{"id":268541,"date":"2025-03-28T04:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/assassins-creed-maker-ubisoft-gets-1-25bn-investment-from-chinese-tech-giant-tencent\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T04:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:18:09","slug":"assassins-creed-maker-ubisoft-gets-1-25bn-investment-from-chinese-tech-giant-tencent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/assassins-creed-maker-ubisoft-gets-1-25bn-investment-from-chinese-tech-giant-tencent\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin’s Creed-maker Ubisoft gets $1.25bn investment from Chinese tech giant Tencent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chinese technology giant Tencent has made a \u20ac1.2bn ($1.25bn) investment in a spin-off from Ubisoft, the maker of the Assassin’s Creed video games.<\/p>\n

Shenzhen-based Tencent will own about a quarter of the new business, with Ubisoft holding the rest of the new subsidiary, which is valued at around \u20ac4bn.<\/p>\n

The unit will run some of the French firm’s biggest franchises, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.<\/p>\n

Tencent, which is one of the world’s biggest video games developers, is also known for its internet-based services, including the hugely popular messaging app WeChat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Today Ubisoft is opening a new chapter in its history,” Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft’s co-founder and chief executive said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tencent is now Ubisoft’s second biggest shareholder with a stake of just under 10%.<\/p>\n

“We are excited to extend our longstanding partnership with Ubisoft through this investment,” Martin Lau, President of Tencent, said.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft said it will now focus on its other marquee titles, including Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon and The Division.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft’s stock market value has fallen sharply in recent years after delays to the launches of new games and falling sales. <\/p>\n

That’s despite its shares getting a boost earlier this month as investors welcomed the launch of the latest instalment of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.<\/p>\n

The much-anticipated Assassin’s Creed Shadows had been delayed several times.<\/p>\n

It followed the disappointing performance of another of the firm’s major titles, Star Wars Outlaws, and concerns from some onlookers about how Ubisoft is being run.<\/p>\n

Allegations of sexual misconduct by former Ubisoft executives<\/a> have also hit the firm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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