Tencent wants to have more control in Ubisoft, we tell you why

According to recent reports, Tencent is interested in acquiring a larger stake in the French publisher Ubisoft, known for franchises such as Assassin’s Creed.

According to Reuters, Tencent, China’s largest gaming company, which currently already owns 5% of the Assassin’s Creed publisher, is seeking a larger stake within the company and “approached the Guillemot family, founders of the French firm, and expressed interest in increasing their stake in the firm.”

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However, Reuters notes that it is unclear how much more of the company Tencent wants to buy. Ubisoft is known to be currently valued at $5.3 billion.

The Guillemot family, including CEO Yves, owns 15% of the company. Three of the sources who spoke to Reuters claimed that this is part of the company that Tencent is seeking to acquire.

There is no official Ubisoft position on the matter

Neither Tencent nor Ubisoft provided comment to Reuters.

The news that Ubisoft had stopped developing Ghost Recon Frontline, Splinter Cell VR, and two unannounced games and that the next Assassin’s Creed game was delayed until spring 2023 ends up fueling instability speculation within the company.

While not officially announced, Bloomberg reported in February that Ubisoft was planning to release a smaller-scale, stealth-focused Assassin’s Creed game this year or in 2023.

During its financial report, Ubisoft said it had delayed Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and “an smaller unannounced premium game” for its next fiscal year beginning in April 2023.

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