Ubisoft Goes Idle
Ubisoft moves further into mobile with acquisition of Kolibri Games
75 per cent stake purchased
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Ubisoft
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Ubisoft is a leading international developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment products founded in 1986 by the five Guillemot brothers.
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Accolades
Articles featuring Ubisoft
Job News
Google snaps up Assassin's Creed developers for Stadia Games studio
Director general, production chief and art boss all previously worked on Ubisoft's franchise
Expansion
Ubisoft opens new mobile studio in Vietnam
Recruiting over 100 new employees
Microinteractions
Ubisoft's Renaud Forestié on why the small UX things build big
‘Shake it ‘till you make it session kicks off day two of Unite Copenhagen
Interview
“We view our development process more like a marathon than a sprint, so it makes no sense to have a crunch culture”
Future Games of London MD Ian Harper discusses how the studio aims to look after employees and fights off toxicity and crunch culture
Acquisition
Ubisoft acquires majority stakes in Green Panda Games
70 per cent stake in hyper-casual mobile specialist
Blending In
Ubisoft joins Blender Development Fund as corporate gold member
French publishing giant will assign developers to contribute to the foundations open source projects
Streaming Service
Ubisoft: Cost of porting games to Stadia not that high
Uplay+ subscription service will launch on Stadia in 2020
Up In The Clouds
Mobile will play “important role” in Ubisoft’s grand plan to reach 5bn players
CEO Yves Guillemot discusses the blurring lines between platforms and regions
Falling Sales
Ubisoft cites lack of new releases for 24% mobile revenue decline in Q1
Mobile made up seven per cent of total net bookings
Top Sellers
The top 20 best selling games on Nintendo Switch in Spain
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the top seller
Games For Change
Games for Change: How students are leading the charge for positive social change
President Susanna Pollack discusses the organisation's mission and how it's enabling students to lead the charge for social change
E3 2019
E3 2019: Mobile gets a fair shake as the lines between platforms blur
From mobile to cross-platform streaming, all kinds of games were welcome on the big stage
Mythic Quest
E3 2019: Ubisoft partners with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars for new comedy series Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet
Show pokes fun at games development and the wider industry
Ubisoft Stadia
E3 2019: Ubisoft's UPlay+ PC subscription service will be available across devices when it comes to Google Stadia in 2020
Library of over 100 100 games will cost $14.99 a month
Mobile Elite
E3 2019: Ubisoft reveals Tom Clancy's Elite Squad mobile game
5v5 squad battler coming soon to the App Store and Google Play
Head In The Clouds
E3 2019: Ubisoft's Guillemot on why the firm is early on Google's Stadia games streaming platform
"People are open to new technologies, and so you can try new things"
E3 2019
E3 2019: Livestream schedule for the biggest press conferences
Days and times for this year's keynotes
Finance
Ubisoft’s mobile bookings grew nearly 75 per cent in a record year for the French publisher
Mobile might be a minor part of Ubisoft's business, but it's only going to become more important in the coming years
Ubi-free
Vivendi sells off last Ubisoft shares as takeover plans come to an end
Media conglomerate was in position for hostile takeover in 2018
Stark Rabbid Mad
Ketchapp utilises Ubisoft IP for new Rocket Rabbids mobile game
Keep calm and Bwahhh
Financials
Ubisoft mobile bookings soar 77.6 per cent over the first three quarters of the publisher’s FY2019
"Ubisoft delivered a solid performance in a quarter when, as expected, competition was particularly fierce.”
Zap
Ubisoft partners with Mozilla for new bug detecting AI Clever Commit
Looks to improve Ubisoft’s player base
All In
Who could be top dog in the fight to acquire Zynga?
We speculate on the potential suitors if any deal were to take place
A Well Honed Blade
How does Assassin’s Creed: Rebellion monetise?
Ubisoft’s got (F2P) game
Gains
Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot: Asia mobile segment "growing significantly"
Digital and back catalogue drive French firm's H1 18/19 financials
Alerte D’emploi
Ubisoft promotes from within for chief financial officer
Current CFO Alain Martinez will retire at the end of the year
Tech Support
Ubisoft after developers to participate in its third Station F incubator program
AI and Blockchain startups encouraged to take part in the six-month program in Paris
Space Odyssey
Toys-to-space: The making of Ubisoft's Starlink: Battle for Atlas
"It was something that none of us had ever done before"
Royalties
Ketchapp brings Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia IP to mobile
Prince of Persia: Escape landed on iOS and Android September 27th
Stream On
Google tests games streaming tech in Chrome with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Odyssey
A select number of consumers can play the game in this way for free
Sold
Vivendi aims to sell all shares in Ubisoft by March 2019
Fears of a hostile takeover come to an end as Vivendi pulls out of Ubisoft entirely
Jumping The Shark
How does Hungry Dragon engage, retain and monetise?
Analysing Ubisoft’s franchise spin-off
Best Of 2018
The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018
Revealed: the movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Steady Hands
Mobile sales stable for Ubisoft as total revenue doubles to $464m for Q1 2018
Mobile sales contributed eight per cent of net booking which is flat from the year prior
Hungry For Downloads
Future Games of London's Hungry Shark series chomps up 500 million downloads
The arcade game can now be snapped up on the Nintendo Switch
Do A Barrel Roll
Ubisoft deepens ties with Nintendo as Star Fox comes to Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Toys-to-life game gets October 16th 2018 release date
Streamed
Ubisoft CEO predicts the industry will move entirely to streaming after next console generation
Yves Guillemot also reckons it’ll be for the better
Beep Boop
Ubisoft’s chatbot assistant Sam launches worldwide
French publisher hopes its pocket assistant will maximise users’ game experience
On The App
Mobile revenues up 66% as Ubisoft posts total sales of $2 billion for the financial year
Performance exceeded the company’s original expectations
Innovation
Ubisoft start-up programme backs blockchain and augmented reality devs
Initiative aims to support entrepreneurs working on exciting games-related technology
Road To China
Ubisoft partners with Tencent to release games in China
Strategic partnership sees the French firm's titles move into the territory
Given The Boot
Vivendi pulls out of Ubisoft as Tencent becomes shareholder in the French publisher
Conglomerate sells its 27.3 per cent stake in the firm
Sweet Deal?
Why did Ubisoft acquire a developer of narrative-focused vampire romance games?
Charting 1492 Studio's Is It Love? series
Hot Story
Ubisoft acquires 1492 Studio to get in on mobile interactive fiction craze
Publisher brings in Is it love? series to its widening mobile portfolio
Ubisoft Financials Q3 Fy18
Ubisoft's China-only mobile game Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos generates over $120 million in revenues
Avoids specifics on the rest of its mobile endeavours
Helping Hand
Ubisoft launches personal gaming assistant Sam
Chat bot offer tips and information to users about the publisher's games
Mini-games For China
Ubisoft and Ketchapp eye China mobile market with Tencent deal
Partnership gives publishers access to 980 million monthly active users of Weixin app
Iap Inspector
In-App Purchase Inspector Extra: How does South Park: Phone Destroyer monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Ubisoft Station F
Ubisoft looking for mobile AR and blockchain start-ups for second season of its Station F program
Working with developers to build new tech for the future