Despite the fact that not all of the company’s games are available on Steam.

According to The Gamer, the developers do not want to work together with Jonathan Dumont, the creative director of Assassin’s Creed about feudal Japan. Two years ago, he was accused of harassment.

A group of activists acknowledged that Ubisoft has taken a number of measures to improve the corporate culture, but noted that the changes did not affect all studios and not all departments. In addition, the publisher has not yet fired some top managers who were accused of harassment in 2020.

Last night it became known that Tencent is going to invest €300 million in Guillemot Brothers Limited, a company owned by the founders of Ubisoft. As a result of the deal, the Chinese giant will not only receive 49.9% of the shares of this company, but will also increase its stake directly in Ubisoft to 9.99%.

Chinese giant Tencent wants to become the largest shareholder of Ubisoft. According to Reuters, citing its own sources, the company plans to buy part of the stake from the Guillemot family, which now owns 15% of the shares.

In mid-March, David Polfeldt left Ubisoft after 17 years at the company. Now he announced that he got a job at PlayerUnknown Productions, the studio of PUBG author Brendan Greene.

In August 2020, Ubisoft fired Ashraf Ismail, the creative director of Assassin’s Creed, amid a scandal: allegedly, the developer used his official position and, being married, had numerous affairs. But, as Axio s found out, Ismail soon got a job in the Montreal office of TiMi Studios, the “daughter” of Tencent.

Last summer, the A Better Ubisoft group called on management to make fundamental changes in the company’s corporate culture that will solve the problem of harassment. Then Yves Guillemot agreed that Ubisoft needed to change something. That’s just, according to activists, so far none of their demands have been met.

Last night Ubisoft published a financial report for April-June. Within its framework, it became known that the company is not doing well. She is forced to radically optimize and cut her expenses.

At the beginning of the month, Ubisoft announced that on September 1 it would shut down the servers of 15 more titles. The company indicated that users will still be able to play them, but will lose online features and, in some cases, the ability to download DLC. But the other day, gamers noticed that some games from the list had a warning on Steam — from September they will no longer be available.

Another action franchise will get a separate mobile game. It will be The Division Resurgence from Ubisoft, which will be released on iOS and Android.

The head of Electronic Arts is not the only head of a large gaming company whose annual bonuses have recently been reduced. Axios has noticed that Yves Guillemot from Ubisoft has also reduced the size of his bonus payments. Next year he will receive €310,607 less than before.

At the end of April, Bloomberg reported that a number of investment companies had expressed interest in buying Ubisoft. Now there is information that the publisher listens to offers, but is in no hurry to conclude a deal.

In early May, Ubisoft announced the transfer of the Prince of Persia remake development: The Sands of Time from India to Canada, in Ubisoft Montreal. The company did not explain what the decision was related to. But now it has been found out by Indian journalist Rishi Alwani (Rishi Alwani).

Last week, there was a rumor about a possible sale of Ubisoft. Today is a new speculation on the topic. There was talk that the Guillemot family, on the contrary, plans to strengthen its position in the gaming business.

Something is wrong with creating a new version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. After criticism of the announcement from the players, several postponements of the release and months of silence, the game changes the team.

On Friday, Bloomberg and Kotaku publications announced the interest of investment funds in the acquisition of Ubisoft. After that, the company’s shares began to grow.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint goes down in history. Ubisoft has no plans to develop the project, as well as to make new NFT content for it.

In recent days, Ubisoft has prepared a number of measures to support its Ukrainian employees. In particular, the company will provide housing in neighboring countries to employees and their families. Also, the publisher has already allocated € 200 thousand for humanitarian aid to citizens of Ukraine. Ubisoft announced this on March 1 on its official website.