Ubisoft

Ubisoft owns a network of studios around the world whose main goal is to create original and memorable games for all popular platforms, including home consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs.

Performance indicators

2016

According to the result of the first quarter, the income of the group of companies amounted to €139 million, which is more than the planned income, which was supposed to be €125 million. Revenue from digital sales, with 75% of total sales. Such indicators confirm that the company has chosen the right new strategy, and accordingly, an optimistic forecast of the future of the company can be made.

The prospects for the video game market from the point of view of Ubisoft are very promising: the company is actively developing due to the course on digital content, the development of new regions, the potential of e-sports and virtual reality, the steady growth dynamics of PC and console markets, etc. Due to these factors, the company is able to maintain a high rate of capitalization in subsequent years.

Compared to 2015, Ubisoft's revenues for the specified period increased by almost one and a half times. The profit was previously €96.6 million and it was possible to increase it to €139.1 million due to the new gaming projects The Division, Rainbow Six Siege and Hungry Shark World. According to the company's plans, in the second quarter of the financial year, sales income will be about €100 million. For the year, operating profit is expected to reach €230 million.

2015

During the 2014-15 financial year, Ubisoft posted a profit of €1.464 billion.

History

2025: Tencent invests €1.16 billion in Ubisoft

Chinese internet giant Tencent is investing 1.16 billion euros in a new subsidiary of French video game developer Ubisoft Entertainment, which will develop gaming ecosystems for Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six brands. Such information appeared in March 2025 on the Ubisoft website, which states that Tencent will receive 25% of the new enterprise for its investments, estimated by the parties at about 4 billion euros. Completion of the deal is expected at the end of 2025.^[1]

2022

Tencent acquires 10% of Ubisoft

On September 6, 2022, Ubisoft announced that Chinese conglomerate Tencent had bought 49.9% of Guillemot Bros. - the family company of Ubisoft CEO Yves Gyimo and his brothers.

The deal cost Tencent €200 million, €80 per share, as well as another €100 million in investments. Thanks to this agreement, Tencent increased its direct stake in Ubisoft from 4.5% to 9.99%, and Guillemot Bros. will control 29.9% of the gaming publisher.

China's Tencent buys 10% in major game maker Ubisoft

Tencent is one of the largest investment and venture capital firms in China and around the world. Subsidiaries of Tencent, both in China itself and in other countries of the world, specialize in various areas of high-tech business, including various Internet services, developments in the field of AI and electronic entertainment.

The company will provide Guillemot Bros. with a long-term unsecured loan to refinance its debt and additional financial resources that can be used to acquire a stake in Ubisoft. Once completed, Guillemot Bros will hold 17,086,199 Ubisoft shares, including 9,086,199 shares held through derivative contracts, according to a press release.

Ubisoft is the French a company that specializes in the development and publication of computer games, headquartered in Montreuil. The company for September 2022 includes studios in more than 20 countries, among them, USA Canada,,,, Spain China Germany Bulgaria, and. Romania Italy Ubisoft is one of the largest game publishers in. To Europe

Tencent will move several AAA franchises from Ubisoft to smartphones and bring PC projects to China. At the same time, the Chinese were not allocated seats on the boards of directors of both companies. Tencent will not directly influence the activities of Ubisoft and Guillemot Bros., will not be able to sell its stake for five years, and the right to buy it will remain the first for Yves Guillemot.^[2]

Hacking by Brazilian hackers

The Brazilian hackers hacked Ubisoft. This became known on March 12, 2022.

Ubisoft's IT team is working with outside experts to investigate the incident.

Ubisoft is facing a "cybersecurity incident" that temporarily disrupted some games, systems and services, the company said on March 10, 2022. Ubisoft did not say who was responsible for the hack, but on the evening of March 11, 2022, the group that had previously hacked Nvidia and Samsung took responsibility.

Ubisoft says players' personal data is safe - there is no indication yet that anyone may have accessed it. The company says games and services are now "working fine." For security reasons, the company also "initiated a password reset for all accounts in the company."

On March 11, 2022, on a Telegram channel allegedly operated by LAPSUS $, the group posted a link to this article and a grinning emoji, apparently also taking responsibility for the Ubisoft incident. In response to a user message on the channel, the group confirmed that the purpose of the hack was not information about Ubisoft clients.

Ubisoft is one of the publishers of video games in Europe. She owns the games of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs and others. Days before the incident, French video game developer and publisher Ubisoft suspended sales of physical and digital copies of video games in Russia.

In 2020, ubisoft was already hacked by ransomware, then Egregor posted the source code of the games and threatened to publish the source code of the yet to be released game if they were not paid^[3].