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Dec 21, 2016 · What is it about the company that has enabled it to survive and be so successful? Patrick Plourde, Ubisoft Montreal: It is just great at transforming itself to adapt to the market.
- Christopher Dring
- Head of Games B2B
3 days ago · Ubisoft has slimmed down to a mere 18,666 employees ... period and is now close to the historical-best levels observed during the 2010-2020 decade that was the foundation for Ubisoft’s success ...
- What Happened at Ubisoft
- Guillemot's Leadership
- Blockchain Breakpoint
- The Tencent Connection
In the summer of 2020, Ubisoft was one of a number of games companies that faced accusations of harbouring abusers, but it was also perhaps the most prominent, and certainly the one where the impact of specific individuals was most widely shared. In the wake of the allegations, creative director Ashraf Ismail and PR director Stone Chinwere fired fr...
Guillemot himself has come under a different form of scrutiny. Like so many leaders at the head of a company dealing with such issues, questions have been raised as to why he has not stepped down as CEO – a role he has held since 1988, two years after he and his brothers founded the business. If such toxic behaviour occurred under his leadership, w...
Company culture is not the only controversy Ubisoft has faced over the past year; the publisher has also attracted ire for its dalliances with blockchain and NFTs. The company has been one of the few AAA firms to involve itself in the divisive technology from an early stage, with its Strategic Innovations Lab even becoming a node in the Tezos block...
Also raised during the Q&A session is Tencent's recent investment in Guillemot Brothers Ltd. The Chinese tech firm, which already owned a 5% stake in Ubisoft, took 49.9% of shares in the Guillemot family business, and in doing so gained the option to increase its share in the Assassin's Creed publisher to 10%. Guillemot emphasises to the attending ...
- james.batchelor@gamesindustry.biz
- Editor-In-Chief
Ubisoft’s teams have fought – and won – to preserve this independence so we can chart our own future and uphold our values of creativity and embracing the unexpected. Our teams and stakeholders know that our freedom is paramount to our ongoing success.
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (/ ˈ j uː b i s ɒ f t /; French:; [5] formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world.
May 29, 2007 · In this rare interview, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot talks to Gamasutra regarding his company's future, the importance of original IP such as the forthcoming Assassin's Creed, and the current state of Ubisoft's relationship with major competitor Electronic Arts.
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The Creative Vision: Exceptional Quality. Mesmar, who joined Ubisoft in November 2021 as vice president of Editorial, has a separate set of goals specifically tied to Ubisoft’s creative vision. The first is to keep the publisher’s creative output competitive in a crowded landscape; each product needs to be of exceptional quality.
