Ubisoft executives consider various scenarios. Team of „leading advisors” is expected to help achieve „best value for stakeholders”
Ubisoft has appointed a team of advisors to ensure a „stronger future” for the company. Several development paths are being explored, but none have been pointed out.
video games
January 10, 2025
Ubisoft is at crossroads. „However it goes, change has to happen at the top,” says Tom Henderson
Ubisoft has had a difficult year, but the coming one won't be easy either. Tom Henderson summed up the company's situation while sharing his own conclusions and thoughts.
video games
January 9, 2025
Ubisoft Starts Internal Investigation. Recent Slip-ups Spark Concerns; There May Be Layoffs at the Very Top
A procedure will be implemented at Ubisoft to examine the company's operations under the current CEO, Yves Guillemot. The goal of the fact-finding committee will be to improve the French studio's performance.
video games
September 26, 2024
Investors Want Ubisoft to Make Changes. Among Demands Are Replacement of CEO Yves Guillemot and Layoffs
One of Ubisoft's investors has expressed his dissatisfaction with the French publisher's current situation. He calls for drastic steps to be taken.
video games
September 10, 2024
Ubisoft Confirms Working on „Several Remakes” of Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft will create remakes of selected games from the Assassin's Creed series. Yves Guillemot, CEO of the company, confirmed work on them, which gave fans of Black Flag a lot of hope that this particular installment will be among them.
video games
June 28, 2024
Head of Ubisoft Defends Skull and Bones, Explains $60/70 Price Tag
Ubisoft's CEO said that the price of Skull and Bones was motivated by the scale of the project. The company's helmsman even coined the term AAAA game for the production.
video games
February 9, 2024
Ubisoft CEO Apologizes to Employees Over Controversial Appeal
Ubisoft's CEO apparently apologized to employees for the contents of an email that was said to have been misunderstood. However, this did not calm the moods.
video games
January 19, 2023
Ubisoft CEO's Appeal to Workers Could Trigger Major Strike
The email sent to Ubisoft employees by CEO Yves Guillemot in the midst of the company's crisis has moved the target audience. A major internal strike may soon follow.
video games
January 18, 2023
Ubisoft CEO Asks Employees to Help Keep Company Afloat
Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft's CEO, has sent an email to employees asking them to cut the company's spending and help it get back on its feet.
video games
January 15, 2023
Ubisoft CEO Gives Up Part of Salary Due to Company's Situation
The head of Ubisoft Yves Guillemot gave up part of his salary. The reason for the decision are problems in the company.
video games
June 24, 2022
Ubisoft's CEO Wants to Go With NFTs Despite Player and Developer Criticism
Ubisoft's CEO tried to calm the emotions caused by the introduction of NFTs to Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. According to reports, however, his arguments did not convince the developers.
video games
December 18, 2021
Yves Guillemot Responds to Allegations of a Thousand Ubisoft Employees
Yves Guillemot has responded to the open letter from Ubisoft employees ing Activision Blizzard's developer protest. Around a thousand people employed by the French publisher have reportedly signed the document.
video games
July 30, 2021
Not Just Activision Blizzard - Ubisoft Employees Protest Over Discrimination
The protest of Activision Blizzard employees has reverberated widely. The action was also ed by developers from Ubisoft, who complain about the actions of their own employer regarding the 2020 scandal and call for rules on discrimination reports in the game industry.
video games
July 29, 2021
Ubisoft Will Publish Fewer AAA Games
Ubisoft has announced that it will not be releasing as many AAA games next fiscal year as it has been doing so far. Their place will be taken by smaller titles and F2P games.
video games
February 10, 2021
Ubisoft's CEO Apologizes for the Scandal; Jason Schreier Retorts
Ubisoft has published a video in which its CEO, Yves Guillemot, apologizes for the scandal revealed in July. However, his words do not appeal to Jason Schreier, who is responsible for revealing controversial information from behind the scenes of the French giant.
video games
September 10, 2020
Ubisoft Will do its Best to Deliver More Unique Games in the Future
Ubisoft plans to restructure and expand the team responsible for content and art direction of its games. The move is aimed at diversification of studio's portfolio and is a response to the company's poor commercial results from last year.
video games
January 18, 2020
Ubisoft Plans: Cross-play in Every Game and Better Communication
In order to avoid another commercial disaster, Ubisoft intends to better communicate to players what the the games it announces will actually be. In addition, by default each title is to be equipped with a cross-play function.
video games
October 31, 2019
Watch Dogs: Legion and Rainbow Six Quarantine on PS5 and Xbox Scarlett
The CEO of Ubisoft announced yesterday that the productions that have recently been delayed to the next financial year will be released both on the current- and next-gen consoles. The games in question are three AAA titles - Watch Dogs: Legion, Gods & Monsters, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine and two more unannounced titles.
video games
October 31, 2019