In a press release today Ubisoft has detailed revised objectives for the 2010-2011 line-ups.  Ubisoft is expecting to end the 2009 fiscal year with an operating loss due to several various factors. They loss is reflected as a result of lower-than-expected sales, underperforming titles, abandoned projects and delayed titles. Among these delayed titles, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, has been delayed yet again to a new projected release of sometime in the month of April 2010 from its original delayed date of February 23^rd.  R.U.S.E, a real-time strategy World War 2 game, has also been delayed from March of this year to a vague release window of 2010-2011.

However amongst the news of delayed games comes the announcement of a new Assassin’s Creed “episode” which will be the first in the series to offer online multiplayer. We will also see new entries into the Raving Rabbids  and Driver series. Also the company has announced their plans to re-focus their efforts on their AAA franchises and the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms after poor performance on other consoles and titles. You can read the full press-release after the break.

Steam never disappoints in giving us a reason to bring out our wallets. Separate from the usual weekend dealio, Valve’s digital distribution service is running a short promotion on the PC version of Assassin’s Creed, slashing the price down from $20 to only $5 bones. Dubbed as a midweek madness special, the sale will run from now until Thursday.

If you have yet to play this stealth action hit, we’d recommend jumping on this deal, as it’s without question a steal at $5.

Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut Only $5 On Steam - [eXophase.com]

Valve sends word that throughout this week, each day will see a single Ubisoft-published title on Steam discounted from its original purchase price for 24 hours. First up is Assassin’s Creed, which is today’s deal and is now being offered for just $9.99 — a 50 percent savings from $19.99.

Our wallets were already hurting from the weekend Steam offers and independent games sale. These promotions are hard to resist! When will the madness end? Hopefully never.

UBISOFT 24-HOUR SALES WEEK ON STEAM

Each day this week a select Ubisoft title will be available for a special price, beginning today with Assassin’s Creed being offered at 50% off its regular price. Check Steamgames.com throughout the week for savings on additional Ubisoft titles.