Seemingly satisfied with the outcomes of delaying Murderer’s Creed: Shadows, Ubisoft has introduced that it’s pushing again a number of unannounced initiatives.
Talking on the firm’s monetary name in the present day, Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot appeared to counsel that the delays revolve across the writer’s prime 5 huge manufacturers – Murderer’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, The Division and Ghost Recon.
“After a assessment of our pipeline, we have now determined to offer extra growth time to a few of our greatest productions so as to create the very best situations for achievement,” Guillemot mentioned in the present day in an announcement. “As a consequence, FY2026-27 and FY2027-28 will see important content material coming from our largest manufacturers.”
As for this yr, Ubisoft says that Anno 117: Pax Romana and the long-awaited Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake are each due. It additionally lists the Division spin-off The Resurgence, Rainbow Six Cellular, the primary Murderer’s Creed: Shadows enlargement and “a number of unannounced titles.”
Ubisoft went on to reaffirm that Murderer’s Creed: Shadows was a success, shifting sufficient to make it the franchise’s second greatest launch. With that mentioned, Ubisoft hasn’t really mentioned what number of copies have been offered, nor have they revealed what number of gamers have gone on stabbing sprees because the sport handed 3 million within the first week.
In the meantime, Ubisoft has been going forward with its new cost-cutting measures. Sadly, meaning extra jobs misplaced, though that was inevitable as Ubisoft’s worker depend stays astoundingly excessive at 17,782 individuals.
“Conscious of the challenges forward, we took decisive steps to proceed strengthening the corporate’s future,” Guillemot mentioned. “The launch of Murderer’s Creed Shadows was a defining second. It reaffirmed the facility of the Murderer’s Creed model, with a extremely favorable group response from long-time followers and new gamers alike. We additionally accomplished our preliminary value financial savings program forward of schedule. We’re dedicated to going additional, with extra financial savings of at the least €100m over the subsequent two years to drive structural efficiencies and reinforce the foundations of our organisation.”
Ubisoft additionally went on to say that it will announce additional particulars about its plan to spin-off a brand new subsidiary later this yr. Mentioned new firm has been evaluated at over $4 billion, with a $1.5 billion funding from Tencent, and will probably be given Ubisoft’s greatest franchises.
