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• Ubi Soft Entertainment Software (from 1986 to 2003-09)

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Ubisoft (the acronym UBI standing for Union des Bretons Indépendants) was founded in 1986 in Brittany, France, by Yves Guillemot and his four brothers. The company initially focused on distributing games in France and gradually opened development studios all across the globe.

Currently Ubisoft Entertainment SA (formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment Software) is a large international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products with their headquarters located in Montreuil, France. The company has many divisions and offices all over the world, and holds a multitude of intellectual properties, both original and received through acquisitions, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, The Settlers, Might & Magic, Prince of Persia, Rayman and many others. Since their 2000 acquisition of Red Storm Entertainment, they have also held the license to develop and publish games based on the works of Tom Clancy.

Known subsidiaries

Names in italics used to be subsidiaries, but no longer are as they were closed or sold off.

Established studios

• Ubisoft Bucharest (1992)
• Ubisoft Paris Studios (1993)
  • Ubisoft Marceau (?)
• Ubisoft Montpellier (1994, formerly Ubisoft Pictures)
• Ubisoft Annecy (1996)
• Ubisoft Shanghai (1996)
• Ubisoft Montréal (1997)
  • Ubisoft Fun House (2012, internal division)
• Ubisoft Casablanca (1998, closed in 2016)
• Ubisoft Barcelona (1998)
• Ubisoft Milan (1998)
• Ubisoft Quebec City Studio (2005)
• Ubisoft Bulgaria (2006)
• Ubisoft Kyiv (2008, formerly Ubisoft Kiev)
• Ubisoft São Paulo (2008, inactive since 2010)
• Ubisoft Craiova (2008)
• Ubisoft Singapore (2008)
  • Taiwan office (?)
• Ubisoft Chengdu (2008)
• Ubisoft Osaka (2008, closed in 2024)
• Ubisoft San Francisco (as a division of Ubisoft, Inc., 2009, closed in 2024)
• Ubisoft Toronto (2010)
• Ubisoft Abu Dhabi (2011)
• Ubisoft Zurich (2011, closed in 2013)
• Ubisoft Paris Mobile (2013)
• Ubisoft Belgrade (2016)
• Ubisoft Philippines (2016)
• Ubisoft Bordeaux (2017)
• Ubisoft Stockholm (2017)
• Ubisoft Saguenay (2018)
• Ubisoft Berlin (2018)
• Ubisoft Odesa (2018)
• Ubisoft Mumbai (2018)
• Ubisoft Winnipeg (2019)
• Ubisoft Da Nang (2019)
• Ubisoft Sherbrooke (2021)

Acquired studios

• Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. (2000)
• Sinister Games (2000)
• Blue Byte Studio (2001, renamed Ubisoft Blue Byte and later Ubisoft Düsseldorf)
• Game Studios division of The Learning Company (2001)
  • Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) (2001, closed in 2002)
• Tiwak (2004, absorbed into Ubisoft Montpellier in 2012)
• Wolfpack Studios (2004, closed in 2006)
• Microïds Canada (2005)
• Reflections Interactive (2006, renamed Ubisoft Reflections)
• Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software (2007)
• Digital Kids (2008, renamed Ubisoft Nagoya, inactive since 2010)
  • Osaka studio (renamed to Ubisoft Osaka, 2008)
• Gameloft Software Pvt. Ltd. (2008, renamed Ubisoft Entertainment India, later Ubisoft Pune)
• Massive Entertainment (2008, renamed Ubisoft Massive)
• Hybride Technologies (2008)
• Southlogic Studios (2009, integrated into Ubisoft São Paulo)
• Action Pants (2009, renamed Ubisoft Vancouver, closed in 2012)
• Nadeo (2009)
• RedLynx (2011)
• Owlient (2011)
• Digital Chocolate Barcelona (2013, now Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile)
• Future Games of London (2013, renamed Ubisoft London, closed in 2023)
• Related Designs Software (30% in 2007, 100% in 2013; renamed Ubisoft Mainz)
• THQ Studio Montréal (2013, following THQ's bankruptcy, most likely only for the IP)
• Longtail Studios Quebec (2015, renamed Ubisoft Halifax)
• Ivory Tower (2015)
• Ketchapp (2016)
• FreeStyleGames (2017, renamed Ubisoft Leamington)
• i3D.net (2018)
• Blue Mammoth Games (2018)
• 1492 Studio (2018)
• Green Panda Games (2019)
• Kolibri Games (2020)

Known distribution offices: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

Credited on 2,177 Games from 1986 to 2024

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History +

October 30, 2023

Company closes Future Games of London / Ubisoft London.

October 13, 2023

Company receives cloud streaming rights for Activision Blizzard games, as the final prerequisite for the purchase of the latter by Microsoft.

November 16, 2021

Company establishes Ubisoft Sherbrooke.

February 3, 2020

Company acquires Kolibri Games.

September 26, 2019

Company establishes Ubisoft Da Nang.

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Trivia +

The German online magazine 4Players named Ubisoft as Best Publisher of 2003 and #3 Best Publisher of 2006.

In issue 01/2013 of the German magazine PC Games, the company received two awards through reader vote: * Developer of the Year 2012 * #2 Publisher of the Year 2012

Contact information (2002)

Ubi Soft Entertainment S.A.

28, rue Armand Carrel

93108 Montreuil-Sous-Bois Cedex

France

Tel: +33 (1) 48 18 50 00

Fax: +33 (1) 48 57 07 41

Contact information (2007)

**Ubisoft Entertainment SA

South Korean branch**

1715, 17th Floor Shinan Metro

943-24 Dae-chi Dong,

Gang-nam Gu, Seoul 135-280

South Korea

Tel: +82 (2) 6001 3070

Fax: +82 (2) 6001 3073

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Related Web Sites +

• Ubisoft Entertainment SA
  official site
• Wikipedia
  The company profile at Wikipedia
• Creators of Emotion
  the main website for job employment at Ubisoft