E3 2010: Ubisoft Media Conference

Hosted by Joel McHale, the host of E! Soup and the star of NBC's Community.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood was first up on the list.  Some gameplay was shown, can ride a horse and fight on horseback.  Also Ubisoft mentioned multiplayer will be included.

Ubisoft announced ShaunWhite Skateboarding for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.  The world is yours to "influence".  Shaun White and Creative Director, Nick Harper came on stage to show us a quick demo.

The demo started off in a dull dreary map cold and grey.  As they took the controls and started skateboarding around the world the map was changed with the flick of an analog stick new colorful rails and half-pipes appear out of thin air creating an entirely customized skateboard park.

Shaun white was heavily involved in the development and helped with motion capture, voice over work, and was used as a technical advisor to make sure everything works together seamlessly.

If you're into skateboarding, this may give the Tony Hawk series a run for it's money.

Tommy Francois came on stage to show off Innergy, a "game" to remove stress.  Using a sensor that connects to your finger like the Vitality Sensor Nintendo is making it detects your heartbeat to enable to "game" to read your bodies stress level.  Innergy can be used on your PC as well so you can "relax" on the go.  WTF?

After this Innergy thing, Ubisoft played a video of some of the developers from Ubisoft explaining how Ubisoft is creating games will use your mind and body to be the controller.

Two new titles for Kinect for the Xbox 360 were announced, MotionSports which had Skiiing, Soccer, and Football.  Pretty cool.  Also shown was Your Shape Fitness Evolved for Kinect.  Kinect was able to get arm length, height and will use this data to tailor your exercise to you. Online challenges against friends of Facebook, twitter, Xbox live, etc.  Kickboxing challenges!  Really awesome stuff!!

Here comes Ravid Rabbits Travel exclusive to the Nintendo Wii.  Ubisoft showed off a quick video of Ravid Rabbits throughout difference periods of time.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier!  Trailer of this new title showing off new weapons.  Ghost Recond: Future Solider is all about tomorrows soldier utilizing new weapon technology and futuristic weaponry allowing the Ghosts to be more like Predator!  Looks like a killer title from Ubisoft.  Ghost Recon: FS supports 3D and will have 4-player co-op.

Driver: San Francisco.. Tanner and Jericho are back in classic city car chases.  Ubisoft claims to have well over 100 licensed vehicles with damage.  208 miles of city driving creating a massive world to drive in.  Players will have the ability to shift in and out of vehicles which will also be available in multiplayer.

Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot came on stage to show off 3 projects that Ubisoft is currently working on.  Project DUST was first up and an quick in-game video was shown, good stuff that will be available on XBLA and PSN.

Next up was a new Rayman title, Rayman Origins.  The sidescroller platformer was shown and looks fantastic! Rayman Origins has been in development by Ubisoft and has only 5 people on the development team.

Also announced was Maniaplanet for PC where you can create different games like driving games, FPS, and RPG games where you can play online or with friends.  Trackmania, Shootmania, Questmania, betas announced for Trackmania in Q4 2010, Shootmania in 2011.  Questmania beta was not announced.

Finally Yves Guillemot announced Michael Jackson (a dancing game I presume) to the tune of "Beat It" which will be available at year end.