As most of us know, Ubisoft is not all about AAA titles of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed. In an interview at the Game Developers Conference 2008, Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat stated that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata even gave the company a pat on the back by saying Ninty treats Ubisoft Montreal as an internal team. Check out the full article for more details.

Bambi, Evanescence, and video games. Bet you can't find the connection. At the DICE Summit, Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat presented a video featuring Bambi clips set to an Evanescence track in order to demonstrate how games aren't all about the technology. Rather, technology is simply a tool to express a message, one that produces an emotional response from the gamer. More on this in the full article.

 

The 2007 Hollywood and Games Summit organizers have revealed that they will be adding a couple more names to their speakers' lineup, with TMNT CG movie writer and director Kevin Munroe, and Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat frontlining the newbies.

Apart from them, History Channel's history programming director Peggy Kiim will also be joining in on the fun. Also making an appearance at the Summit are flOw co-creator Kellee Santiago, Electronic Arts director of entertainment programming Brandon Barber, and more.

The Hollywood and Games Summit will be held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel on June 26 and 27, 2007. Some of the the topics to be covered are the following: simultaneous creation of films and games; creating an attractive cross-platform property between film, TV, music, game, mobile and Internet; how Hollywood talent can be relevant in the interactive medium; conversations between indie film and indie games; and using game ending technology in the film production process.

To know more about the Hollywood and Games Summit, visit their official site by clicking on the Read link below.