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.

Ubisoft told how the third financial quarter of 2022 went (ended December 31). It was not very successful — almost all key indicators fell compared to last year. Yves Guillemot also stated that he is not against the French publisher becoming part of another company in the future.

Over the past year and a half, dozens of key developers who worked on its main AAA hits have left Ubisoft. The employees themselves call the situation a “Great Outcome” and note that this is an unprecedented phenomenon for the company. Among the reasons for leaving are low salaries, dissatisfaction with management and creative vision.

Last week, Ubisoft announced Quartz, a platform where gamers can trade “NFT cosmetics” for the company’s AAA titles. The first items have already appeared on the site, but users are not ready to pay a lot for them. The largest amount they agree to give is ꜩ14 ($65.56).

Recently Ubisoft announced its own Quartz NFT platform. It will sell unique cosmetic items for the company’s AAA titles. Despite Ubisoft’s ambitious plans, the announcement video received over 96% dislikes. Players, among others, do not understand why they should use blockchain to sell “cosmetics”, because there are much more reliable and time-tested technologies for this.