Even before the time of that stake, Tencent and Ubisoft had teamed up to release Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos for the Chinese audience. This was a time when French entertainment company Vivendi attempted a hostile takeover of Ubisoft. Tencent’s motion to allow dealings with Ubisoft in futureīack in 2018, Tencent took a 5% stake in Ubisoft. Much like toys and movies are used to further franchises, the mobile market is a vibrant and ever-expanding place for companies to promote their brand. They see the mobile gaming industry as a place, that they can further expand their franchises and brands.

For those who don’t know, Ubisoft is a AAA quality game developer on console and PC. You can catch up on everything announced at today's Ubisoft Forward event with our full roundup.Furthermore, Ubisoft announced that they’re really interested in creating high-end and high-quality games for mobile gamers, based on their widely popular intellectual properties. They're not expected until sometime beyond 2023.įor more from Ubisoft Forward, check out the new details about the next game in the series, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and the announcement of an open-world Assassin’s Creed game for mobile. However, the use of the term “standalone” suggests that, similar to Call of Duty’s Warzone, this will exist separate to the flagship games that will also live in Infinity. No further details were revealed, so it’s currently unclear if Ubisoft is planning the return of the cat-and-mouse style multiplayer modes from the Ezio years of Assassin’s Creed, something akin to Unity’s co-op missions, or even both. “We’re actually investigating how we will bring back standalone, multiplayer experiences into the Assassin’s Creed universe, all connected to the Infinity Hub,” he said. Codename Red and Hexe were the only two games formally announced for the new platform, but Côté also revealed that Infinity will see the return of multiplayer to Assassin’s Creed.

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