Ubisoft has decided to drop its Ubidays media event this year. While the show once served as a glittering showcase of upcoming and recently released Ubisoft titles, the publisher now plans to focus its attention solely on the three main regional events of E3, GamesCom, and Tokyo Games Show.

With regards to Ubidays, with the E3 event in the US, the GamesCom in Europe and Tokyo Games Show in Japan, we think that we’ll have great outlets to present our creativity and innovation to a worldwide audience and will therefore reconsider our plans. There won’t be a Ubidays this year.

Held at the Louvre museum in France, last year’s Ubidays was quite the success, with over 1,000 journalists attending. SEGA and THQ pulled a similar move as well, having axed plans to host their Business Partners Summit event. Clearly the introduction of a larger E3 expo is eliminating the need for most of these smaller shows.

Ubisoft drops Ubidays [MCV]

According to a GameDaily piece, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot dropped word during Ubidays 2008 that the company has plans to release another Prince of Persia title — in addition to the recently announced cel-shaded Prince of Persia reboot. The title is said to be based on the forthcoming live-action film, which incidentally, is based on the already released video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

In case you’re confused, this new title is reportedly a video game adaptation of a movie that is based on a game, if that makes sense. Don’t expect an official announcement anytime soon, as the movie isn’t expected to hit theaters until next summer.

Triple Play of New Prince Entertainment [GameDaily]

Beyond Good & Evil 2 is no longer in pre-production. At its Ubidays media event in Paris today, Ubisoft chief executive officer Yves Guillemot confirmed that a sequel to 2003′s highly praised action-adventure title is in development for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

As expected, designer Michel Ancel is heading up the project. No further details were released, nor was a projected release date. We’d say 2009 is likely, though.

Hit the jump for a couple more screenshots. more »

As part of its annual Ubidays media event, publisher Ubisoft has released six new visually stunning screenshots from its upcoming open-ended first-person shooter Far Cry 2.

Developed by the company’s Montreal studio, Far Cry 2 is slated for a multi-platform release later this year on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

Far Cry 2 Screenshots

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today sent over a selection of screenshots showcasing the new PlayStation Media & Events Space in Home. Last week, the PlayStation Day media event was broadcast within the area to a total of 10,000 Home beta testers.

On a separate note, a brief email sent out to those participating the Home beta test today has revealed that Ubisoft will be using the Media & Events Space to showcase their latest titles live from Ubidays tomorrow.

The Home team and Ubisoft would like to invite you to the first ever Publisher Event in Home. Its a pretty exclusive event too as we’re still in closed beta so please try and make time to be a part of a real first.

We’ll be in Home in the new Media & Events space on the evening of Wednesday the 28th of May between 7pm BST and 8pm BST time and Ubisoft will be showcasing their new titles for you all.

And there’s more to come. While Ubisoft is the first, SCEE is promising that other third party publishers will use the newly-created Home Space to broadcast events as well.

Home Screenshots

French-based publisher Ubisoft sent word today that the opening conference of its upcoming Ubidays media event will be broadcast live over the internet on Uplay.com, the company’s brand-new video portal.

The conference kicks off on May 28 at 7 p.m. Paris time (10:00 a.m. PDT).

Additionally, gamers will have the opportunity to watch all Ubidays video clips and trailers on the site, along with exclusive interviews. more »

Following rampant speculation that a new game in the Prince of Persia series was in development, Ubisoft has launched an all-new website for the franchise.

All that’s up on the site as of writing is a mysterious floating image, which admittedly is nothing too substantial, but it does hint that a new PoP is in development. Ubidays is only a few weeks away, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect concrete details on the title soon.

Last year’s UBIDAYS event was a success, so naturally, Ubisoft is back for round two. The French-based company today announced that the second annual UBIDAYS event will take place May 28 to 29 in Paris’ famed Louvre museum.

If the showing last year was any indication, expect some new game-related announcements at UBIDAYS 2008, as well as a bevy of all-new trailers, gameplay videos, and screenshots. The complete list of featured games and event program will be revealed at a later date. more »

Following recent rumors and murmurs that suggest Ubisoft is working on a Nintendo DS rendition of its upcoming Assassin’s Creed, it now has been revealed that producer Jade Raymond hinted at the development of a new portable game during UbiDays.

We want to make a real plan where you can make a game, you make a book, you know, maybe other types of portable games that have complementary experiences

Interesting. Seems more and more likely that Assassin’s Creed is indeed coming to DS.

Jade Raymond hints at Assassin’s Creed on portables [EuroGamer]

Ubidays has come and gone, and I think most of us will agree that Ubisoft had a very impressive showing. Here is all of our coverage of the event wrapped up into one convenient post:

• Assassin’s Creed – Trailer – Screens
• Beowulf Announcement
• Blazing Angels 2 – Screens
• Brothers In Arms Hell’s Highway – Screens
• Haze – Trailer – Screens
• My Coach Series – Screens
• Naruto Rise of a Ninja – Screens
• Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 – Trailer – Screens
• Splinter Cell: Conviction – Trailer – Screens
• Tom Clancy’s EndWar – Trailer – Screens

Enjoy.