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This morning, Ubisoft sent out a press release detailing a few financial details for this quarter.

Compared to last year’s first quarter, Ubisoft is doing a lot better, making 160 million this quarter compared to the 83 million from the 2009-2010 fiscal year’s first quarter. That’s a 93% increase! This is almost entirely due to the release of Splinter Cell: Conviction, as well as continued sales from back catalog titles like Assassin’s Creed 2 and Just Dance (people still love to dance with their Wiis, apparently).

For the next quarter, what do you have to look forward to? Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X., for one, and World War II RTS title R.U.S.E.

Unfortunately, not all the news is good in the land of Ubi: The latest edition of the “Driver” franchise has been delayed to the fourth quarter (after the holiday season). Ubisoft cited a “competitive market” at Christmas as the reason for the move. That’s not really having a lot of faith in your product, is it?

In any case, the game will likely see release around February 2011 now.

Vintage Mario Puppet Kooler. Part Thermos, part abomination. I like imagining the collaboration between artists and engineers that resulted in this.

Mario is just one of the Puppet Kooler Companys somewhat horrifying, fabric leg-dangling drink containers. 80s icons like Hulk HoganandMichael Jacksonwere also immortalized in canister form.

[Via GameSniped]

Baseball fans

Do you think you have what it takes to strike out the reigning American League MVP? Well, this Monday, July 12, you can give it try on the virtual diamond. Well be at MLB FanFest in Anaheim for the All-Star Game festivities with MLB 10 The Show cover athlete, Joe Mauer, giving select fans a chance to play against Major League Baseballs leading All-Star vote-getter on PlayStation 3. We’ll also be showing our MLB 10 The Show 3D demo, so for those of you haven’t seen yet, come by and check it out. FanFest begins today and goes through Tuesday. For tickets, times, and additional info about FanFest, go to MLB.com and join the All-Star party.

Here are the details about the event with Joe, hope to see you there!

When:
Monday, July 12
9:00 10:00am PST

Where:
PlayStation Patrol Truck at MLB FanFest (Area B, all the way in the back)
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92802-3496