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2021
Ubisoft and PureArts announce an Orlog Kickstarter campaign
Ubisoft and PureArts announced a Kickstarter campaign for a physical board-game adaptation of Orlog, the dice game in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. The source describes the campaign launch as planned for July 13, 2021.
2021
Court rules for Ubisoft in DDoS lawsuit
The US District Court for the Central District of California entered a default judgment in Ubisoft's favor and awarded it more than $153,000 in its lawsuit against operators of services allegedly offering DDoS attacks against games including Rainbow Six Siege. The defendants were also ordered to shut down the services and transfer relevant domain names to Ubisoft.
2021
Facebook and Ubisoft partner on cloud gaming
Facebook said it teamed up with Ubisoft to bolster Facebook’s cloud-gaming platform. Facebook users would have access to titles including the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Hungry Shark Evolution and Hungry Dragon.
2021
Vela Games announces $17.3 million Series A funding
Vela Games announced that it had raised $17.3 million in Series A funding to continue work on Project-V. Novator led the round, with Ubisoft and London Venture Partners also participating.
2021
EA Motive appoints Eric Baptizat as game director
Eric Baptizat left Ubisoft and joined EA Motive as game director on an unannounced title. The article does not state when he joined EA Motive.
2021
Ubisoft announces Rocksmith+ subscription service
Ubisoft announced the revival of its Rocksmith series with Rocksmith+, a subscription service designed to help people learn guitar and bass. The article reports the announcement and says interested users can sign up for a closed beta.
2021
Ubisoft announces Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Ubisoft and developer Massive Entertainment announced the open-world game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for Amazon Luna, Google Stadia, PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S, with a planned launch sometime in 2022.
2021
White Star Capital launches $50 million Digital Asset Fund
White Star Capital launched a $50 million Digital Asset Fund backed by Bpifrance and Ubisoft, to invest in crypto networks and blockchain-enabled businesses.
2021
Ubisoft and Aim Lab announce Rainbow Six Siege training partnership
Ubisoft announced that it had teamed up with Aim Lab, which will become the official training partner of Rainbow Six Siege. The partnership includes player training programs and potential in-game rewards; PC integrations were planned for summer and console integrations for later in 2021.
2021
Ubisoft acquires GameBlocks
Ubisoft acquired GameBlocks through its subsidiary i3D.net. The article says the technology is being deployed to i3D.net’s network and One Game Hosting Platform.
2021
Aconyte and Ubisoft partner to publish Assassin’s Creed novel trilogy
Aconyte partnered with Ubisoft to publish a new Assassin’s Creed trilogy of novels, beginning in summer 2021.
2021
Ubisoft Toronto appoints a managing director after predecessor's departure
Ubisoft appointed Istvan Tajnay as managing director of its Toronto studio after Alexandre Parizeau's departure; Parizeau transferred his responsibilities to Tajnay.
2021
Lucasfilm Games and Ubisoft announce Star Wars game collaboration
Lucasfilm Games and Ubisoft announced a collaboration on a new story-driven, open-world Star Wars game. Massive Entertainment is to develop the game.
2020
Ubisoft Japan apologizes over handling of Valhalla censorship information
Ubisoft Japan apologized for not informing the public beforehand that the Japanese Ubisoft Store had sold a version of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla that had not been rated by CERO. Ubisoft said human error in checking the information flow led to an assassination scene being omitted from the list of censorship changes; it promised to improve its internal organization and provide accurate information.
2020
Ubisoft removes Singapore studio managing director
Ubisoft confirmed that Hugues Ricour was no longer managing director of Ubisoft Singapore following a leadership audit. Ricour had previously been named in allegations of bullying, retaliatory action and sexual harassment; the article reports the allegations but does not establish a legal determination.
2020
Ubisoft apologises over ableist language in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
After criticism of a character description in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft apologised for language it said unintentionally reinforced ableism and said it would remove the language in an upcoming update.
2020
Ubisoft and Netflix announce Assassin’s Creed series
Ubisoft and Netflix announced a partnership to develop a live-action Assassin’s Creed series. The article reported that Netflix was looking for a showrunner and assembling the pre-production team.
2020
Ubisoft announces UPlay Plus renaming to Ubisoft Plus
Ubisoft announced that its UPlay Plus subscription service would have a new name, Ubisoft Plus, with the relaunch planned for November 10.
2020
Facebook and Ubisoft agree to develop Quest VR games
Facebook and Ubisoft made a deal to create virtual-reality entries in the Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series that would run natively on the Quest.
2020
Ubisoft responds to employee abuse scandal
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot issued a video statement apologizing to people harmed by employee behavior and said the company had removed or sanctioned employees who violated its values and was working to improve its systems and processes.