Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Ubisoft Employees Fear Layoffs After Tencent Deal and New Subsidiary Formation

Ubisoft Employees Fear Layoffs After Tencent Deal and New Subsidiary Formation

Ubisoft employees are rattled over the potential for mass layoffs—and they have every reason to be.

On Thursday, Ubisoft announced it is forming a new gaming subsidiary in partnership with Chinese tech giant Tencent. The new entity will house the company’s most valuable franchises, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six along with select development studios. While the press release spins this as the start of a “bold new chapter,” internal reactions suggest that the only thing bold about this move is the level of uncertainty it has created for Ubisoft’s remaining workforce.

Ubisoft Trashed After ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Debuts New Qlectors Collectible Featuring Yasuke And Naoe Alongside What Appears To Be A Destroyed Torii Gate

Ubisoft Trashed After ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Debuts New Qlectors Collectible Featuring Yasuke And Naoe Alongside What Appears To Be A Destroyed Torii Gate

Ubisoft finds itself in hot water again over Assassin's Creed Shadows and specifically a Qlectors collectible that features Yasuke and Naoe on what appears to be a One-Legged Torii gate. The figure, which is available to purchase on Big Bad Toy Store, is created by...

Japanese Historian Yūichi Goza Speculates That Yasuke Was Simply Oda Nobunaga’s Bodyguard And Entertainer Rather Than A Samurai As He’s Depicted In ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’

Japanese Historian Yūichi Goza Speculates That Yasuke Was Simply Oda Nobunaga’s Bodyguard And Entertainer Rather Than A Samurai As He’s Depicted In ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’

Japanese historian Yūichi Goza speculates that Yasuke was not a samurai as video game developer Ubisoft has claimed, but was rather just Oda Nobunaga's bodyguard and entertainer. In an interview with Japanese website The Sankei Shimbun with translation via DeepL,...