Ubisoft Entertainment SA

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Description

Ubisoft (the acronym UBI standing for Union des Bretons Indépendants) was founded in 1986 in Brittany, France, by Yves Guillemot and his four brothers. The company initially focused on distributing games in France and gradually opened development studios all across the globe.

Currently Ubisoft Entertainment SA (formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment Software) is a large international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products with their headquarters located in Montreuil, France. The company has many divisions and offices all over the world, and holds a multitude of intellectual properties, both original and received through acquisitions, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, The Settlers, Might & Magic, Prince of Persia, Rayman and many others. Since their 2000 acquisition of Red Storm Entertainment, they have also held the license to develop and publish games based on the works of Tom Clancy.

Known subsidiaries

Names in italics used to be subsidiaries, but no longer are as they were closed or sold off.

Established studios

  • Ubisoft Bucharest (1992)
  • Ubisoft Paris Studios (1993)
    • Ubisoft Marceau (?)
  • Ubisoft Montpellier (1994, formerly Ubisoft Pictures)
  • Ubisoft Annecy (1996)
  • Ubisoft Shanghai (1996)
  • Ubisoft Montréal (1997)
    • Ubisoft Fun House (2012, internal division)
  • Ubisoft Casablanca (1998, closed in 2016)
  • Ubisoft Barcelona (1998)
  • Ubisoft Milan (1998)
  • Ubi Studios UK (?)
  • Ubisoft Quebec City Studio (2005)
  • Ubisoft Bulgaria (2006)
  • Ubisoft Kyiv (2008, formerly Ubisoft Kiev)
  • Ubisoft São Paulo (2008, inactive since 2010)
  • Ubisoft Craiova (2008)
  • Ubisoft Singapore (2008)
    • Taiwan office (?)
  • Ubisoft Chengdu (2008)
  • Ubisoft Osaka (2008, closed in 2024)
  • Ubisoft San Francisco (as a division of Ubisoft, Inc., 2009, closed in 2024)
  • Ubisoft Toronto (2010)
  • Ubisoft Abu Dhabi (2011)
  • Ubisoft Zurich (2011, closed in 2013)
  • Ubisoft Paris Mobile (2013)
  • Ubisoft Belgrade (2016)
  • Ubisoft Philippines (2016)
  • Ubisoft Bordeaux (2017)
  • Ubisoft Stockholm (2017)
  • Ubisoft Saguenay (2018)
  • Ubisoft Berlin (2018)
  • Ubisoft Odesa (2018)
  • Ubisoft Mumbai (2018)
  • Ubisoft Winnipeg (2019)
  • Ubisoft Da Nang (2019)
  • Ubisoft Sherbrooke (2021)
  • Vantage Studios, minority-owned by Tencent (2025)

Acquired studios

  • Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. (2000)
  • Sinister Games (2000)
  • Blue Byte Studio (2001, renamed Ubisoft Blue Byte and later Ubisoft Düsseldorf)
  • Game Studios division of The Learning Company (2001)
    • Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) (2001, closed in 2002)
  • Tiwak (2004, absorbed into Ubisoft Montpellier in 2012)
  • Wolfpack Studios (2004, closed in 2006)
  • Microïds Canada (2005)
  • Reflections Interactive (2006, renamed Ubisoft Reflections)
  • Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software (2007)
  • Digital Kids (2008, renamed Ubisoft Nagoya, inactive since 2010)
    • Osaka studio (renamed to Ubisoft Osaka, 2008)
  • Gameloft Software Pvt. Ltd. (2008, renamed Ubisoft Entertainment India, later Ubisoft Pune)
  • Massive Entertainment (2008, renamed Ubisoft Massive)
  • Hybride Technologies (2008)
  • Southlogic Studios (2009, integrated into Ubisoft São Paulo)
  • Action Pants (2009, renamed Ubisoft Vancouver, closed in 2012)
  • Nadeo (2009)
  • RedLynx (2011)
  • Owlient (2011)
  • Digital Chocolate Barcelona (2013, now Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile)
  • Future Games of London (2013, renamed Ubisoft London, closed in 2023)
  • Related Designs Software (30% in 2007, 100% in 2013; renamed Ubisoft Mainz)
  • THQ Studio Montréal (2013, following THQ's bankruptcy, most likely only for the IP)
  • Longtail Studios Quebec (2015, renamed Ubisoft Halifax)
  • Ivory Tower (2015)
  • Ketchapp (2016)
  • FreeStyleGames (2017, renamed Ubisoft Leamington, closed in 2025)
  • i3D.net (2018)
  • Blue Mammoth Games (2018)
  • 1492 Studio (2018)
  • Green Panda Games (2019)
  • Kolibri Games (2020)

Known distribution offices: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.