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Ubisoft registers “Might and Magic Heroes Online” domain names

Might & Magic Heroes Online

Might & Magic Heroes Online

Could Ubisoft be planning to launch the next installment in the Heroes of Might and Magic series as a free-to-play online game?

According to several domain name registrations this week by Ubisoft, the possibility looks very good.  On July 27, 2012, the videogame publisher registered mightandmagicheroesonline.com (Whois), mmheroesonline.com (Whois), and mm-heroesonline.com (Whois).

It was reported earlier this week that Ubisoft will unveil new free-to-play titles at this year’s Gamescom taking place in August in Cologne.  The company is expected to hold a press conference on August 15 where it will announce the new free-to-play titles.

Given the timing of the registrations, it appears “Might and Magic Heroes Online” will be among the list of games.

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(Image via Might and Magic Heroes VI trailer)

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Ubisoft adds many “online” domains like FarCryonline.com, WatchDogsonline.com

Rainbow Six Online

Last year, Ubisoft revealed it would launch the free-to-play PC game Ghost Recon Online some time in 2012 that will be supported by micro transactions.  The free-to-play model has been part of Ubisoft’s counter to the piracy problem.

Now, Ubisoft has gone off and registered a dozen domains with “online” in the name like RainbowSixOnline.com (Whois) and SplinterCellOnline.com (Whois), hinting at the possibility of releasing several more free-to-play versions of its games.

The list of newly registered domains includes:

AnnoOnline.com
BlazingAngelsOnline.com
FarCryOnline.com
LapinsCretinsOnline.com
RabbidsOnline.com
RainbowSixOnline.com
RavingRabbidsOnline.com
RaymanOnline.com
RocksmithOnline.com
SplinterCellOnline.com
WatchdogsOnline.com
YourShapeOnline.com

All of the domains appear to have been registered on June 27, 2012.  According to Whois History, many of the names had been registered before, but then expired and became available again.

While none of these titles have been officially confirmed by Ubisoft, the company did announce that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online would also be released on the Wii U.  So, it’s entirely possible if these games see the light of day, once Ubisoft gets the games right on the PC, it will launch them on the Wii U as well.

Currently, each domain name resolves to a parked page on Gandi.net.

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Ubisoft may be planning ‘Watch Dogs’ video game movie according to domains

Watch Dogs movie

Could there already be a “Watch Dogs” movie in the works?

If domain name registrations are any indication of things to come, it looks like Ubisoft may be in talks for a film of its brand new IP called Watch Dogs.

On June 14, 2012, Ubisoft Entertainment registered a handful of domains like WatchDogsmovie.com (Whois) and WatchDogsthemovie.com (Whois).

In total, the gaming company registered four names so far that I could find including Watch-Dogsmovie.com (Whois) and Watch-Dogsthemovie.com (Whois).

Unveiled during Ubisoft’s press conference at E3 2012, Watch Dogs the video game is set to be released in 2013 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.

This is nothing more than speculation at this point, but given the subject matter and the positive reception the game is already receiving, it’s not too far fetched.

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Ubisoft registers 30 domains like Watch Dogs 5, Assassin’s Creed: Utopia, more

Watch Dogs

On the same day Ubisoft kicked off its E3 press conference to present many of its newest titles, the company registered over two dozen new domains for names and titles like Assassin’s Creed III: Rise, Assassin’s Creed: Utopia, Just Dance Disney Party, Petz Beach, Petz Countryside, Rabbids Land, Watch Dogs (2 – 5) and ZombiU (2-5).

A new IP that Ubisoft unveiled at the convention was the stealthy/spy game Watch Dogs, and it appears the company may have long term plans for the game.  Ubisoft registered watchdogs2.com, watchdogs3.com, watchdogs4.com and watchdogs5.com.

Ubisoft also picked up several domains for its new survival horror game “Zombi U” like zombiu2.com, zombiu3.com, zombiu4.com and zombiu5.com.

Here’s a look at the full list of domains:

assassins-creed-3-rise.com
assassinscreed-utopia.com
assassinscreed3-rise.com
assassinscreed3rise.com
assassinscreediii-rise.com
assassinscreediiirise.com
assassinscreedutopia.com
justdance-disney-party-game.com
justdance-disney-party.com
justdancedisneyparty.com
justdancedisneypartygame.com
petz-beach.com
petz-countryside.com
petzbeach.com
petzcountryside.com
rabbids-land.com
rabbidsland.com
watch-dogs2.com
watch-dogs3.com
watch-dogs4.com
watch-dogs5.com
watch-dogsgame.com
watchdogs2.com
watchdogs3.com
watchdogs4.com
watchdogs5.com
zombiu2.com
zombiu3.com
zombiu4.com
zombiu5.com

For some, the ‘winner‘ of this year’s E3 already goes to Ubisoft.

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Ubisoft settles on “Face Your Insanity” tagline for Far Cry 3 according to domain

Far Cry 3: Face Your Insanity

Back in March, a GameFAQs member completed a market research survey for Far Cry 3 box art.  They were also asked their opinion for the tagline “Face your insanity”.

Many of the people who responded in the forum liked the tagline.  One person even replied, “Face your insanity is the perfect tagline for this game.”

Now, it looks like Ubisoft has settled on the tagline “Face Your Insanity” for the upcoming first-person shooter video game.  On May 17, 2012, Ubisoft registered the domain name faceyourinsanity.com (Whois).

At the time of this story, the domain name does not resolve to a web page.

Far Cry 3 is expected to be released in September.

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