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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.

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,...