Report: Ubisoft Founders Considering A New Business 'Venture' Using Certain Franchises

The latest twist in the ongoing Ubisoft drama has occurred today, with outlet Bloomberg delivering a fresh report on what's happening behind the scenes at the French game maker.

According to this new report, Ubisoft's founders — the Guillemot family — along with major shareholder Tencent, are considering spinning up "a new venture" relating to Ubisoft. This 'venture' could include bringing over some famous Ubisoft franchises "as they seek to boost the French video-game company’s value", the report says.

To be clear, we're not entirely sure what's actually meant by 'a new venture', and the report is quite vague on details as well. What it does say, is that "a potential deal would allow Tencent to own a stake in the venture and gain more control over some of Ubisoft’s intellectual properties" - which sounds like the existing ownership structure at Ubisoft could be the real issue.

While the root of the problem isn't exactly clear, we do know that Ubisoft is indeed looking for investors. Last week, amidst the latest delay for Assassin's Creed Shadows, the company said that it will "pursue various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders" - basically, it wants the most money it can get for its games and IP if a deal were to happen.

Finally, Bloomberg says that "deliberations are ongoing and no final decisions have been made", according to sources that spoke with the outlet. When asked to comment, Ubisoft simply referred back to its statement last week that coincided with the latest AC Shadows delay.

Thoughts on all of this corporate talk, PX fans? Discuss the future of Ubisoft down below.

[source bloomberg.com]