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Ubisoft acquires The Crew developer Ivory Tower



Ivory Tower Joins the Ubisoft Family

Almost a decade ago, three friends at Eden Games came up with an idea for a new genre of racing game. Eight years ago, those three friends founded Ivory Tower, a development studio situated in Lyon, France. And last year, having convinced Ubisoft of the potential of their project from the very start, that game came to life in The Crew, a massive open-world driving game. Development on the game was led by Ivory Tower, working in collaboration with several Ubisoft studios. The Crew has since topped more than 3 million players worldwide, and 2015 also marks the expansion of the experience with the release of The Crew Wild Run.

But 2015 will be a memorable year for the studio for another important reason: the Ivory Tower team is now officially part of the Ubisoft family. After several years of successful collaboration, Ubisoft is excited to be integrating the studio’s expertise into its global network of talents. The 100 team members who work at the studio have developed a recognized expertise in driving, building massive open worlds and creating games with strong online and “games as a service” components, all of which will be huge benefits for Ubisoft as a whole.

Ahmed Boukhelifa, Managing Director of the studio, is excited about the latest move for the studio:

“We’ve always enjoyed a very positive relationship with Ubisoft. Working together on The Crew, and celebrating its success, made us both understand that we have huge potential in continuing to work together in the future. By joining Ubisoft, the team at Ivory Tower will continue to benefit from Ubisoft’s infrastructure, support, tools, technology and vision. In return, we will contribute our own expertise to the broader Ubisoft story.”

The team in Lyon continues to focus on supporting The Crew, and is excited to deliver even more fun and wild rides to the community with the release of The Crew Wild Run on November 17th.

blog.ubi.com

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Former Activision majority owner, Vivendi, buys stake in Ubisoft and Gameloft
动视暴雪前东家威望迪集团入股育碧及Gameloft

　　据华尔街日报消息，动视暴雪的前东家威望迪集团再次通过股份收购的形式重回电子游戏界，这次他们选择的投资对象是同在法国巴黎的育碧和Gameloft。其发言人宣布，在上周威望迪集团以一亿四千万欧元收购了育碧6.6%的股权，同时还以近两千万欧元获得了Gameloft公司6.2%的股票份额。

　　威望迪集团作为法国传媒巨头，之前曾通过收购、合并等方式持有了动视暴雪的大部分股份。但随着2013年其经营状况出现问题后，该集团开始抛售动视暴雪的股票，最后动视暴雪成功脱离威望迪，成为一家独立的游戏制作公司。在该次股权变动完成后，我们所熟悉的腾讯也成了动视暴雪的大股东之一。



Vivendi Buys Back into Videogame Business Via Minority Stakes

Vivendi is re-entering the videogame business, splashing out Euro 160 million ($183 million) to buy stakes in French game publishers Ubisoft Entertainment and Gameloft.

The French media company said late Wednesday that it has spent Euro 140.3 million to buy a 6.6% stake in Ubisoft and another Euro 19.7 million to buy 6.2% of Gameloft.

The purchases are the latest indication of Vivendi Chairman Vincent Bolloré’s strategy after taking control of the group last year. While a wave of asset sales in recent years left Vivendi with a roughly Euro 9 billion war chest, Mr. Bolloré has so far made only relatively small purchases, such as buying French online-video firm Dailymotion or building a minority stake in Italian telecommunications company Telecom Italia.

The purchase of stakes in two videogame companies marks a contrast with Vivendi’s exit two years ago from its controlling stake in U.S.-based videogame giant Activision Blizzard Inc. At the time, Vivendi was under pressure to sell off assets to boost a sagging share price.

Ubisoft is one of the largest videogame makers in the world, known for franchises like Assassin’s Creed. Gameloft is a smaller firm that has seen success by making games for mobile phones. Both companies are based in the Paris area.

The Wall Street Journal - Press Release

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Ubisoft Acquires Longtail Halifax, Now Ubisoft Halifax



Ubisoft Acquires Longtail Halifax

Today, Ubisoft announced it has acquired Longtail Halifax to join its international network of studios. With considerable experience in developing social and casual games, including collaboration with Ubisoft in the past on titles such as Rocksmith and Sports Connection, the studio’s scope will evolve to focus specifically on the development of mobile titles.

“As we continue to grow our mobile business, we are also looking to develop our expertise and expand our network of mobile studios. The team of more than 30 talented people in Halifax brings with it a wealth of experience as well as a clear understanding of Ubisoft’s culture and processes,” said Jean-Michel Detoc, executive director of Ubisoft’s mobile business. “We believe Ubisoft Halifax has the potential to become a AAA mobile studio in this fast-moving and demanding segment.”

The studio is currently working on a number of unannounced mobile titles, and is recruiting for a number of positions to join the team.

“We’re recruiting for 10 positions to grow the team here in Halifax, and are very excited to develop and expand the team’s expertise into the mobile segment,” said Gwenael Heliou, studio manager, Ubisoft Halifax. “Halifax is a vibrant community with a long creative tradition. We are very happy to expand into Atlantic Canada and look forward to developing games that will make Nova Scotia proud”.

Ubisoft collaborated closely with the relevant local authorities, in particular Nova Scotia Business Inc., to successfully establish its expansion in the region. “Nova Scotia Business Inc., worked with Ubisoft to identify Nova Scotia as the best jurisdiction to expand its mobile business - we have a strong talent pool, a thriving gaming sector, and we are competitive when it comes the costs of doing business,” said Laurel Broten, CEO and President of NSBI. “Ubisoft is the third largest independent publisher of video games worldwide and they are an important addition to Nova Scotia’s growing game development sector.”

For more information on job opportunities at the studio visit: ubisoft.com

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Ubisoft's new Ubisoft Club lets you unlock 'extra in-game content' & access betas
育碧新会员体系“育碧俱乐部”上线 多种奖励

　　育碧于近日公开了全新的会员奖励系统——育碧俱乐部，并放出了相关的介绍视频。

　　加入育碧俱乐部的玩家在游玩任意平台的育碧游戏、完成特定任务都可以获得XP和Units用以解锁壁纸、主题等奖励。其中Units更加重要，获得的Units不但可以解锁新的游戏内容、获得新游戏的Beta测试资格还能够以优惠价格购买游戏，目前正推出的打折活动有：

　　100 Units兑换2美元购买《刺客信条：兄弟会》资格;

　　35 Units兑换7折购买《英雄无敌3 HD》资格;

　　125 Units兑换半价购买《飙酷车神》资格;

　　100 Units兑换2折购买《孤岛惊魂3》资格;

　　125 Units兑换半价购买《刺客信条：叛变》资格。

　　之前曾注册过Uplay的玩家只要登录自己的Uplay账户即可加入俱乐部

   

https://club.ubi.com/#/

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Vivendi raises stake in Ubisoft to 10.4 per cent



Vivendi Increases Its Equity Interest in Ubisoft and Gameloft

Vivendi increased its equity stake in Ubisoft and Gameloft, two French companies with internationally-recognized know-how in video games, to respectively 10.39% and 10.20%.

On October 20, 2015, Vivendi held 11.60 million Ubisoft shares and 8.68 million Gameloft shares. These shares were acquired on the market for a total amount of respectively 244 million euros and 34.41 million euros and financed through the Group’s disposable cash.

These investments are part of a strategic vision of operational convergence between Vivendi’s content and platforms on one hand and the Ubisoft and Gameloft productions in video games on the other.

Vivendi is acting alone, is not in concert with a third party and has not concluded a temporary sale agreement regarding the Ubisoft and Gameloft shares or voting rights.

The Group reserves the right to increase its stake in these two companies depending on market conditions and the possibility, in due time, to be represented on their board.

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