Online samurai battles with Vikings and knights in the action For Honor from Ubisoft were in the greatest demand among American gamers in February.

The online project Ghost Recon: Wildlands on Steam on the day of release overtook the peak values of the game at the open beta stage.

The number of people playing the new online slasher from Ubisoft has decreased from 39 to 15 thousand people in just two weeks after the launch.

Over 6.8 million gamers have become participants in the beta testing of the tactical action Ghost Recon: Wildlands from Ubisoft.

The French publisher Ubisoft announced the purchase of the studio FreeStyleGames from Activision. The studio is known for DJ Hero and multiplatform Guitar Hero Live.

The Guillemot family may lose Ubisoft after Gameloft. French media giant Vivendi has announced that it owns more than 24% of Ubisoft shares.

The French developer and publisher Ubisoft has announced the acquisition of one of the most popular publishers of mobile games – Ketchapp.

The founders and managers of Ubisoft increased their stake in the company by 3.2%, buying 3.6 million shares from Bpifrance. They spent €122.5 million on this.

This Monday, 3.5% of Ubisoft shares became the property of Guillemot Brothers SE. The company belongs to the family of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. The purpose of the purchase is to protect against a hostile takeover by the Vivendi conglomerate.

By the end of this year, the French gaming giant Ubisoft is closing six open-ended projects. It is believed that this is due to the company’s desire to focus on developing and supporting only premium products.

Stanislav Kostyuk, a game designer at Ubisoft, in his blog talked about how secret zones are made in Rayman Legends and how they are interesting.

The top 25 companies, whose income information is publicly available, earned a total of $17.6 billion in the 1st quarter of 2016. This was reported in the study by the analytical company Newzoo.

Vivendi has taken over 20.1% of Ubisoft shares. However, he still denies the possibility of a hostile takeover. At least for the next six months.

Ubisoft studio in Casablanca, with 48 employees, ceases its work 18 years after its foundation.

Ubisoft may release a version of Rayman Gold on mobile devices. An announcement of a “Retro-Rayman” appeared on the Twitter account of the Rayman franchise.

After 16 months of softlonch, the Assassin’s Creed Identity game was removed from the App Store.

Ubisoft has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first Rayman game and announced the exact date of the worldwide release of mobile Rayman Adventures.

Ubisoft is launching a group of educational initiatives under the general name CODEX. Over the next five years, the company will invest $8 million in them.

Ubisoft has published the results of the first half of the 2015-2016 financial year. During this time, the company earned 2 times less than in the same period last year.