(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Ubisoft Entertainment SA’s founding Guillemot family are considering options including a potential buyout of the French video game developer after it lost more than half its market value this year, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by School TurmoilFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed Stad

Tencent would be capped at a 10% stake. The Guillemot family would remain in control, just the way they want it.

  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Maybe Ubisoft should for once make a good game (OK, Rayman Raving Rabbids for Wii was a fun romp for a bit). I’m constantly baffled how a company this shitty that’s constantly making super derivative games got so big in the first place.

    • ElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle was a rare gem from Ubi. Other than that, their best “recent” game is probably Rayman Legends, and that’s like a decade old now