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Ubisoft has released its first-quarter financial results for the 2025-26 fiscal year, reporting “below expectations” earnings, a “lower-than-expected” performance for Rainbow Six Siege, an “unfavorable foreign exchange” impact, and “a partnership that is now expected to materialize in Q2.” Its back-catalog net bookings, however, were up 4% on the same period last year. “The first quarter delivered mixed results,” said …

Ubisoft held its annual shareholders meeting in Paris on July 10, and as reported by Stephen Totilo at Game File, one shareholder took the opportunity to ask CEO Yves Guillemot about his views on the ‘Stop Killing Games’ petition. The petition, which calls for game companies to allow games to remain playable after official publisher support has ended, had surpassed …

Ubisoft really is making a first-person Ghost Recon title, as has only been rumoured up until this point. It’s not like many people were actively questioning said rumours, but this is still official confirmation from the publisher itself. During its latest shareholders meeting (as per Game File), company CEO Yves Guillemot spoke of “capitalising on upcoming launches, such as The …

Ubisoft has suggested the microtransactions it includes in premium titles like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry make those games “more fun” for the players. Buried in a financial report from the French publisher, it’s claimed the “golden rule” at Ubisoft is to “allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more” when creating full price-games. However, …

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s has made some comments on the sales issues of Star Wars Outlaws. The big boss claims that Outlaws’ middling performance last year was, in large part, because the whole Star Wars franchise was in “choppy waters.” Star Wars Outlaws Lost Me With Its Story Trailer Guillemot was at a recent shareholders Q&A, addressing complaints that last …

In their latest quarterly report, Ubisoft spoke about their business strategy and how they try to engage players. In a section about the experience of their full-price premium titles, they claimed that putting paid XP boosters and cosmetics in games like Assassin’s Creed: Shadows makes them more fun to play. Ubisoft was one of the first devs to put microtransactions …

Ubisoft was confronted at a recent shareholder meeting about its stance on Stop Killing Games, a popular petition calling for regulation that will stop modern games from being made inaccessible after support has ended. Stop Killing Games is challenging lawmakers to introduce legislation that would stop publishers from being able to “destroy” video games they have sold to consumers. The movement was, …

In their annual financial report, Ubisoft made a statement that no doubt already has many gamers riled up. On page 10, while discussing the Group’s Business Model and Strategy, they go out on a limb to say that microtransactions make premium games more fun. The adoption of monetization and engagement policies that respect the player experience and are sustainable in …

The playable protagonists of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Screenshot: Ubisoft, captured by Game File In a moment that saw Twitter/X briefly become real life, Ubisoft’s CEO was face to face last week with a shareholder and gamer who pressed him on two of the most strident online criticisms against the company: one expressing animus over the Black samurai in this year’s …

Shareholder meetings are usually pretty boring affairs, but in video games, you sometimes get players themselves showing up. They buy a piece of the company, and instead of complaining online like everyone else, they get to ask questions directly to the CEO’s face once a year. That’s what happened earlier this month, when one angry gamer went full “debate me” …