Ubisoft Explores Strategic Options as Assassin's Creed Shadows Faces Delay
The French game publisher faces financial strain, share value decline, and mounting pressure to deliver a high-quality release while considering potential partnerships.
- Ubisoft has delayed the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows to March 20, 2025, marking the game's second postponement to improve quality and integrate player feedback.
- The delay follows concerns over the game's early footage and aims to avoid issues like those seen in the buggy release of Star Wars: Outlaws.
- Ubisoft's financial forecasts have been lowered, with the company reporting a €20 million cost from the initial delay and a 3.8% drop in share value after the announcement.
- The publisher is implementing aggressive cost-cutting measures, targeting over €200 million in annualized savings by FY2025-26, and will only greenlight carefully evaluated projects moving forward.
- Amid financial challenges, Ubisoft is exploring strategic and capitalistic opportunities, including potential partnerships, with reports suggesting discussions with Tencent about a possible deal.
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