Ubisoft Entertainment SA

Moby ID: 1518

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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.
July 31, 2019: Company acquires Green Panda Games.
January 10, 2019: Company establishes Ubisoft Winnipeg.
November 30, 2018: Company acquires i3D.net.
June 2018: Company establishes Ubisoft Mumbai.
March 22, 2018: Company establishes Ubisoft Odesa.
March 20, 2018: Vivendi agrees to divest its €794 million worth (27.27%) of stakes in Ubisoft to multiple companies (Guillemot Brothers SE, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Tencent) and agrees not to acquire any further stakes in the company for 5 years.
March 1, 2018: Company acquires Blue Mammoth Games.
February 2018: Company establishes Ubisoft Saguenay.
January 2, 2018: Company establishes Ubisoft Berlin.
August 8, 2017: Company establishes Ubisoft Stockholm.
January 18, 2017: Company acquires FreeStyleGames from Activision Blizzard. It is renamed to Ubisoft Leamington.
2017: Company establishes Ubisoft Bordeaux.
November 17, 2016: Company establishes Ubisoft Belgrade.
September 27, 2016: Company acquires Ketchapp.
June 13, 2016: Company closes Ubisoft Casablanca.
June 1, 2016: Company loses stakes in Gameloft to Vivendi following the latter's hostile takeover.
March 28, 2016: Company establishes Ubisoft Philippines.
October 13, 2015: Company acquires Longtail Studios, renaming it to Ubisoft Halifax.
October 5, 2015: Company acquires Ivory Tower.
October 2015: In an attempt to re-enter the video game market, French mass media company Vivendi acquires €140.3 million in Ubisoft stocks (6.6%), followed later by further purchases. Ubisoft lead Yves Guillemot considered this move "unwelcome".
October 1, 2013: Company acquires Future Games of London.
October 2013: Company closes Ubisoft Zurich.
September 24, 2013: Company acquires Digital Chocolate, renaming it to Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile.
April 11, 2013: Company fully acquires Related Designs Software.
August 16, 2012: Company launches uPlay, a client and storefront for Ubisoft-published games.
January 17, 2012: Company closes Ubisoft Vancouver.
November 2, 2011: Company acquires RedLynx.
October 2011: Company establishes Ubisoft Abu Dhabi.
August 23, 2011: Company establishes Ubisoft Zurich.
July 12, 2011: Company acquired Owlient.
November 4, 2010: Company acquires Quazal Technologies.
May 2010: Company establishes Ubisoft Toronto.
October 5, 2009: The company announces to have acquired the French development studio Nadeo.
July 7, 2009: The company announces to open a fourth Canadian development studio, Ubisoft Toronto, in late 2009.
February 3, 2009: The company announces to have acquired the development studio Action Pants Inc., renaming it to Ubisoft Vancouver.
January 20, 2009: The company announces to have acquired Southlogic Studios.
November 10, 2008: The company announces to acquire development studio Massive Entertainment from the newly merged Activision Blizzard. The acquisition included their World in Conflict IP and their MassGate multiplayer infrastructure, but not the Ground Control series.
September 30, 2008: Company establishes Ubisoft Craiova.
August 20, 2008: The company announces to open a new office in Warsaw, Poland, to manage Ubisoft's business relations in Poland and throughout Eastern Europe.
July 8, 2008: The company announces the acquisition of Hybride Technologies, a Montreal-based studio renowned for its expertise in the creation of visual effects for cinema, television and advertising.
June 24, 2008: The company announces a new production studio Ubisoft São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. It was opened in July 2006.
June 19, 2008: The company announces to launch a range of Wii exclusive party-games under a new label: PLAY ZONE.
April 29, 2008: The company announces the formation of the Ubisoft Kiev development division.
April 15, 2008: The company announces to acquire Gameloft's development studio Gameloft Software Pvt. Ltd. in Pune, India. It is renamed Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
February 2008: Company establishes Ubisoft Singapore.
January 14, 2008: Company acquires Digital Kids, renaming its studios to Ubisoft Nagoya and Ubisoft Osaka.
September 17, 2007: The company opens the development studio Ubisoft Chengdu in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, led by Richard Tsao.
May 21, 2007: The company announces to expand its casual video game business. Ubisoft has made significant investments and formed an internal development structure dedicated to the creation of games for everyone. The division is led by Pauline Jacquey.
April 2007: The company acquires Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH and a 30% stake in Related Designs Software GmbH.
July 13, 2006: The company acquires most of Reflections Interactive's assets, along with the Driver license, from Atari.
June 29, 2006: The company establishes Ubisoft Sofia, led by Alexandru-Ion Radu.
March 24, 2006: A $5M class-action lawsuit is filed against the company for using the controversial StarForce DRM to protect their games against copying. It states that StarForce DRM can compromise Windows operating systems’ security and that users receive no notice that removing StarForce DRM is necessary to prevent possible security compromises on their computer systems. Also, removal of a StarForce-protected title from the computer does not always remove StarForce DRM software itself.
February 7, 2006: The company announces the opening of a new sales office in Dallas, Texas. Ana Raphael and Linda Reese, directors of sales at Ubisoft, spearhead the sales operations.
June 1, 2005: Company establishes Ubisoft Quebec City Studio.
April 11, 2005: The company sets up a new development studio in Quebec City, Canada.
March 2, 2005: The company acquires Microïds Canada.
February 11, 2005: The company sets up the Ubisoft Campus in Montreal, a training institute to offer programs in key videogame development fields at college and university levels.
March 1, 2004: Ubisoft acquires Wolfpack Studios
February 25, 2004: Ubisoft announce that they have no more interest to publish Monolith's MMORPG The Matrix Online.
July 23, 2003: Ubi Soft forms a new internal studio to develop CGI cut-scenes for their various games. The first game to utilize this studio is Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
October 2001: The company acquires Gamebusters (added to the German office) and sets up a new team in Austria.
March 7, 2001: Ubi Soft acquires Game Studios, the entertainment division of The Learning Company, from Gores Technology Group. This included Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI)'s brand.
February 2001: Company acquires German developer / publisher Blue Byte Software.
August 2000: Company acquires American developer Red Storm Entertainment.
April 2000: The company acquires Sinister Games.
1998: Company establishes Ubisoft Milan.
1997: Company establishes Ubi Soft Divertissements in Montréal, Canada.
1996: Company establishes Ubi Soft Shanghai.
1996: Company establishes Ubi Soft Annecy Studios.
1995: The company sets up an office in Düsseldorf, Germany.
1994: Company establishes Ubi Soft Pictures in Montpellier, France.
1992: Company establishes Ubi Soft Bucharest.
1992: Company establishes Ubi Soft Paris Studios.
1991: A UK office is established in North Finchley.
1986: Ubi Soft is founded by the Guillemot brothers, Yves, Gerard, Michel, Claude, and Christian.