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Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs and The Division developer-publisher Ubisoft is bulking up its defences in an attempt to remain independent. The games giant has been fending off a hostile takeover from Vivendi, which hasintensified in the last 12 monthsas the aggressive conglomeratehas repeatedly upped its stake in both Ubisoft and …

Family including publisher’s CEO Yves and former Gameloft head Michel pay $161m for an extra 3.5 per cent

Games industry marketing expert Jon Rooke has joined 2K. Rooke is a 16-year veteran of the video games industry, including lengthy stints at Vivendi, Microsoft, Sega and THQ. His most recent roles included European marketing director at Sega, global brand director at The Creative Assembly and European marketing director at …

Ubisoft really doesn’t want Vivendi to buy it. CEO Yves Guillemot has no desire to give up the business he has spent 30 years building. But more than that, he can’t face losing it to a large media conglomerate that is unlikely to honour what makes the firm so unique. …

The cold war between Vivendi and Ubisoft continues. Ubisoft has put forward two new independent Board members in an effort to keep Vivendi from forcing its way into the company. Vivendi has already acquired a stake of more than 20 per cent in Ubisoft and wants a place on the …

Former Vivendi COO Stphane Roussel has been named CEO of Gameloft during its shareholders’ meeting yesterday. In addition to Roussel, four new members also entered the Gameloft board of directors: Sbastien Bollor (chairman of Omnium Bollor, director and chairman of Blue Solutions USA), Frdric Crpin (member of the Vivendi management …

A defiant Ubisoft united at E3 last week as the threat of a Vivendi takeover increases. At the end of the firm’s pre-E3 press conference, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot took to the stage – flanked by several of his biggest developers – and told the assembled media that the freedom …

Media giant Vivendi has increased the amount of stock it holds in games publisher Ubisoft. The firm announced via its corporate website that it now owns 20.1 per cent of Ubisoft shares. Vivendi also holds 17.76 per cent of Ubisoft voting rights. Furthermore, the firm has said it is not …

Ubisoft’s press conference was a long one, but it was probably one of the strongest showing the publisher has been involved with. The extended run-time featured a release slate for the company’s next financial year unlike any it has had before. It showed a couple of more quirky digital titles, …

The Guillemot family, who founded mobile studio Gameloft, have now sold its remaining share of the company to Vivendi, the Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper adds that the family took this decision with regret”, after the entertainment giant already took control of 56 per cent of Gameloft last week. …