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.

Ubisoft has published a report for the first half of fiscal 2022 (ended September 30). Almost all of the company’s key indicators have fallen compared to last year. Nevertheless, the games themselves produced good results. For example, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has become the second most profitable game in the history of Ubisoft.

Jeff Strain, the former founder of ArenaNet and Undead Labs, has announced the opening of a new studio, Possibility Space. She will create an online project and work remotely with developers around the world. The team has already been joined by former employees of companies such as Ubisoft, Valve and Oculus.Possibility Space has already raised funds from the Transcend Fund and the Louisiana Economic Development Fund.

Last September, David Polfeldt, former managing director of Ubisoft Massive, released his book about the gaming industry — “The Universe of Video Games. A documentary blockbuster from the developer of The Division, Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations”. Previously, it could only be read in English, but now it is also published in Russian. The Russian-language edition will be available on October 15. We tell you what is hidden under the cover, and share…

The day before yesterday, about a thousand Ubisoft employees signed an open letter in support of their colleagues from Activision Blizzard. In it, they also criticized the way Ubisoft is struggling with its problems. Last night, CEO Yves Guillemot commented on this letter. Spoiler: The employees didn’t like his answer.

The first quarter was not the most successful for Ubisoft in terms of sales. However, the company is going to compensate for this by attracting a new audience to its popular franchises. It’s about motivating users of free-to-play projects to buy premium AAA games in the same universe.Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet spoke about the new strategy.

Ubisoft has published a report for the first quarter of the current fiscal year (ended June 30). All key indicators of the company have fallen compared to last year. They managed to earn only € 352.8 million, while almost all of the revenue was provided by old games.