Often Ubisoft is delaying its upcoming games. Generally it delays big updates to ones that are already out. I’m undecided I’ve ever seen it delay its official quarterly earnings report and positively not minutes after it was already because of be launched. Did somebody by chance delete a spreadsheet or is the Murderer’s Creed writer on the brink of break some main information?
Like each different publicly traded online game firm, Ubisoft usually releases quarterly updates on its financials and takes questions from buyers and analysts on an earnings name. The most recent spherical was alleged to go stay in the present day round 12:00 p.m. ET solely it didn’t. As a substitute, minutes handed with no replace as individuals ready to hitch the convention name that’s historically helmed by CEO and cofounder Yves Guillemot.
Then Ubisoft launched its weirdest emergency press launch ever. “Ubisoft announces the postponement of the release of its results for the first half of fiscal year 2025-26,” it read. “Ubisoft has requested Euronext to halt trading of its shares (FR0000054470) and its bonds (FR001400DV38, FR001400MA32, and FR0014000O87) from the market opening on November 14, 2025, until the publication of its first-half 2025-26 results in the coming days. Ubisoft will inform the market of the date on which trading will restart.”
That’s a giant last-minute change with no clear particulars on when issues can be again to regular.
Sure, this might suggest an acquisition of kinds. Might additionally suggest some accounting / monetary problem.
Simply keep in mind to freak the fuck out for the following few days and speculate as a lot as attainable till they announce one thing.
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) November 13, 2025
“Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company,” wrote Niko Companions analysis director Daniel Ahmad on X. He famous that this may very well be a prelude to some huge acquisition announcement, or it might sign a monetary or accounting problem that requires further time to deal with earlier than correct knowledge may be equipped to the general public.
It is perhaps simpler to imagine the latter if not for what a bizarre time this is generally for Ubisoft. The long-time writer just lately entered into a $1.25 billion bailout with Chinese language conglomerate Tencent. It used that cash to spin off a brand new entity run by the CEO’s son. After a slew of latest delays, there aren’t any main new blockbuster releases for the corporate on the fast horizon. The inventory worth is at its lowest level in over a decade.
It definitely wouldn’t be stunning if Tencent, one other huge recreation firm, or a “consortium” of varied different buyers used this chance to swoop in and attempt to purchase the struggling writer, or a minimum of some huge chunks of it. With its most profitable franchises—Murderer’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six Siege—all snugly nestled inside a brand new subsidiary known as Vantage Studios, Ubisoft is looking for a strategy to offload different huge chunks to exterior teams. Anyone desirous about Splinter Cell or Prince of Persia?
The corporate just lately introduced voluntary layoffs throughout its Swedish studios, which embody Large, the lead studio on The Division franchise. With Activision Blizzard wolfed up by Microsoft and EA sold to Saudi Arabia, who can say what’s going to occur subsequent? I simply hope Beyond Good and Evil 2 one way or the other survives.
