Murderer’s Creed studio Ubisoft is reportedly contemplating creating a brand new gaming-focused enterprise entity that can embody a few of its core IP, together with the aforementioned Murderer’s Creed collection.
Per a Bloomberg report (which is behind a paywall), Ubisoft has contacted a few of its shareholders, together with Tencent, to see if they’ve any curiosity in buying a minority stake within the new enterprise.
Bloomberg, which cites “folks acquainted with the state of affairs”, says that no remaining determination has been made as but and that issues are nonetheless ongoing. If this report is true, although, it is most likely a part of Ubisoft and its shareholders’ ongoing exploration of choices concerning what has been a fairly tough time for the studio not too long ago.
Again in September, Ubisoft introduced it was delaying upcoming flagship RPG Murderer’s Creed Shadows, and as a part of the identical report wherein the delay was revealed, the corporate additionally acknowledged that open-world sport Star Wars Outlaws had underperformed.
Following that announcement, an activist Ubisoft shareholder referred to as for “strategic and structural change” on the firm, and Ubisoft’s woes continued to mount with worker strikes, an information coverage lawsuit, and, uh, a bizarre NFT sport launch.
As a part of its fiscal report for the primary half of final 12 months, Ubisoft revealed it was successfully hemorrhaging cash, and the studio would go on to close down FPS XDefiant and shut down three of its areas in an effort to chop prices.
Whether or not or not the brand new enterprise would remedy any of those issues stays to be seen, however it looks as if an try and spin off the extra profitable parts of the enterprise with the intention to drum up curiosity and worth.
As for what impact the brand new entity would have on Ubisoft’s technique close to its video games, that is still to be seen. In spite of everything, let’s not neglect Ubisoft hasn’t formally confirmed this transfer, nor has it been finalized based on Bloomberg’s sources. Keep tuned for extra.
