Ubisoft is spinning off some of its top franchises, including "Assassin’s Creed," "Far Cry" and "Rainbow Six," into a new subsidiary funded by Tencent.

(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Ubisoft Entertainment SA’s founding Guillemot family are considering creating a new venture that would include certain Ubisoft assets as they seek to ...

Ubisoft has launched a new subsidiary dedicated to its big three IPs - Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six, and Far Cry - in a move CEO Yves Guillemot has called a "new chapter" for the publisher.

Sources cited by Reuters say the Guillemot family, which founded Ubisoft in 1986, want to retain control of the company. Tencent, Ubisoft's second-largest shareholder and the Guillemot's ...

TL;DR: Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot emphasized the partnership's potential to drive strategic changes and improve game creation and player satisfaction. Gamers, investors, and users can now see how ...

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot framed it as a "foundational step" toward an "agile and ambitious" new operating model for the company's future. The deal, unveiled this week, includes a $1.25 billion ...

Tencent also has ~10% stake in Ubisoft 1, and purchased 49.9% stake in Ubisoft 1's majority shareholder Guillemot Bros. Ltd., which is run by Ubisoft's founding Guillemot family. Ubisoft workers ...

Tencent and Ubisoft’s founding Guillemot family are looking to stabilise Ubisoft after its shares fall. A buyout of French video game publisher Ubisoft Entertainment is reportedly being considered by ...

Chief executive Yves Guillemot called the step a "new chapter in (Ubisoft's) history". Last year brought a string of woes for Ubisoft, with several disappointing releases for would-be blockbuster ...