Ubisoft Release Q1`06 Results News

Ubisoft has today released its financial results for Q1 of the 2005-2006 fiscal year which ended on June 30th 2005. Although Net Sales were down by 18 million Euros, the figure of 43 million Euros was in line with the companyâ??s expectations. With the company focuses on a raft of releases during Q2, Ubisoft expects 1st Half sales to reach 155 million Euros, a 20% increase on the same period in the previous year. Ubisoft has also raised its Net Income expectations for 2005-2006 by 8 million Euros up to 38 million Euros

The main title during Q1â??06 was Star Wars: Episode III â?“ Revenge of the Sith on GameBoy Advance and Nintendo DS, which sold 565,000 copies in the first two months of sales and ranked Number 1 in the US Nintendo DS charts and Number 2 in the UK Nintendo DS charts during May and June.

Ubisoftâ??s release list for the second quarter (ending September 2005) features the following:

• Tom Clancyâ??s Rainbow Six Lockdown - PS2/Xbox/GC
• 187 Ride or Die - Xbox/PS2
• Americaâ??s Army: Rise of a Soldier - Xbox/PS2
• Blazing Angels: Squadrons of World War II - Xbox
• Far Cry Instincts - Xbox
• Myst V: End of Ages - PC/Mac
• Tom Clancyâ??s Ghost Recon Summit Strike - Xbox
• The Settlers: Heritage of Kings Expansion Disk - PC/Mac
• Rayman 10th Anniversary - PS2/PC/GBA
• Lumines (Europe) - PSP
• Everquest 2 Desert of Flames Add-on - PC
• Playboy The Mansion Add-on - PC
• Alexandra Ledermann 6 / Pippa Funnel - GBA

Weâ??ll have more on Ubisoftâ??s future line-up shortlyâ?¦