Tag Archives: 1666
Thu, May 16, 2013 | 05:43 BST
Ubisoft: 1666 suspended, two new titles in 2013
Ubisoft announced today during its call to investors that it has suspended development of 1666, one of the projects it picked during the THQ Auction in January. According to the firm’s CEO, Ubisoft couldn’t “align its vision on development and team management” with Patrice Désilets.
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Posted in: Development, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Financials
Tags: 1666, Patrice Desilets
Thu, May 09, 2013 | 06:20 BST
Ubisoft has fired THQ Montreal’s Jean-Francois Boivin, according to Désilets
Patrice Désilets has said over Twitter that he wasn’t the only developer fired by Ubisoft yesterday.
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Posted in: Development, Jobs, THQ, Ubisoft
Tags: 1666, Jean-Francois Boivin, Patrice Desilets, Project Underdog, THQ Montreal
Tue, May 07, 2013 | 20:47 BST
Leaving Ubisoft “was not my decision,” says Désilets
Ubisoft has announced the departure of Patrice Désilets once again, after rumors of his leaving and the cancellation of his projects surfaced earlier. Since the confirmation by Ubisoft, Désilets has since said he was fired from the company.
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Posted in: Development, Ubisoft
Tags: 1666, Patrice Desilets, Project Underdog
Fri, Jan 25, 2013 | 20:27 GMT
Ubisoft: “We’re very happy to look forward to working with” Désilets again
Ubisoft has elaborated a bit more on its THQ Montreal purchase, stating that the firm is “happy” over the possibility of “working with” Patrice Désilets again despite his departure back in 2010 to help build THQ’s Canadian studio.
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Posted in: Development, THQ, Ubisoft
Tags: 1666, Patrice Desilets, THQ Montreal, Underdog
Fri, Jan 25, 2013 | 10:41 GMT
Ubisoft issues South Park, THQ Montreal statement: new IP confirmed
Ubisoft won big at the THQ auction this week, snapping up South Park: The Stick of Truth and THQ Montreal. The publisher has now issued a full statement on the matter, that confirms THQ Montreal’s development of an unannounced new IP, which could be Patrice Désilets new title ’1666′, or a game known as ‘Underdog.
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Posted in: RPG, THQ, Ubisoft
Tags: 1666, South Park: The Stick of Truth, THQ Montreal
Thu, Dec 20, 2012 | 22:08 GMT
THQ sold to “stalking horse,” files for bankruptcy
THQ has confirmed it’s sold “substantially all of the assets” to a “stalking horse bidder,” affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group.
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Posted in: THQ
Tags: 1666, Atlas, Crawler, Evolve, homefront 2, relic entertainment, saints row 4, THQ Montreal, Turtle Beach, vigil games
Wed, Jul 25, 2012 | 21:26 BST
THQ registers web domains for Saints Row 4, and mysterious 1666 project
THQ has registered new website domains for not only the next Saints Row, but its 1666 project which popped up back in March via a trademark application.
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Posted in: Development, THQ
Tags: 1666, domain registry, saints row 4
Tue, Mar 13, 2012 | 23:17 GMT
THQ files trademark application for 1666
One of THQ’s multiple secret projects may have just become slightly less mysterious.
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