Last night, Ubisoft announced the creation of a new subsidiary in collaboration with Chinese Tencent, which will be focused on the three largest franchise of the company – Assassin’s CreedIN Great difference And There are six rainbowsThe field also includes some Ubisoft studios. Nevertheless, this announcement caused concern about employees of the French publishing house who are afraid of mass redundancy in the coming months, whether before or after the agreement.
Especially about the future was especially pronounced who does not work on the main signsThe field of several current employees was said for insider games that The atmosphere in the company is tense, and there is uncertaintyThe field in the internal electronic letter Maria-Sofu de Uobert from Ubisoft tried to calm the situation.
“I want to clearly say: if you are not working on these brands, this does not mean that your work is less important,” – Written by the senior vice president of Ubisoft. “This agreement will benefit everything Ubisoft and will allow us to invest in innovation and creativity throughout the study. This is the beginning of a new chapter in which you play a key role. ”
Despite the guarantees, however, many employees They remain skepticalThe field is one of the employees who wanted to remain in anonymity, noted: “If you are not working on one of these three brands, you feel that you are written off. They can say what they want, but the priorities are clear. ”
Another employee working on an undeclared project added: “I want to believe that our team is safe, but we have no confidence. It can be expected that they will give us at least some information before announcing such a fundamental public agreement. ”
There is an employee A mixture of hope and fearsThe field while some hope that Tencent Partnership will bring Ubisoft positive changes, most are waiting for specific answers to their future. “We just want to know what is happening” One of the sources said. “They promised transparency and regular communication, so let’s see if they will do it.”
Ubisoft expects the tenant’s agreement will be completed before the end of 2025.
Recall that in the undeniable Ubisoft subsidiary, worth about 4 billion euros, 25% of the shares will be obliged to the tenant in exchange for investments of 1.16 billion euros. As for the study, the leading studio should go to the new company, in particular, MontrealIN QuebecIN SherbruckIN SagenaiIN Barcelona And SofiaField
Ubisoft Montréal is involved in the series Assassin’s Creed, Prince of Persia, Far Cry, Splinter Cell Tom Clans, Rainbow Tom Clance’s Rainbow Six or Hate Dogs. Ubisoft Quebec led the development of Assassin’s Creed shadows and prepares Rainbow Six Mobile. He was also the main developer of the immortal Fenyx Ring and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
Teams in Sherbruck (Canada) and Sagun (Canada) only support (helping to develop games). In Barcelona, they specialize in free games for mobile devices, and Sofia is responsible for transmitting the original experience of the Assassin’s Creed console on iPhone and iPad, Dawn of Ragnarök Extense for AC Valhalla or work on Black Flag.
Source :Indian TV
