Assassin's Creed creator Ubisoft sets up 4 billion euro subsidiary, backed by Tencent
The new subsidiary, valued at about 4 billion euros, will bring together the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six brands, the group said in a statement. Ubisoft's shares rose in mid-March after Bloomberg News reported the videogame maker was seeking investors for a new entity, with Tencent among the invited bidders. The new subsidiary would include the teams developing the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six, Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry franchises based in the Canadian cities of Montréal, Quebec, Sherbrooke and Saguenay, and in Barcelona and Sofia, as well as the back-catalog and any new games currently under development or to be developed.