will be available at Christmas.
-XIII: will be offering a highly original video game version of a comic strip.
-Uru :Ages Beyond MYST: the fourth episode of this legend in adventure gaming. It will feature both 3D graphics and online play for the first time in the franchise history.
-Beyond Good and Evil: new action adventure game from the creator of Rayman.
-Far Cry : notable for its astonishing accuracy, this has a future generation engine enabling it to extend the limits of the action genre.
-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder; the elite American Ghosts unit is back and ready for action. The game will now be offering 12 maps dedicated to the multi-player mode on Xbox Live.