Claude Guillemot, one of the five brothers who founded Ubisoft and helped transform it into one of the world’s largest video game publishers, has died following a plane crash in western France. He was 69 years old.
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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Makes his Son Head of New Tencent Subsidiary After Family’s Mismanagement and His Own Business Flops as Gaming World Cries Nepotism
In what many are calling a brazen display of nepotism that has left the gaming world fuming, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot—whose family has helmed the company’s catastrophic decline—has installed his son, Charlie Guillemot, as co-CEO of a newly spun-off subsidiary controlling the publisher’s crown jewel IPs.
‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Boss Claims DEI Is Killing Game, Not Only Doubles Down On It, But Also Attacks Critics
Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté, admitted that the company's injection of DEI into Assassin's Creed Shadows is harming the game's potential, but declared that he plans to double down on it and even attacked his critics. As reported by Eurogamer, Côté...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Fails To Provide Update On ‘XDefiant’ After Game’s Executive Producer Admitted Player Counts Are Down
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot failed to provide any details on XDefiant after previously promising investors he would do so. Back in September, Guillemot and Ubisoft revealed that it was lowering its second quarter revenue expectations by 30% from €500 million to...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Confirms ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Delay Is Costing The Company An Extra €20 Million
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that the company is spending an additional €20 million on Assassin's Creed Shadows by delaying the game to February. Ubisoft announced back in September that it would be delaying the game to February 14th. It wrote in a press...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Evades Question About Whether ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Sales Have Improved Since Launch
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot completely and utterly avoided a question about whether or not sales for Star Wars Outlaws have improved since launch. In the company's First-Half 2024-25 Earnings Figures report it revealed that Star Wars Outlaws "underperformed sales...
Ubisoft Announces ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ “Underperformed Sales Expectations” Despite Achieving “Solid Reviews”
Ubisoft announced in its first half 2024-25 Earnings Figures report that Star Wars Outlaws "underperformed sales expectations" despite achieving "solid reviews." The company revealed that its net bookings came in on the low end of of its revised expectations for the...
Rumor: Ubisoft’s Upcoming ‘Assassin’s Creed Hexe’ Will Be “The Gayest Assassin’s Creed Yet”
A new rumor claims that the upcoming Assassin's Creed Hexe will be "the gayest Assassin's Creed yet." According to YouTuber Endymion and his Ubisoft insiders the next Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed Hexe will be "the gayest Assassin's Creed yet."...
Ubisoft Appears To Confirm Rumors That ‘XDefiant’ Is Struggling, Says It Was “Behind Expectations” For The Game
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot appeared to confirm rumors that the company's free-to-play shooter XDefiant is struggling by confirming that it was "behind expectations." At the end of August, Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming reported that XDefiant was seeing "continuously...
Financial Analyst Describes Ubisoft’s Sales Collapse And Delaying Of ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ As “Total Meltdown” As Stock Price Collapses
A financial analyst described Ubisoft's sales collapse and its delaying of Assassin's Creed Shadows a "total meltdown" and the company's stock collapse proves that true. Valliant Renegade reacted to the news that broke yesterday afternoon in the United States that...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Claims Company’s Goal “Is Not To Push Any Specific Agenda” Despite Company’s Website Saying Otherwise
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot claims that his company is not pushing "any specific agenda" despite the company's website saying otherwise. In a press release, where Ubisoft revealed it was revising its expected Q2 net bookings down from €500 to €350-370 million due to...
Ubisoft Admits ‘Star Wars Outlaws’ Sales “Softer Than Expected” As It Slashes Net Expected Bookings By 30%
Ubisoft admitted that sales of Star Wars Outlaws are "softer than expected." In a document providing new financial targets for FY2024-25, Ubisoft drastically cut its net bookings projections for FY2024-25 from €500 million to €350-370m million. The company explained...
Japanese Consultant Used By Ubisoft And The New York Times To Attack Gamers Over ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Was A Sweet Baby Inc. Employee
The so-called Japanese consultant that Ubisoft and The New York Times used to attack gamers over Assassin's Creed Shadows turns out to be an employee of Sweet Baby Inc. In a most recent hit piece run by The New York Times that appears to have been done in...