Belatedly, the Mantel troopers realise the importance of making it to the shops for Christmas.
You may have noticed yesterday that Ubisoft published its results for the first half of the current fiscal year. The company boasted that sales were up by 52% on the same period last year, leading to a net income of €30.6 million, compared with a net loss of €20.5 million a year earlier. Assassin's Creed has apparently already shifted a million copies - just a couple more million to break even then chaps?
Unfortuntely, there are delays to two key titles. Haze (despite earlier assurances) and Splinter Cell Conviction have both been pushed back til the first quarter of 2008, when they'll be joined by the recently unveiled, Rainbow Six Vegas 2.
The Haze delay will be a major disappointment to Sony. The title had been secured as a timed PS3 exclusive and was set to play a key role in the console's pre-Christmas offensive. Currently, there are only two PS3 exclusives in the UK top 20 - Motorstorm and Resistance: Fall of Man. However, SingStar, Unchartered: Drake's Fortune and Unreal are all due over the next couple of weeks.
