Ubisoft and Tencent's New Company Stewards Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, More Starting Today

Yeah let’s see how long Ubisoft proper survives after this one. Corporate greed at its finest.

Match made in hell

Only way it’s getting better is if the Guillemots get ousted. Not happening now though.

Genuinely worried about the direction of the industry but that’s more a symptom of the overall world. Between the Chinese state, Saudi Investment Fund, Thiel, Musk and Kushner, pretty much every company is involved with grubby money somewhere.

So EA, Activision, Bethesda, Xbox and Ubisoft are pretty much done…

As much as I'm wary of Tencent, I'd like to at least see how the first few games are before I cast judgement on the endeavor. Who knows? Maybe this will result in better AC, FC, and RS games.

As long as this doesnt effect ubisoft classics, don't want to be losing a numberof games from plus premium

Well, it’s hard to fall off the floor. Let’s see what happens.

@IOI its either time for renaissance or bust, in the software industry it seems as long as its not "AI"...

We might finally get some good game now

@KillerBoy AC & FC are well past their peaks 💀

IF they handle the IPs well, which they won't sadly. Business model issues that will ruin them even further is not a good idea. You can have big IPs but if you ruin them or have less others to work with your limiting yourself too much. They need enough time, enough balance, good leadership not business model first only leadership that ruins them and makes them have a worse identity, worse appeal and not capturing enough to make any audiences interested.

Or do they think oh digital for most they won't refund who cares. When people are picky for a reason to look things up, see if it appeals because of only some games have demos and only go for it at discount, straight away, wait for updates, not touch it at all. Among other factors.

It needs enough of that appeal to be worth a purchase. Not blindly like they think. I've gotten more detached over time so I don't understand what they expect from people to be more interested or narrow minded and blindly support them. XD These leaders are so stupid. They seem to forget some have preferences, not everyone is blindly going for things.

They need the staying power and right decisions not business models to ruin the IPs or not have others for other audiences to care to experience things.

Big sources owning them is one thing but if the decisions kick in then we know for sure. As if Ubisoft or EA or others haven't already been going the way they are already before Tencent or the other big sources. It's just hilarious, players already see it, companies try to hang in there yet seem to forget they aren't convincing some, may be the clueless, so it's really saying a lot right now.

AC Shadows tries but is clear how it turned out to make the most of what it could. Rainbow Six is doing what it can, Splintercell taking its time to come back, Ghost Recon, Rar Cry being messed up with extraction or other nonsense when I thought he 3/reuse to make something else, 4/reuse to make something else, 5/reuse to make something else, 6 was going well. Apparently not enough. Even if 6 they tried but had to do one thing ten made it into what it ended up as to 'give enough of the impression', it changed some things but only did so much.

Making an Extraction shooter out of Far Cry, not others, is like Nintendo changing Metroid to Federation Force, I like Federation Force but I wouldn't want the series to be 'just that', Far Cry has way more personality/possibilities it can be then being put into a certain box for business, same with Metroid.

Having less of the other types is sad IF that does happen, but we got a fair amount of them at least. The current Prince of Persias, the Mario Rabbids, Red Steel, the bike one, Trials, Trackmania and other odd stuff.

I’m not buying any more of their mediocre games, all three franchises mentioned were boring imho.

Joint Ventures is what Beijing has been requiring for decades for the west. And western companies want cheap money in the exchange for access to that market. Joint ventures (tech transfers) have benefited China tremendously in every industry!

Great idea, even more microtransactions or even Assassin's Creed: Gacha incoming.

@nessisonett Sorry to bother you about something unrelated, but I've spent the last few minutes trying to figure out your username and I'm very curious: is it a play on "Ness (of Onett) is on it?"

@hisownsidekick Yes! You’re one of the few to get it lmao, it’s a pun from Nintendo magazine like 17 years ago.

@nessisonett I was sure there was sense to be made of it, haha! Thanks for answering.

Don't mind me. I'm just sat here surrounded by great games from independent devs and publishers like its 1986 all over again watching the empires of old burn and tumble.