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The Guillemot family has since raised its stake in Ubisoft; as of June 2017, the family held 13.6% of Ubisoft's share capital, and 20.02% of the company's voting rights. [56] In October 2017, Ubisoft announced it reached a deal with an "investment services provider" to help them purchase back 4 million shares by the end of the year, preventing ...
Ubisoft Abu Dhabi was founded in 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with the goal of fostering the video game industry in the country. The studio focuses on working on mobile titles, such as the CSI series, and maintain Growtopia, a game Ubisoft acquired in 2017. [102] Ubisoft Abu Dhabi has more than 60 employees as of May 2021. [1]
Sony Interactive Entertainment is the world's largest video game company, followed by Tencent and Microsoft Gaming. [1] [2] Out of the 59 largest video game companies, 14 are located in the United States, 11 in Japan, and 7 in South Korea. Warner Bros. Games, Annapurna Interactive and Valve Corporation are not included in this list.
In October, Ubisoft said it regularly reviewed "all its strategic options", but declined further comment on a report of buyout interest. Shares in Ubisoft rose as much as 16% after the Reuters report.
In September 2022, Tencent acquired a 49.9% stake and 5% voting rights in Guillemot Brothers Limited, Ubisoft's parent company. [136] [137] On 16 September 2022, Tencent took a minority stake in Mordhau studio Triternion. [138]
Yves Guillemot (born 21 July 1960 [1]) is a French businessman who co-founded Ubisoft with his brothers Claude, Michel, Gérard and Christian in March 1986. He currently serves as the company's chairman and CEO.
An activist investor pushing for a sale of "Assassin's Creed" maker Ubisoft has gathered support from 10% of the French videogame publisher's shareholders, it said in a letter on Thursday that was ...
The studio was acquired by Ubisoft in 2001. Related Designs was merged into Blue Byte in 2013, and a third studio in Berlin was established in 2018. Since 2019, Ubisoft Blue Byte acts as the parent company of Ubisoft's three German studios, which became branded as Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Mainz and Ubisoft Berlin. The three studios comprise ...