GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 4, 2024

If you have new appointments or transitions in your company that belong here, please send the names of the appointees, new role and company, and prior role and company to newhires@gamesindustry.biz. Brenda Panagrossi has been appointed as Ubisoft's US general manager. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 26, 2024

This week Embracer announced that it is going to split into three separate publicly-listed game companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. Following a disappointing yard sale, it is now splitting the company to alleviate the debt load and restructure its financing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ubisoft's Chief People Office Anika Grant will leave the publisher in November. She was brought into the company in 2021 following a series of abuse scandals that rocked the business the previous year. In an email seen by GamesIndustry.biz , it is stated Grant is leaving to pursue new opportunities. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Five former executives from Ubisoft have been arrested by French police following a year-long investigation into sexual assault and harassment within the company.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Renaissance joins a family of companies including MSM.digital, Insight, FLZR, Studio CO2 ad CAD-Laif, which together cover retail sales, creator marketing, AR, and other forms of creative services. It's part of 1SP's bid to create a 'superagency' covering tech and games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Four of the biggest companies in the industry have been targeted by a lawsuit accusing them of enabling video game addiction. A complaint filed on October 30 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, spotted by Insider Gaming , names Microsoft, EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and Epic Games, as well as some of their studios, as defendants.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 23, 2024

Companies set to attend the show include the likes of Amazon, Atari, Netflix and Square Enix. Ubisoft’s Forward event is also scheduled for Monday, June 10th. IGN Live will be at the Magic Box @ The Reef in Downtown LA between June 7th and 9th. Geoff Keighley’s Summer Games Fest show is set for Friday, June 7th.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

More than a year after Ubisoft shelved its first push into blockchain gaming, the company has announced its second with Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles. Described as "a brand new PVP Tactical RPG experimental game," Champions Tactics will be Ubisoft's first partnership with the Oasys blockchain.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Ubisoft is the latest publisher trying to bring its developers back to the office, as IGN reported that this week marked the beginning of a requirement for Ubisoft Montreal developers to work on-site at least two days each week. Now the company is requiring all employees to hit the two day minimum, with very limited exceptions.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? If you’re looking for an Unreal Game Development Company, there are some key factors to consider in order to make an informed choice. Company’s Portfolio A strong game development portfolio showcases the company’s expertise across various kinds of projects.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Assassin's Creed marker Ubisoft has announced that Montreal will serve as its North American hub for its production operations. The company intends for the hub to accelerate its global strategy for gaming projects and business operations.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 2, 2023

If you have new appointments or transitions in your company that belong here, please send the names of the appointees, new role and company, and prior role and company to newhires@gamesindustry.biz. Ubisoft Massive has promoted Chella Ramanan as senior narrative designer. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 16, 2023

After its rapid rise to become Europe’s largest and most valuable game publisher, Embracer suffered a $2 billion loss on the eve of its most recent earnings and woke up this week to a company-wide restructuring plan. The plan had been to become an IP portfolio company and combine it with a slew of channels (e.g.,

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 22, 2023

The opening was announced by AD Gaming, a local collaborative initiative that assists games companies such as Unity and Ubisoft with their operations in the area. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox My.Games has open a new office in Abu Dhabi as it seeks to expand its international presence.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ubisoft released its first-half earnings report today, posting revenue growth, which the firm attributed to its latest releases and back catalog performances. Here's what you need to know for the company's six months ended September 30.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Ubisoft has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it will be returning to E3 this summer. There was confusion over the Assassin's Creed publisher's plans after CEO Yves Guillemot said his company would be there "if E3 happens," as reported by VG247. E3 2023 is being organised by GamesIndustry.biz parent ReedPop.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The company will be led by head of studio Patrik Méthé (pictured above far left), one of many Ubisoft alumni on the team, and is currently working on a video game adaptation of The Bird That Drinks Tears, a popular series of South Korean fantasy novels by Yeongdo Lee.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ubisoft slashed its forecast for the current fiscal year today and announced a handful of other moves signalling a change in strategy for the company. Read more.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

She represents two game publishing companies, casual f2p games specialist Tamalaki and Web3 games publisher FGL. “We Utomik Another well known Dutch game tech company is i3D.net. They are a hosting company that specializes in providing high-performance, low-latency infrastructure for real-time entertainment.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 12, 2023

As part of Ubisoft Forward 2023, the company finally gave a release date for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and offered extended looks into the gameplay of Assassin's Creed Mirage, Prince of Prince: The Lost Crown, and Star Wars Outlaws.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 29, 2023

Ubisoft Europe exec Rob Cooper is leaving the company after more than 23 years. Cooper is managing director of Northern Europe, Middle East and export territories for the company, and a long-serving veteran in the UK games scene.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Announcing the deal in a blog post , GameMaker head Russell Kay referenced rival engine Unity’s recent turbulent experience with price changes, that enraged developers and led to the departure of company chief John Riccitiello. The TV series, launched last month, is a spin-off from Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Following good values and trends are essential for any mobile game development company. Hashbyte Studio is a leading mobile game development company that focuses on providing high-quality games to our audience. Hashbyte Studio For Passion and Transparency Hashbyte Studio is a prominent mobile game development company.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2023

He navigated the challenges of running a tech company, pitching to investors, collaborating with artists, and building the platform. Subsequently, they entered the Spielfabrique program, a Franco-German accelerator for young game studios, securing funding from Ubisoft to enhance Hiru’s prototype.

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Game Daily

MAY 12, 2023

Entertainment companies – including game publishers and developers – are already beginning the process of replacing human workers with cheaper AI. And how does that affect the companies that make use of these tools? I am thinking, for example, about how some companies use AIs to spot in-game cheating.

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Game Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

Ubisoft’s recent announcement of an AI tool that generates dialog for Non-Player Characters in video games was generated with supine equanimity in most sections of the gaming media. Ubisoft’s video demo of Ghostwriter makes the tool seem useful enough.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

So… for a moment, let’s put aside the fact that the purpose of a publicly traded company like most AAA game publishers (Nintendo, Ubisoft, Take Two, EA, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, etc.) is to earn money for its shareholders.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Launched last month, it features people looking for work, a list of companies hiring, and a list of recruiters. Now, seven of them are suing the company for a fairer severance package. Eurogamer reports that much of the company’s quality assurance team are going to lose their jobs. In August, Bioware laid off 50 workers.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 4, 2024

Ubisoft, after it became clear that Tencent wasn’t going to acquire it and instead just expanded its shareholder position, has been exploring novel revenue streams, including Web3. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – Ubisoft The video games industry has always been and remains a hit-driven industry.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Game companies remain mostly absent, despite New York’s growing prominence as a hub for investment and creativity in interactive entertainment. For instance, so far French publisher Ubisoft has reported a total of 255 layoffs in 2023, which represents 1.3 women, and people of color). percent of its global workforce of 19,409.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A lot of tech companies are laying off workers after investing big early in the pandemic and expecting things to remain that way. Business gonna business. If the revenues coming in can’t support the costs going out, they’re going to have to either raise revenues or cut costs. Cutting costs means cancelling projects and laying off workers.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2024

Upon his return, Bowden established his first company, Catalyze. He explains, “The focus of Catalyze is to take groups of African companies across all industries to international trade shows worldwide.” He also stressed the significance of recognizing business prospects in overlooked markets.

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Steam Epic Games Launcher Origin Microsoft Xbox App Battle.net EA Desktop GOG Galaxy Ubisoft Connect 1. EA Desktop Electronic Arts has been around for more than four decades as a company. Ubisoft Connect Even if you use another game distribution platform, you must have Ubisoft Connect if you play Ubisoft games.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

In addition, balancing his fifth year as a Computer Engineering student and a pivotal role at Avalon, an American-based software company was no small feat. In fact, it took tact and at some point, he even convinced his university and successfully interned in his own company.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

When he saw how Ubisoft made a 3D replica to rebuild the cathedral when it burned, he said, “ It became an integral part of what I want to do.” That was the basis of their pitch and out of 400 companies, they made it to the top 10, earning the chance to pitch to the president. “It These games made him curious about their power.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Notable among these studios are Ubisoft, Eidos Interactive, Konami, and more. Also, these companies create their own game engines. The development company CD Projekt Red tweeted in May 2020 that it had reached a 50 million-unit sales milestone. A typical example is the Unreal engine owned by Epic games.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Although it’s difficult to find a trustworthy game art outsourcing studio with a solid industry background and portfolio, I’ll show you 10 reliable art outsourcing companies in this blog. . But before we get there, here are some pointers to assist you to choose the best outsourcing companies with a great team of talented artists.

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