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Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', '' ...
is a French
video game publisher A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer. They often finance the development, sometimes by paying a video game developer ( ...
headquartered in Montreuil, founded in March 1986 by the Guillemot brothers. Since its establishment, Ubisoft has become one of the largest video game publishers, and it has the largest in-house development team, with more than 20,000 employees working in over 45 studios as of May 2021. While Ubisoft set up many in-house studios itself, such as
Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Divertissements Inc., doing business as Ubisoft Montreal, is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Montreal. The studio was founded in April 1997 as part of Ubisoft's growth into worldwide markets, with sub ...
,
Ubisoft Toronto Ubisoft Toronto Inc. is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Toronto. The studio was established under Jade Raymond in September 2010. Games developed by Ubisoft Toronto include '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blackl ...
,
Ubisoft Montpellier Ubisoft Montpellier is a French video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Castelnau-le-Lez. Founded in 1994 as Ubi Pictures, it is best known for developing the ''Rayman'' and ''Beyond Good & Evil'' series. At 350 employees as of ...
and
Ubisoft Paris Ubisoft is a French video game publisher headquartered in Montreuil, founded in March 1986 by the Guillemot brothers. Since its establishment, Ubisoft has become one of the largest video game publishers, and it has the largest in-house developme ...
, the company also acquired several studios, such as
Massive Entertainment Massive Entertainment AB is a Swedish video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Malmö. The company has been fully owned by Ubisoft since 2008. The studio is known for ''Tom Clancy's The Division'', '' The Division 2'', '' Ground Co ...
,
Red Storm Entertainment Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and studio of Ubisoft based in Cary, North Carolina. Founded in November 1996 between author Tom Clancy, manager Doug Littlejohns, and software development company Virtus Corpo ...
,
Reflections Interactive Ubisoft Reflections Limited (formerly Reflections and later Reflections Interactive Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Founded in 1984 by Martin Edmondson and Nicholas Chamberlain, th ...
and
FreeStyleGames Ubisoft Leamington (formerly FreeStyleGames Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Leamington Spa. Founded in November 2002 by six industry veterans formerly of Codemasters and Rare (company), Rare, the stud ...
. Ubisoft's studios often cooperate with each other in their projects, sharing different development duties. ''
Assassin's Creed Unity ''Assassin's Creed Unity'' is an Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released in November 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and in December 2020 ...
'', released in 2014, saw ten studios worldwide work together.


North America


Blue Mammoth Games

Blue Mammoth Games, based in
Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
, was founded by Lincoln Hamilton and Matt Woomer in 2009. In October 2012, Xaviant, another Atlanta-based developer, acquired a 50% stake in the company. In November 2017, Blue Mammoth announced that a new studio, located in
Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
, Netherlands, would be opened to hire 25 people. The studio was opened in January 2018. Blue Mammoth was acquired by Ubisoft on 1 March 2018. The company's primary product is ''
Brawlhalla ''Brawlhalla'' is a free-to-play fighting game developed by Blue Mammoth Games and published by Ubisoft for macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & X, Android and iOS, with full cross ...
''.


Hybride Technologies

Hybride Technologies in
Piedmont, Quebec Piedmont is a small municipality within the Les Pays-d'en-Haut Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Mountains of the administrative region of Laurentides. It is located along the North River and Autoroute 15 and Route ...
, is a technology company founded in 1991. Its main role is to create visual effects for films and TV shows, and had contributed to films such as ''
Jurassic World ''Jurassic World'' is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly from a story by Jaffa and Silver. It is the first installment in the ...
'', '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' and '' Solo: A Star Wars Story''. The company was acquired by Ubisoft in 2008. The company has a second office co-located with
Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Divertissements Inc., doing business as Ubisoft Montreal, is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Montreal. The studio was founded in April 1997 as part of Ubisoft's growth into worldwide markets, with sub ...
in Montreal, Quebec, which was opened in February 2016.


Quazal

Quazal, based in
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
,
Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, is a
software developer Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, Computer programming, programming, software documentation, documenting, software testing, testing, and Software bugs, bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applic ...
Founded in 1998 by Sylvain Beaudry, Martin Lavoie and Carl Dionne, the company focuses on the development of
cross-platform In computing, cross-platform software (also called multi-platform software, platform-agnostic software, or platform-independent software) is computer software that is designed to work in several computing platforms. Some cross-platform software r ...
multiplayer A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system (couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or ...
tools for
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s, most notably, Net-Z and Rendez-Vous. On 4 November 2010, it was announced that Ubisoft had acquired Quazal.


Red Storm Entertainment

Red Storm Entertainment was founded by novelist
Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of ...
,
managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
Steve Reid, and 17 staff members in
Cary, North Carolina Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...
, in 1996. The company self-published its first
tactical shooter A tactical shooter is a video game genre, subgenre of shooter games that cover both the first-person shooter and third-person shooter genres. These games aim to simulate realistic combat through slower-paced and punishing gameplay. This makes t ...
, ''
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'' (often shortened to ''Rainbow Six'') is a tactical first-person shooter video game franchise by Ubisoft, based on the novel ''Rainbow Six'' by American author Tom Clancy. Critically and commercially successful, the ...
'', in 1998. Ubisoft acquired the studio in 2000. After the acquisition, Red Storm continued to work on tactical shooters in the ''
Tom Clancy's ''Tom Clancy's'' is a branding used by video game company Ubisoft for video games, some of which feature the works of American author Tom Clancy, while others do not. Various sub-series are often unrelated to each other with a few exceptions, al ...
'' franchise and developed ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon'' is a series of military tactical shooter video games published by Ubisoft. In the series, the player is in charge of a fictional, newly conceived squad of U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Ba ...
'' in 2001, as well as its sequel, ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2'' is a tactical shooter video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment and published by Ubisoft for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube. A Microsoft Windows version was planned but cancelled in April 2005 in favor of ' ...
'', in 2004. Red Storm continues to collaborate with other Ubisoft studios on future ''Ghost Recon'' titles and was involved in the development of several ''Far Cry'' games. In 2008, Ubisoft acquired the rights to Clancy's name for video games. Red Storm became one of the first Ubisoft studios to develop
virtual reality Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), educ ...
projects, starting with the release of ''
Werewolves Within ''Werewolves Within'' is a multiplayer Social deduction game, social-deduction Virtual reality, VR game for Oculus Rift, Microsoft Windows, Windows, and PlayStation VR, developed by Red Storm Entertainment, published by Ubisoft, and released on 6 ...
'' in 2016 and '' Star Trek: Bridge Crew'' in 2017.


Ubisoft CRC (NCSA)

Ubisoft Consumer Relationship Center manages Customer Support and Community Management for North, Central & South American territories and is located in Cary, North Carolina, sharing office space with
Red Storm Entertainment Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and studio of Ubisoft based in Cary, North Carolina. Founded in November 1996 between author Tom Clancy, manager Doug Littlejohns, and software development company Virtus Corpo ...
.


Ubisoft Halifax

Ubisoft Halifax (formerly Longtail Studios Halifax) is based in
Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...
, and best known for co-developing the ''
Rocksmith ''Rocksmith'' is a music video game produced by Ubisoft, released in October 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms in North America. ''Rocksmith'' was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 during September 2012 in Australian and Europ ...
'' series. The company was founded in 2009 as a studio of
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
-based Longtail Studios, itself founded in 2003 by Ubisoft co-founder Gérard Guillemot. In July 2009, Longtail Studios offered the 23 employees at its
Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in ...
,
Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...
(PEI), studio the ability to relocate to their new Halifax studio. The move was met by PEI's Minister of Innovation, Allan Campbell, offering Longtail Studios subsidies and tax breaks to retain the jobs in PEI. In August 2013, Longtail Studios Halifax joined the
Entertainment Software Association of Canada Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) is a not for profit trade association serving the business and public affairs needs of companies in Canada that develop, publish and distribute computer and video games for video game consoles, h ...
. At this time, the studio had 45 employees. On 13 October 2015, Ubisoft acquired Longtail Studios Halifax, then covering over 30 employees, wherein the company was renamed Ubisoft Halifax. Another 10 positions were immediately opened for hiring. Through the acquisition, Ubisoft planned to expand its mobile game business in Canada. Ubisoft Halifax has more than 70 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Montreal

Ubisoft Montreal is Ubisoft's largest in-house development studio, as well as the largest development studio worldwide with more than 4,000 employees. Founded in 1997 in
Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
, Quebec, the studio started with only 50 employees. 25 of these came from Ubisoft's headquarters in France, while the rest were new recruits. Yannis Mallat is the company's studio head. While the company originally focused their work on licensed family-friendly titles, the team achieved breakthrough success through the release of two new titles: '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' and ''
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...
''. Following this success, they shifted their focus onto developing
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titles. The company developed ''
Far Cry 2 ''Far Cry 2'' is a 2008 first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A top-down shooter version for mobile phones was developed and published by Gameloft. It is th ...
'' and the subsequent ''
Far Cry ''Far Cry'' is an anthology franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft. The first game, ''Far Cry'', was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Subsequent ...
'' sequels, became involved in the ''
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six'' (often shortened to ''Rainbow Six'') is a tactical first-person shooter video game franchise by Ubisoft, based on the novel ''Rainbow Six'' by American author Tom Clancy. Critically and commercially successful, the ...
'' series since ''
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'' and has become the lead developer of Ubisoft's most successful franchise, ''
Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice D ...
'', since the franchise's inception. The studio was also involved in creating new
intellectual properties Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
, such as ''
For Honor ''For Honor'' is an action game developed and published by Ubisoft. The game allows players to play the roles of historical forms of soldiers and warriors such as knights, samurai, vikings, controlled using a third-person perspective. The game w ...
'', ''
Watch Dogs ''Watch Dogs'' (stylized as ''WATCH_DOGS'') is an action-adventure video game franchise published by Ubisoft, and developed primarily by its Montreal and Toronto studios using the Disrupt game engine. The series' eponymous first title was rele ...
'' and ''
Hyper Scape ''Hyper Scape'' was a free-to-play first-person shooter battle royale game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game was notable for its integration with video game liv ...
''. Ubisoft Montreal has more than 4,000 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Quebec

Ubisoft Quebec was founded by Ubisoft in 2005 in
Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
, Quebec. The studio was set out to provide assistance to Ubisoft's main studios, and it also participated in the development of
downloadable content Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher. It can either be added for no extra cost or it can be a form of video game monetization, enablin ...
for the ''
Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice D ...
'' series, such as ''Tyranny of King Washington'' for ''
Assassin's Creed III ''Assassin's Creed III'' is a 2012 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Microsoft Windows. It is the fifth major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series ...
'', and ''Freedom Cry'' for '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''. On 3 November 2010, Ubisoft announced that it had acquired Longtail Studios Quebec, a studio of
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
-based Longtail Studios, itself founded in 2003 by Ubisoft co-founder Gérard Guillemot. As a result, 48 of the studio's staff were moved to Ubisoft's existing
Ubisoft Quebec Ubisoft Quebec is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Quebec City. The studio was established in June 2005 and is best known for its work in the ''Assassin's Creed'' franchise. History French video game publisher ...
operations. The division's director, Andreas Mollman, resigned, and 5–6 employees were laid off. The Quebec studio worked on '' Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth'', a
Kinect Kinect is a line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB cameras, and infrared projectors and detectors that map depth through either structured light or time of flig ...
title released in 2012, and became the lead developer for ''
Assassin's Creed Syndicate ''Assassin's Creed Syndicate'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It was released on October 23, 2015, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on November 19, 2015, for Microsoft Windows. It is th ...
'' in 2015, replacing the Montreal studio. It would be the first time the Quebec studio changed its role from a support studio to a lead developer of a AAA game. The studio has more than 500 employees. The company also served as the lead developer for ''
Assassin's Creed Odyssey ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It is the eleventh major installment in the '' Assassin's Creed'' series and the successor to 2017's ''Assassin's Creed ...
'' (2018), and ''
Immortals Fenyx Rising ''Immortals Fenyx Rising'' (originally known as ''Gods and Monsters'') is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Wi ...
'' (2020). Ubisoft Quebec has more than 500 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Saguenay

Ubisoft Saguenay, in
Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...
, Quebec, was announced in September 2017 and opened in February 2018 with 20 employees led by Jimmy Boulianne. The studio will be used to support online and connectivity components for Ubisoft's games. Ubisoft Saguenay has 75 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft San Francisco

Ubisoft San Francisco was founded in 2009 within Ubisoft's North American headquarters in
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
, California. The studio is the lead developer for the ''
Rocksmith ''Rocksmith'' is a music video game produced by Ubisoft, released in October 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms in North America. ''Rocksmith'' was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 during September 2012 in Australian and Europ ...
'' series. The studio recruited many new employees in the mid-2010s, and collaborated with
Matt Stone Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...
and
Trey Parker Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. P ...
to develop '' South Park: The Fractured But Whole'', a
role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...
set in the ''
South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...
'' universe.


Ubisoft Sherbrooke

Ubisoft Sherbrooke was founded in November 2021 in
Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...
, Quebec. The studio will co-develop Ubisoft’s main franchises.


Ubisoft Toronto

Ubisoft Toronto was founded by Ubisoft in May 2010 in
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, Ontario. The studio opening can be credited to the success of the Montreal studio, which encouraged Ubisoft to continue its expansion in Canada. The team at Toronto are mostly employees from the Montreal studio who had worked on '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction''. The studio then took the lead role in developing ''
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...
'' game, as the then studio head
Jade Raymond Jade Raymond (born 28 August 1975) is a Canadian video game creator, best known for helping create the ''Assassin's Creed'' and ''Watch Dogs'' franchises, and for building the Ubisoft Toronto and EA Motive Studios. On 16 March 2021, Raymond an ...
thought that it is Ubisoft's most iconic franchise and can help the studio to expand and recruit. Their debut game, '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist'', received critical acclaim upon release. The studio continued to contribute to other Ubisoft's project, including ''
Far Cry 4 ''Far Cry 4'' is a 2014 First person shooter game, first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the successor to the 2012 video game ''Far Cry 3'', and the fourth main installment in the ''Far Cry'' se ...
'' and ''
Assassin's Creed Unity ''Assassin's Creed Unity'' is an Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released in November 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and in December 2020 ...
''. Raymond departed the studio and formed
Motive Studios Motive Studio (also known as EA Motive and Motive) is a Canadian video game developer and studio of Electronic Arts (EA) based in Montreal. History Motive Studio was founded within Electronic Arts (EA) by Jade Raymond, a former Ubisoft exec ...
in 2015.
Clint Hocking Clint Hocking (born 18 September 1972) is a Canadian video game designer and director. He has primarily worked at the Canadian divisions of Ubisoft, where he developed three titles, and briefly worked at LucasArts, Valve, and Amazon Game Studi ...
, the director of ''
Far Cry 2 ''Far Cry 2'' is a 2008 first-person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A top-down shooter version for mobile phones was developed and published by Gameloft. It is th ...
'', worked in the Toronto studio. The studio also served as the lead developer for '' Starlink: Battle for Atlas'', a
toys-to-life Toys-to-life is a video game feature using physical figurines or action figures to interact within the game. These toys use a near field communication (NFC), radio frequency identification (RFID), or image recognition Computer vision is an int ...
game, and '' Watch Dogs: Legion'', which was directed by Hocking. It also replaced the Montreal studio as the lead developer for ''
Far Cry 6 ''Far Cry 6'' is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Toronto and published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth main installment in the ''Far Cry'' series and the successor to 2018's ''Far Cry 5''. The game is set on the fictional Cari ...
''.


Ubisoft Winnipeg

On 6 April 2018, Ubisoft announced it would invest in Canada's Manitoba province to create 100 jobs within five years, establishing a studio located in
Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
. Darryl Long will serve as the studio's
managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
. Ubisoft Winnipeg will work on Ubisoft's open world franchises.


Europe


1492 Studio

1492 Studio was founded in
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, France, in 2014 by Claire and Thibaud Zamora, and acquired by Ubisoft in February 2018. The studio developed '' Is it Love?'', a free-to-play episodic mobile game.


Future Games of London

Future Games of London was founded in 2009 in
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, England. The studio released ''
Hungry Shark ''Hungry Shark'' is a series of arcade-style RPG Games, RPG games developed and published by Future Games of London (prior to ''Hungry Shark Evolution'') and Ubisoft (since ''Hungry Shark Evolution''). The games allow players to control several un ...
'' before Ubisoft's acquisition in October 2013. The studio continues to work on new entries in the ''Hungry Shark'' series.


Green Panda Games

Ubisoft acquired a 70% stake in Green Panda Games in July 2019, with an option to fully acquire the company. Green Panda Games, founded in 2013 and based in Paris, is a developer and publisher of over 50 mobile casual games. Green Panda Games has 120 employees as of May 2021.


i3D.net

It was announced in November 2018 that Ubisoft would be acquiring Dutch server hosting company i3D.net. The acquisition closed before the end of the 2018-19 fiscal year.


Ivory Tower

Ivory Tower was founded in Lyon, France, in September 2007 by Ahmed Boukhelifa, Stéphane Beley and Emmanuel Oualid. All three founders were previously employed by
Eden Games Eden Games (formerly known as Eden Studios) is a French video game developer based in Lyon, France, that mainly focuses on the development of racing video games. History The company was formed as a development group within Infogrames' European ...
. Ivory Tower's first game, '' The Crew'', was announced through Ubisoft, acting as its publisher, in June 2013, and released for
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,
PlayStation 4 The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013 in ...
,
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and
Xbox One The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of ...
in December 2014. On 5 October 2015, as ''The Crew'' reached 3 million players, Ubisoft announced that they had acquired Ivory Tower for an undisclosed sum. At the time, the studio housed 100 employees. Ivory Tower's second game, ''
The Crew 2 ''The Crew 2'' is a 2018 open world racing video game developed by Ivory Tower and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia. It is the sequel to 2014's '' The Crew''. It features a persistent open world ...
'', was announced by Ubisoft in June 2017, and released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One in June 2018.


Ketchapp

Ketchapp was founded in 2014 in
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, France, by brothers Michel and Antoine Morcos, specialising in publishing games for the
mobile games A mobile game, or smartphone game, is a video game that is typically played on a mobile phone. The term also refers to all games that are played on any portable device, including from mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone), tablet, PDA to ...
market. The company was acquired by Ubisoft in 2016.


Kolibri Games

Kolibri Games, founded in 2016 in Berlin, Germany, is a developer of
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games genre and publishes ''Idle Miner Tycoon'' and ''Idle Factory Tycoon''. Ubisoft has acquired 75% of the studio in 2020. Kolibri Games has 130 employees as of May 2021.


Massive Entertainment

Massive Entertainment was founded in 1997 in
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, Sweden. Formerly a subsidiary of
Vivendi Universal Games Vivendi Games was an American video game publisher and holding company based in Los Angeles. It was founded in 1996 as CUC Software, the publishing subsidiary of CUC International, after the latter acquired video game companies Davidson & Associ ...
, Massive has placed most of its focus on developing
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games like '' Ground Control'' and '' World in Conflict''. It was acquired by Ubisoft in March 2008. Following the acquisition, Massive Entertainment worked on
Uplay Ubisoft Connect (formerly Uplay) is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications service developed by Ubisoft to provide an experience similar to the achievements/trophies offered by various other game compa ...
, Ubisoft's digital distribution platform, and developed ''
Just Dance Now ''Just Dance Now'' is a video game in the Just Dance (video game series), ''Just Dance'' series developed and published by Ubisoft. It was released on September 25, 2014, in both the App Store (iOS/iPadOS), App Store and Google Play. The trailer ...
''. The company also developed the
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engine, and used it in ''
Tom Clancy's The Division ''Tom Clancy's The Division'' is an online-only action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published in 2016 by Ubisoft, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is set in a near future New York City in ...
'' and its sequel, '' The Division 2'', as well as an upcoming video game based on the ''
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'' film series.


Nadeo

Nadeo was founded in 2000 in
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, France, by Florent Castelnérac. Ubisoft announced the acquisition of Nadeo on 5 October 2009. Anne Blondel-Jouin served as the company's publishing director between 2011 and 2013. and gained success with the racing game franchise ''
TrackMania ''TrackMania'' is a series of racing games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo DS and Wii developed by Nadeo and Firebrand Games. Instead of following the usual trend of choosing a set car and track to play ...
''. The team focused on allowing players to create
user-generated content User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), is any form of content, such as images, videos, text, testimonials, and audio, that has been posted by users on online platforms such as social media, discussion f ...
and developed a network called ManiaPlanet. All games developed by Nadeo since Ubisoft's acquisition in 2009 were racing games, except for ''
ShootMania Storm ''ShootMania Storm'' is a first-person shooter video game by Ubisoft and Nadeo. Just like its sister games ''TrackMania 2: Canyon, TrackMania 2'' and the yet-unreleased ''QuestMania'', it features 3 different environments, of which two have so ...
'', a
first-person shooter First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the pl ...
. Nadeo's latest title is ''
Trackmania ''TrackMania'' is a series of racing games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo DS and Wii developed by Nadeo and Firebrand Games. Instead of following the usual trend of choosing a set car and track to play ...
'', the free-to-play remake of ''
TrackMania Nations ''TrackMania'' is a series of racing games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo DS and Wii developed by Nadeo and Firebrand Games. Instead of following the usual trend of choosing a set car and track to play ...
''.


Owlient

Owlient is a video game studio founded in 2005 in Paris, France. The company focuses on creating
free-to-play Free-to-play (F2P or FtP) video games are games that give players access to a significant portion of their content without paying or do not require paying to continue playing. Free-to-play is distinct from traditional commercial software, which ...
titles, with their most successful game being ''
Howrse ''Howrse'' is a free-to-play browser game developed by French studio Owlient and currently published by Ubisoft. It is a breeding simulation game with horses. History In 2005, two computer science students, Vincent Guth and Olivier Issaly, foun ...
''. Owlient was acquired by Ubisoft in 2011.


Ubisoft RedLynx

RedLynx was founded in 2000 in
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, Finland, by brothers Atte and Antti Ilvessuo and focuses on creating
racing game Racing games are a video game genre in which the player participates in a racing competition. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to fantastical settings. They are distributed along a spectrum between more realistic rac ...
s with the ''
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'' series. While the studio was developing ''
Trials Evolution ''Trials Evolution'' is a racing video game for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows in which each player controls a motorcycle trials rider who traverses an obstacle course. The game was developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and published by Microsoft Stu ...
'', it was acquired by Ubisoft in November 2011. Following Ubisoft's acquisition, the company continued to work on new ''Trials'' instalments with ''
Trials Fusion ''Trials Fusion'' is a platform racing video game developed by Ubisoft RedLynx in collaboration with Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Kyiv. A follow-up to ''Trials Evolution'', it is the fifth game in the ''Trials'' series and is the first one to be ...
'' in 2014, ''
Trials of the Blood Dragon ''Trials of the Blood Dragon'' is a platform game developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and published by Ubisoft. As a crossover game of '' Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon'' and the ''Trials'' series, the game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 ...
'' in 2016, and ''
Trials Rising ''Trials Rising'' is a 2.5D fault-based racing game developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and Ubisoft Kyiv and published by Ubisoft. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Stadia in November 2019 ...
'' in 2019. Ubisoft RedLynx has more than 150 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Annecy

Ubisoft Annecy was established in 1996 in
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, France, and their first game was ''
Rayman Revolution ''Rayman 2: The Great Escape'' is a 1999 platform video game developed by Ubi Pictures and published by Ubi Soft for the Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows, Sega Dreamcast and Sony PlayStation. An enhanced remake titled ''Rayman Revolution'' (''Ray ...
'' for
PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...
. Annecy developed the multiplayer portion of many Ubisoft games, including the ''
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...
'' series and the ''
Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice D ...
'' series. Their first title as a lead developer was '' Steep'', an open world
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game released in late 2016. The studio was previously known as Ubisoft Simulations. The studio also collaborated with Massive Entertainment and worked on ''
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 ''Tom Clancy's The Division 2'' is an Online game, online-only Action role-playing game, action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. The sequel to ''Tom Clancy's The Division'' (2016), it is set in ...
''. The studio's latest game is ''
Riders Republic ''Riders Republic'' is a sports video game developed by Ubisoft Annecy and published by Ubisoft. The game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Amazon Luna, Stadia, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 28, 2021. Gameplay Th ...
'', which was released on 28 October 2021.


Ubisoft Barcelona

Ubisoft Barcelona was founded in 1998 and is based in
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
, Spain. The team's early focus laid on
racing game Racing games are a video game genre in which the player participates in a racing competition. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to fantastical settings. They are distributed along a spectrum between more realistic rac ...
s, until their focus shifted to develop casual games such as ''
Your Shape ''Your Shape'' is an exercise video game developed by Ubisoft, released for PCs and the Wii in 2009. Utilizing a motion tracking camera released with the game, ''Your Shape'' guides the player through various aerobic exercises that can be tailo ...
'' for
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. The Barcelona studio also served as a support studio, working on titles such as ''
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' is an online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on December 1, 2015; the game was ...
'' and ''
Raving Rabbids ''Rabbids'', also known as ''Raving Rabbids'' (French: ''Lapins Crétins''), is a multimedia franchise developed and published by Ubisoft. It originated as a spin-off video game from the ''Rayman'' video game series, 2006's ''Rayman Raving Rabbi ...
''. The studio also worked with
Red Storm Entertainment Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and studio of Ubisoft based in Cary, North Carolina. Founded in November 1996 between author Tom Clancy, manager Doug Littlejohns, and software development company Virtus Corpo ...
on '' Star Trek: Bridge Crew''.


Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile

Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile, based in
Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
, Spain, was formed as Microjocs Mobile in 2002, and became part of
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in August 2007. The studio was sold to Ubisoft in September 2013 and subsequently renamed Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile. Productions by Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile include ''Galaxy Life'' and ''Might & Magic: Elemental Guardians''. Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile has more than 70 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Belgrade

Founded in November 2016, Ubisoft Belgrade in
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, Serbia, has worked on ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands'' is a third-person tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris in collaboration with Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Belgra ...
''
player-versus-player Player versus player (PvP) is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between human players. This is often compared to player versus environment (PvE), in which the game itself controls its players' opponents. The terms are mos ...
component, '' Steep: Road to the Olympics'' and ''
The Crew 2 ''The Crew 2'' is a 2018 open world racing video game developed by Ivory Tower and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia. It is the sequel to 2014's '' The Crew''. It features a persistent open world ...
''. The studio develops post-launch content for ''Wildlands''.


Ubisoft Blue Byte

Ubisoft Blue Byte was founded in
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, Germany, in 1988. The company found early success with
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titles, such as ''
The Settlers ''The Settlers'' (german: Die Siedler) is a City-building game, city-building and real-time strategy video game series created by Volker Wertich. The The Settlers (1993 video game), original game was released on the Commodore Amiga in 1993, wit ...
'' and ''
Battle Isle ''Battle Isle'' is a series of turn-based tactics video games developed in the 1990s by Blue Byte and released for Amiga and MS-DOS and later for Microsoft Windows. The settings are wars on a fictional planet, Chromos. Plot The ''Battle Isle'' ...
''. Blue Byte was acquired by Ubisoft in 2001.


Ubisoft Berlin

Ubisoft Berlin was opened in early 2018 in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
, Germany, with a focus on co-development. The company will develop on games in the ''
Far Cry ''Far Cry'' is an anthology franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft. The first game, ''Far Cry'', was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Subsequent ...
'' franchise. In 2020, it was confirmed that the company is also working on '' Skull & Bones''.


Ubisoft Mainz

Ubisoft Mainz was established as Related Designs by Thomas Pottkämper, Burkhard Ratheiser, Thomas Stein, and Jens Vielhaben in 1995, then based in Pottkämper's parents' house in Mainz'
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district. On 11 April 2007, Ubisoft acquired a 30% stake in Related Designs, alongside the rights to the Related Designs-developed '' Anno'' series. In May 2008, they had 50 employees. On 11 April 2013, Ubisoft acquired the remaining 70% and took total control over Related Designs. From that point on, the company would develop projects in tandem with another German Ubisoft studio,
Blue Byte Ubisoft Blue Byte GmbH (Blue Byte until 2017) is a German video game holding company owned by Ubisoft. It was founded in October 1988 by Thomas Hertzler and Lothar Schmitt as a developer and was best known for developing the '' Anno'' and ''The ...
. Related Designs was assigned the Blue Byte name in June 2014. The studio was rebranded Ubisoft Mainz in August 2019.


Ubisoft Bordeaux

Ubisoft Bordeaux was founded in September 2017 in
Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
, France. It serves as a support studio and collaborates with the Annecy, Paris and Montpellier studios on their future titles. The studio is headed by Julien Mayeux. Ubisoft Bordeaux has more than 300 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Bucharest

Ubisoft Bucharest in
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, Romania, was founded by six members in 1992 as Ubisoft's first in-house studio that was based outside France. They developed games in the ''
Chessmaster ''Chessmaster'' is a chess-playing computer game series, which is owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold . Timeline *1986: '' The Chessmaster 2000''. First pub ...
'', '' Silent Hunter'', and '' H.A.W.X'' series. It also supported other studios on the development of ''
Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice D ...
'' multiplayer, ''
Assassin's Creed Rogue ''Assassin's Creed Rogue'' is a 2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Sofia and published by Ubisoft. It is the seventh major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series, and is set between 2013's '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black ...
'', '' Just Dance'', and '' Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier''. A separate team in
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was established in September 2008 with 12 employees. In December 2008, 126 employees were added to the two studios (75 in Bucharest and 51 in Craiova), with the total staff count reaching around 770.


Ubisoft CRC (EMEA)

Ubisoft Consumer Relationship Center manages Customer Support and Community Management for Europe, Middle East & Asian territories and is located in
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, England.


Ubisoft Kyiv

Ubisoft Kyiv was founded in 2008 in
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, Ukraine, originally as Ubisoft Kiev. The studio's focus is to port Ubisoft games to
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s (PCs), and the studio has also worked on titles such as ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier'' is a Third-person shooter, third-person tactical shooter video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It was released in May and June 2012. ''Tom ...
'' and ''
Watch Dogs 2 ''Watch Dogs 2'' (stylized as ''WATCH_DOGS 2'') is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sequel to 2014's ''Watch Dogs'' and the second installment in the ''Watch Dogs'' series. It was ...
''. Ubisoft Kyiv partnered with
Massive Entertainment Massive Entertainment AB is a Swedish video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Malmö. The company has been fully owned by Ubisoft since 2008. The studio is known for ''Tom Clancy's The Division'', '' The Division 2'', '' Ground Co ...
on
Uplay Ubisoft Connect (formerly Uplay) is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications service developed by Ubisoft to provide an experience similar to the achievements/trophies offered by various other game compa ...
and frequently worked with
RedLynx Ubisoft is a French video game publisher headquartered in Montreuil, founded in March 1986 by the Guillemot brothers. Since its establishment, Ubisoft has become one of the largest video game publishers, and it has the largest in-house developme ...
on ''
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'' games. In 2016, the studio launched a quality control department for PC ports. Recently, Ubisoft Kyiv has worked closely with
Ubisoft Quebec Ubisoft Quebec is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Quebec City. The studio was established in June 2005 and is best known for its work in the ''Assassin's Creed'' franchise. History French video game publisher ...
on ''
Assassin's Creed Odyssey ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It is the eleventh major installment in the '' Assassin's Creed'' series and the successor to 2017's ''Assassin's Creed ...
'' PC version, and with
RedLynx Ubisoft is a French video game publisher headquartered in Montreuil, founded in March 1986 by the Guillemot brothers. Since its establishment, Ubisoft has become one of the largest video game publishers, and it has the largest in-house developme ...
on ''
Trials Rising ''Trials Rising'' is a 2.5D fault-based racing game developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and Ubisoft Kyiv and published by Ubisoft. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Stadia in November 2019 ...
''. In December 2019, Ubisoft Kiev was rebranded as Ubisoft Kyiv to adopt the Ukrainian spelling of the city's name.


Ubisoft Leamington

Ubisoft Leamington, formerly FreeStyleGames, was founded in
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, England, in 2002 by six industry veterans formerly of
Codemasters The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer based in Southam, England, which is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts. Founded by brothers Richard and David Darling in Octo ...
and Rare. The studio worked on popular music games such as ''
DJ Hero ''DJ Hero'' is a music video game, developed by FreeStyleGames and published by Activision as a rhythm game spin-off of the ''Guitar Hero'' franchise. It was released on October 27, 2009 in North America and on October 29, 2009 in Europe. The ga ...
'' and ''
Sing Party ''Sing Party'' (formerly just ''SiNG'', and stylized as ''SiNG PARTY'') is a Music video game, music Party video game, party video game developed by Nintendo and FreeStyleGames and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. It is a karaoke-style game a ...
'' while it was owned by
Activision Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one o ...
. After the commercial failure of ''
Guitar Hero Live ''Guitar Hero Live'' is a 2015 music rhythm video game developed by FreeStyleGames and published by Activision. It is the seventh main installment in the ''Guitar Hero'' series. The game was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xb ...
'', Activision sold the studio to Ubisoft, which directed the studio to work with
Ubisoft Reflections Ubisoft Reflections Limited (formerly Reflections and later Reflections Interactive Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Founded in 1984 by Martin Edmondson and Nicholas Chamberlain, th ...
. Ubisoft Leamington works closely with
Ubisoft Reflections Ubisoft Reflections Limited (formerly Reflections and later Reflections Interactive Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Founded in 1984 by Martin Edmondson and Nicholas Chamberlain, th ...
ans has more than 100 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Milan

Ubisoft Milan was founded in 1998 in
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, Italy. The studio's initial focus was to develop handheld titles, and it brought ''
Rayman ''Rayman'' is a franchise of platform video games, created by video game designer Michel Ancel for Ubisoft. Since the release of the original ''Rayman'' game in 1995, the series has produced a total of 45 games across multiple platforms. The s ...
'' and ''
Rayman 2 Forever ''Rayman 2: The Great Escape'' is a 1999 platform video game developed by Ubi Pictures and published by Ubi Soft for the Nintendo 64, Microsoft Windows, Sega Dreamcast and Sony PlayStation. An enhanced remake titled ''Rayman Revolution'' (''Ray ...
'' to
Game Boy Color The (commonly abbreviated as GBC) is a handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on October 21, 1998 and to international markets that November. It is the successor to the Game Boy and is part of the Game ...
and '' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Prophecy'' to
Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...
. The Milan studio also served as a support studio for Ubisoft, assisting other studios on many games, such as ''
Beyond Good & Evil ''Beyond Good & Evil'' is a 2003 action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox and GameCube platforms. The story follows the adventures of Jade, an investigative reporter and m ...
'', '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear'', '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword'', '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow'', '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'', '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent'', '' Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'', ''
Assassin's Creed Rogue ''Assassin's Creed Rogue'' is a 2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Sofia and published by Ubisoft. It is the seventh major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series, and is set between 2013's '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black ...
'', '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'', and ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands'' is a third-person tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris in collaboration with Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Belgra ...
'', and is a core developer of the '' Just Dance'' series. The studio's focus then shifted to develop games that require
motion control Motion control is a sub-field of automation, encompassing the systems or sub-systems involved in moving parts of machines in a controlled manner. Motion control systems are extensively used in a variety of fields for automation purposes, includi ...
, including ''
MotionSports ''MotionSports'' is a sports video game released for the Xbox 360 in November 2010 by Ubisoft. It was one of the first games released for use with the Kinect motion sensing device. Reception The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to t ...
'' (with the Barcellona studio), ''
We Dare ''We Dare'' is an adult-oriented party video game developed by Ubisoft Milan, for the Wii and PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming systems. It is marketed as a "sexy, quirky, party game" and involves kissing, striptease and spanking. However, reviewers in c ...
'', and '' Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking'' (with the Paris studio). The studio was the lead developer of the company's first
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exclusive game, ''
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...
'', together with Ubisoft Paris; it also developed ''Donkey Kong Adventure'', the
downloadable content Downloadable content (DLC) is additional content created for an already released video game, distributed through the Internet by the game's publisher. It can either be added for no extra cost or it can be a form of video game monetization, enablin ...
for that game, and the sequel ''
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope ''Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope'' is a 2022 action-adventure turn-based strategy video game developed by Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Paris and published by Ubisoft for the Nintendo Switch. The game is a crossover between Nintendo's ''Mario'' and U ...
''.


Ubisoft Montpellier

Ubisoft Montpellier, formerly Ubi Pictures, was founded in 1994 as one of Ubisoft's graphics departments in
Castelnau-le-Lez Castelnau-le-Lez (; oc, Castèlnòu de Les) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located on the outskirts of Montpellier, it is situated around 3 km (1.8 mi) north of the city centre. In 20 ...
, France. The studio has released several successful games under
Michel Ancel Michel Ancel (; born 29 March 1972) is a French video game designer. He is best known for creating the '' Rayman'' franchise and was the lead designer or director for several of the games, including ''Rayman Origins'' and its sequel ''Rayman Leg ...
's direction, including ''
Rayman ''Rayman'' is a franchise of platform video games, created by video game designer Michel Ancel for Ubisoft. Since the release of the original ''Rayman'' game in 1995, the series has produced a total of 45 games across multiple platforms. The s ...
'' and ''
Beyond Good & Evil ''Beyond Good & Evil'' is a 2003 action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox and GameCube platforms. The story follows the adventures of Jade, an investigative reporter and m ...
''. The company also worked on several licensed titles, including '' The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn'' and ''
Peter Jackson's King Kong ''Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie'' (also known as ''Peter Jackson's King Kong'', or simply ''King Kong'') is a 2005 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft, based on the 20 ...
'', and collaborated with
Eric Chahi The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...
on ''
From Dust ''From Dust'' is a god video game, designed by Éric Chahi and developed by Ubisoft Montpellier. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade in 2011. Described as a spiritual successor to '' Populous' ...
''. The studio also developed the
UbiArt Framework The UbiArt Framework is a 2.5D video game engine developed by Ubisoft Montpellier. Its function is to organize 2D animated vector graphics into a playable video game without extensive coding. History In 2010, Ubisoft announced '' Rayman Origi ...
engine, used in titles like ''
Rayman Origins ''Rayman Origins'' is a 2011 platform video game developed and published by Ubisoft. It is the fourth main installment in the ''Rayman'' series and the first main installment since '' Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc'' (2003). The game was released for ...
'', ''
Rayman Legends ''Rayman Legends'' is a platform video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth main title in the ''Rayman'' series and the direct sequel to the 2011 game ''Rayman Origins''. The game was released for Micr ...
'' and '' Valiant Hearts: The Great War''. The company is working on '' Beyond Good and Evil 2'' and ''
Space Junkies Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually conside ...
''.


Ubisoft Odesa

Ubisoft Odesa was founded in
Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...
, Ukraine, in March 2018. As the second studio in Ukraine, it will work alongside
Ubisoft Kyiv Ubisoft is a French video game publisher headquartered in Montreuil, founded in March 1986 by the Guillemot brothers. Since its establishment, Ubisoft has become one of the largest video game publishers, and it has the largest in-house developme ...
on games such as the ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon'' is a series of military tactical shooter video games published by Ubisoft. In the series, the player is in charge of a fictional, newly conceived squad of U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Ba ...
'' series and ''
Trials Rising ''Trials Rising'' is a 2.5D fault-based racing game developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and Ubisoft Kyiv and published by Ubisoft. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in February 2019, for Stadia in November 2019 ...
''.


Ubisoft Paris

Ubisoft Paris was founded in 1992 in Montreuil, France, and was the first in-house studio for Ubisoft. Ubisoft Paris worked on several early ''
Rayman ''Rayman'' is a franchise of platform video games, created by video game designer Michel Ancel for Ubisoft. Since the release of the original ''Rayman'' game in 1995, the series has produced a total of 45 games across multiple platforms. The s ...
'' games as well as its spin-off, ''
Raving Rabbids ''Rabbids'', also known as ''Raving Rabbids'' (French: ''Lapins Crétins''), is a multimedia franchise developed and published by Ubisoft. It originated as a spin-off video game from the ''Rayman'' video game series, 2006's ''Rayman Raving Rabbi ...
''. It became the core developer of the ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon'' is a series of military tactical shooter video games published by Ubisoft. In the series, the player is in charge of a fictional, newly conceived squad of U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Ba ...
'' series and the '' Just Dance'' series, one of the most successful rhythm games in the market. The studio's latest work was ''
Ghost Recon Breakpoint ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint'' is an online-only tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris and published by Ubisoft. The game was released worldwide on 4 October 2019 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, and on 18 De ...
''. Ubisoft Paris has more than 700 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Paris Mobile

Ubisoft Paris Mobile was created in 2013 and is co-located with Ubisoft Paris in Montreuil, France. The studio worked on the mobile game '' Assassin's Creed: Pirates''.


Ubisoft Reflections

Ubisoft Reflections was founded in 1984 in
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, England. The company has developed several successful franchises, including ''
Destruction Derby ''Destruction Derby'' is a vehicular combat racing video game developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Psygnosis. Based on the sport of demolition derby, the game tasks the player with racing and destroying cars to score points. ...
'' and '' Driver'' before Ubisoft's acquisition in July 2006. After Reflections' acquisition, the company continued to work on new ''Driver'' titles, with the latest being 2011's '' Driver: San Francisco''. The studio then turned to become a support team to work on other titles such as ''
Tom Clancy's The Division ''Tom Clancy's The Division'' is an online-only action role-playing video game developed by Massive Entertainment and published in 2016 by Ubisoft, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is set in a near future New York City in ...
'', worked on vehicle physics for other Ubisoft games, and experimented with smaller projects such as ''
Grow Home ''Grow Home'' is an adventure platform video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft. It was released for Microsoft Windows on February 4, 2015, and for PlayStation 4 on September 1, 2015. The game follows a robot named B.U. ...
''. The studio is managed by Pauline Jacquey. Ubisoft Reflections works closely with
Ubisoft Leamington Ubisoft Leamington (formerly FreeStyleGames Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Leamington Spa. Founded in November 2002 by six industry veterans formerly of Codemasters and Rare, the studios was bough ...
and has more than 250 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Sofia

Ubisoft Sofia was founded in 2006 in
Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
, Bulgaria. The studio works as a co-development studio and has led the development of '' Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' and ''
Assassin's Creed Rogue ''Assassin's Creed Rogue'' is a 2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Sofia and published by Ubisoft. It is the seventh major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series, and is set between 2013's '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black ...
''.


Ubisoft Stockholm

Ubisoft Stockholm was founded in 2017 in
Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, Sweden. Led by Patrick Bach, the studio will collaborate with Massive Entertainment on the upcoming ''
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'' video game.


Asia


Ubisoft Abu Dhabi

Ubisoft Abu Dhabi was founded in 2011 in
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...
, United Arab Emirates, with the goal of fostering the video game industry in the country. The studio focuses on working on mobile titles, such as the '' CSI'' series, and maintain ''
Growtopia ''Growtopia'', commonly referred to as GT, is a massively multiplayer online sandbox video game where players can chat, farm, add friends, trade, build worlds, and engage in player versus player combat. The game was initially released on Androi ...
'', a game Ubisoft acquired in 2017. Ubisoft Abu Dhabi has more than 60 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Chengdu

Ubisoft Chengdu was founded in 2008 in
Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
, as Ubisoft's second studio in China. The studio also served as a support studio, working on games such as '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game'', and provided Chinese localisation services for games like '' Might & Magic: Duel of Champions''. Ubisoft Chengdu led the development of ''Monkey King Escape'', a mobile title, and
casual game A casual game is a video game targeted at a mass market audience, as opposed to a hardcore game, which is targeted at hobbyist gamers. Casual games may exhibit any type of gameplay and genre. They generally involve simpler rules, shorter sessio ...
s ''
Scrabble ''Scrabble'' is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left t ...
'' (2013), '' Uno'' (2017) and ''
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''. Ubisoft Chengdu has more than 420 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Da Nang

Ubisoft Da Nang was established in September 2019 in
Da Nang Nang or DanangSee also Danang Dragons ( ; vi, Đà Nẵng, ) is a class-1 municipality and the fifth-largest city in Vietnam by municipal population. It lies on the coast of the East Sea of Vietnam at the mouth of the Hàn River, and is one ...
, Vietnam. It will help develop mobile games and "Instant Games" for other platforms like Facebook, with plans to hire 100 developers in three years.


Ubisoft Mumbai

Ubisoft Mumbai was established in
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
in June 2018, and is the second studio in India after
Ubisoft Pune Ubisoft is a French video game publisher headquartered in Montreuil, founded in March 1986 by the Guillemot brothers. Since its establishment, Ubisoft has become one of the largest video game publishers, and it has the largest in-house developme ...
. It will work alongside Ubisoft Pune as well as collaborate with local universities.


Ubisoft Osaka

Ubisoft Osaka, formerly known as Digital Kids, was founded in
Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
, Japan. It was acquired by Ubisoft in 2008, and has since created many handheld titles, including ''
Petz ''Petz'' (''Dogz'' and ''Catz'') is a series of single-player video games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets. The original ''Petz'' has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and ...
''. The studio collaborates with
Ubisoft San Francisco Ubisoft is a French video game publisher headquartered in Montreuil, founded in March 1986 by the Guillemot brothers. Since its establishment, Ubisoft has become one of the largest video game publishers, and it has the largest in-house developme ...
.


Ubisoft Philippines

Ubisoft Philippines was founded in 2016 as the first major game studio in the Philippines. The studio is located on the campus of
De La Salle University De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the I ...
in
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, and develops new
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games alongside
Ubisoft Singapore Ubisoft Singapore Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean video game developer and studio of Ubisoft based at Fusionopolis. The studio was founded in 2008 and has contributed to the majority of ''Assassin's Creed'' games. It is currently leading the developme ...
. Ubisoft Philippines has 150 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Pune

Ubisoft Pune in
Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
, India, was originally part of
Gameloft Gameloft SE is a French video game publisher based in Paris, founded in December 1999 by Ubisoft co-founder Michel Guillemot. The company operates 18 development studios worldwide, and publishes games with a special focus on the mobile games m ...
, a mobile game developer and publisher, until Ubisoft acquired it in 2008, at which point it had 35 members. The studio then worked on several '' Just Dance'' titles, mobile titles, ported to other console such as
Nintendo Switch The is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. The console itself is a Tablet computer#Gaming tablet, tablet that can either be docking station, docked for use as a home video ...
, and provided
quality assurance Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to ensure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design ...
tests for many Ubisoft games. The studio was working on the
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for '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time''. Ubisoft Pune has more than 1,200 employees as of May 2021.


Ubisoft Shanghai

Ubisoft Shanghai was founded in 1996 in
Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
, and has become one of China's largest development studios. The studio has worked as the support team for many of Ubisoft's projects, such as the ''
Far Cry ''Far Cry'' is an anthology franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft. The first game, ''Far Cry'', was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Subsequent ...
'' franchise, working on wildlife animation and
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.


Ubisoft Singapore

Ubisoft Singapore was formed in 2008 as Ubisoft's first in-house studio in South-East Asia, located on the
Fusionopolis Fusionopolis (Chinese: 启汇城) is a research and development complex located at the one-north business park in Singapore. It houses various research organizations, high-tech companies, government agencies, retail outlets, and serviced apartment ...
complex in
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
. Having served as a support studio, working on games such as '' Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands'' and ''
Assassin's Creed II ''Assassin's Creed II'' is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montréal and published by Ubisoft. It is the second major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series, and the sequel to 2007's '' Assassin's Creed''. The g ...
'', the company worked on the naval combat of ''
Assassin's Creed III ''Assassin's Creed III'' is a 2012 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Microsoft Windows. It is the fifth major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series ...
'' before significantly expanding it with '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' and ''
Assassin's Creed Rogue ''Assassin's Creed Rogue'' is a 2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Sofia and published by Ubisoft. It is the seventh major installment in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series, and is set between 2013's '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black ...
''. The company is also responsible for making the AAA multiplayer online shooting game ''
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Phantoms'' was a multiplayer video game, multiplayer third-person shooter, third-person tactical shooter video game, released in 2014 as a free-to-play game for Microsoft Windows. The game is part of Tom Clancy's Ghost ...
'', released in 2014 and closed in December 2016. After the closure of ''Ghost Recon Phantoms'', the studio's creative director, Justin Farren, came to Ubisoft's E3 2017 press conference to announce their new IP named '' Skull & Bones'', the development of which it would lead. The game is scheduled to be released sometime after April 2022. Ubisoft Singapore has 500 employees as of May 2021.


Former


Sunflowers Interactive

Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH was founded in 1993 by Adi Boiko and Wilhelm Hamrozi, and was based in
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, Germany. The company was best known for creating and publishing the '' Anno'' series of
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games. In December 2001, Sunflowers Interactive struck a four-year exclusivity deal with Bulgarian developer
Black Sea Studios Creative Assembly Sofia (formerly Black Sea Studios and Crytek Black Sea) is a Bulgarian video game developer based in Sofia. It was founded in May 2001 by Vesselin Handjiev. In July 2008, the company was acquired by Crytek, which then sold it t ...
, which resulted in '' Knights of Honor'' (2004). In March 2002, the company dismantled their entire internal development studio, shifting their focus onto third-party publishing. To do so, they acquired a 30% stake in Berlin-based studio . Sunflowers Interactive furthermore signed a contract with
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in August 2006, which gained them wider distribution of their games in North America. Ubisoft announced on 11 April 2007 that they had acquired Sunflowers Interactive and the ''Anno'' series, of which the company would be merged into Ubisoft's own distribution arm. Co-founder Boiko stated that he was satisfied with the acquisition, knowing that Ubisoft and Related Designs would be creating "something amazing". However, both Boiko and Hamrozi stated that they did not want to work for Ubisoft, and planned to establish a new venture instead.


Ubisoft Casablanca

Ubisoft Casablanca was opened in April 1998 in
Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Morocco. The studio's first production was the
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version of '' Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers''. Ubisoft Casablanca assisted the development of various games for portable platforms. In June 2007, Ubisoft stated that they were to expand the studio by 150 people using government incentives. Between 2008 and 2010, the studio also operated a campus that sought to train 300 game development graduates. Ubisoft Casablanca was shuttered on 13 June 2016, following a shift in the marketplace, and the studio's position not being compatible with Ubisoft's plans going forward. The studio previously employed 48 staff members and was the oldest video game studio in
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. Companies set up by former Ubisoft Casablanca employees include developers TheWallGames founded by Yassine Arif, Rym Games by Imad Kharijah and Othman El Bahraoui, and Palm Grove Software by Khalil Arafan, as well as the collective Moroccan Game Developers founded in 2011 by Arif and Osama Hussain to promote video game development in Morocco.


Ubisoft Sao Paulo

Ubisoft Sao Paulo was located in
São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, Brazil. The studio's foundation was announced on 24 June 2008 with a planned opening with 20 employees set for late July 2008, seeking to employ about 200 total staff after a four-year lifespan. Early on,
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Bertrand Chaverot stated that Ubisoft was considering to open additional studios in
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
and
Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...
. On 20 January 2009, it was announced that Ubisoft had acquired
Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
-based Southlogic Studios, which was merged into Ubisoft Sao Paulo. On 29 September 2010, Ubisoft reported that, due to a declining market interest in
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games, the operations in Brazil would be re-evaluated, and that Ubisoft Sao Paulo's development facilities would be ramped down by the end of the year.


Ubisoft Zurich

Ubisoft Zurich began hiring for an unannounced
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game in August 2011. The company was set up by Yann Le Tensorer, who became its
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, in
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, a suburb of
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, Switzerland. In an interview with Swiss magazine ''
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'', Le Tensorer explained that Ubisoft Zurich would be developing games with a focus on online gameplay. He also stated that the company was planning to initially hire 20 people, and later expand the studio as the Swiss game development scene grew, as it was the case with Ubisoft Montreal. However, in October 2013, Ubisoft announced that Ubisoft Zurich would be closed by the end of that month, citing the cancellation of the studio's only in-development game as reason for the closure. 16 people were laid off in the process, all of whom were offered positions in other Ubisoft studios.


Wolfpack Studios

Wolfpack Studios Inc. was founded in
Round Rock, Texas Round Rock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in Williamson County (with a small part in Travis County), which is a part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. Its population is 119,468 as of the 2020 census. The city straddles the Bal ...
, in 1999 by J. Todd Coleman, together with high school friend James Nance and college roommate Josef Hall, in 1999. Ubisoft announced on 1 March 2004 that they had acquired Wolfpack Studios, which at the time had between 20 and 25 employees, for an undisclosed price. All three founders left the company after the purchase, of which Coleman and Hall later joined
KingsIsle Entertainment KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Round Rock, Texas. Founded in January 2005 by Elie Akilian, the company operates a development studio in Round Rock, Texas, which hosts the majority of its staff. Kings ...
. On 1 April 2006, Ubisoft announced that the company would be closed down on 15 May 2006. Wolfpack Studios' only product was ''
Shadowbane ''Shadowbane'' was a free-to-play fantasy role-playing video game (MMORPG) created by Wolfpack Studios and published on March 25, 2003 by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Originally commercial and subscription-driven, ''Shadow ...
'', which was released in March 2003. Several former members of Wolfpack Studios established a successor, Stray Bullet Games, in the same offices on 1 June 2006.


References


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