Ubisoft cancels six games and delays others amid a restructuring into five genre-specific “creative houses”; it expects net bookings of ~€1.5B for FY 2025-2026
Ubisoft Entertainment SA is canceling game projects, shutting down studios and cutting its guidance …
Bloomberg Benoit Berthelot
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@princeofpersia
@princeofpersia
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Pure Xbox
Fraser Gilbert
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Prince Of Persia Remake Team Shares Final Message Following Game's Cancellation
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@grummz
@grummz
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Ubisoft cancels more games and will lay off more people. So much for “the chuds were wrong, Ubisoft is doing great!.” Remember when we started, Ubisoft was strong and nobody believed we could get them to change, being so big. But we did. Let's hope the anti-woke lessons we
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@oliverjia1014
Oliver Jia
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The original will always be there thankfully, but this is awful news for the people who worked on this project for so many years. Unfortunately, cancelations and layoffs are just becoming the norm now. Hope the team is able to find other work.
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@gameoverthirty
@gameoverthirty
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Major update from #Ubisoft today. The company will continue to split into 5 different “creative houses.” Each creative house will be responsible for their own financial success and will make decisions based on their own market needs / outlook. (Reminder: Vantage Studios is house …
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@synthpotato
@synthpotato
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This isn't surprising. I just hope this reset means a higher bar of quality is set because it is objective fact that Ubisoft titles are not as good as they used to be. Bring back Rayman, Far Cry, The Division, Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs. They focused on live-services for too long.
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@legacykillahd
Michael
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Truly insane. Never trust Ubisoft with anything. Have little hope we see the new Splinter Cell project and or it ends up being good. Absolute mess of a company...
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@thencsmaster
@thencsmaster
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Ubisoft has to be on the verge of death or a total buyout at this point I haven't seen a game company flounder and be such a void of quality in years
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@mr_rebs_
@mr_rebs_
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In a media call, Ubisoft chief financial officer Frederick Duguet explained the decision to cancel Prince of Persia Sands of Times remake and 5 other games, and delay seven games including an unannounced project that (according to Jason Schrier) could be the Black Flag Remake.
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@shinobi602
@shinobi602
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Ubisoft details ‘major company reset’ amid reorganization efforts: ▪️6 games cancelled including four unannounced games (three were new IP), a mobile title, and Prince of Persia remake ▪️7 games have been delayed for better quality, one of which was expected before April 2026, [i…
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@nintyprime
@nintyprime
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While the game was recently rated, they said the decision to can the game is because it didn't meat their quality standards. It's interesting because Ubisoft of 5 years ago wouldn't care about the standards, and they closed a studio that made a super high quality PoP game just
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@jessthomas
Jess
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The state of Ubisoft. [image]
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@stephentotilo
Stephen Totilo
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Ubisoft cancels Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake — “discontinued 6 games that do not meet the new enhanced quality as well as more selective portfolio prioritization criteria at Group level. These include [PoP] remake as well as 4 unannounced titles, including 3 new IP's,…
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@dmc-ryan
Ryan McCaffrey
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WTF? Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake canceled? Ubisoft NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. — And it was only one of six cancellations. So help me God if one of the other cancellations was the Splinter Cell remake... www.ign.com/articles/ubi...
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@jasonschreier
Jason Schreier
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BREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.
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@stephentotilo
Stephen Totilo
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Ubisoft headcount has declined by over 3,000 people since the start of a €300 million cost reduction plan. — Today they said they plan €200 million more in cuts by March 2028 [embedded post]
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@nickjcal
Nick Calandra
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It's interesting that we haven't heard of any executive pay cuts for driving Ubisoft into the ground. — Oh wait, that's the world we live in.
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@errant-signal.com
Chris Franklin
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The idea that Rainbow Six or FarCry will generate a billion dollars in revenue annually as a franchise is — I mean it's an idea
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@brianpshea
Brian Shea
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Oof. Not unexpected, but still a gut-punch. I've been saying I'm worried about Ubisoft for a couple of years now, and this feels like dam finally breaking. I don't know that these moves will turn the company around, but this is huge news from what was once one of the powerhous…
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@jasonschreier
Jason Schreier
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For the last few weeks, rumors have been circulating that Prince of Persia: Sands of Time was completed and would be released on January 16. In reality, Ubisoft was not happy with the state of the game and decided to cancel it as part of a massive reorganization
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r/anno
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I really hope this doesn't affect Anno 117 development and future Anno titles
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@campuscodi.risky.biz
Catalin Cimpanu
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Ubisoft... the company that adopted NFTs and blockchains for their games with catastrophic results... now jumps on the AI bandwagon and follows it up with major staff and game cuts. — Guess how this is gonna end up? [embedded post]
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r/pcgaming
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Ubisoft Cancels 6 Projects Including Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Closes 2 Studios and Confirms Further Layoffs in Major Company Restructure
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Pure Xbox
Fraser Gilbert
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Ubisoft Cancels Multiple Games, Closes Studios, And Unveils New Strategy For The Future
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r/weeklyplanetpodcast
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James just collapses to his knees in the podcast studio