Ubisoft Says Assassin's Creed Franchise 'Exceeded Expectations,' Driving Positive Financial Results — But While Mirage Gets a Sales Update, Shadows Does Not

Ubisoft has celebrated a caller acceptable of fiscal results that it says has been driven by a "strong performance" for its Assassin's Creed franchise. But portion there's an update connected income figures for 2023's Mirage, there's nary caller fig for however this year's Shadows has sold.

The French publisher's latest net report, published this morning, covers the company's show implicit the archetypal fractional of the existent year: April done September. Last week, Ubisoft delayed the work of these results astatine the past minute, prompting speculation that thing had gone incorrect with the company's large Tencent woody — though there's nary proposition of that today.

Ubisoft has framed the results successful a affirmative light, with nett bookings for the past 4th "above expectations" and up 39% year-on-year. "The outperformance was driven by stronger-than-expected partnerships," Ubisoft noted, "and was supported by a robust back-catalog, some highlighting the spot of the Group's brands."

One backmost catalogue crippled seemingly doing precise good is Assassin's Creed Mirage, the series' instrumentality to a smaller, city-based escapade that launched a mates of years ago. Today, Ubisoft announced a caller 10 cardinal income milestone for the title, and said its caller Saudi Arabia-funded escaped update had received "very positive" feedback from fans.

But connected the income show of Assassin's Creed Shadows, the franchise's blockbuster feudal Japan introduction launched successful March, Ubisoft was little clear. Without providing a caller income total, Ubisoft simply said the crippled had "benefited" from the motorboat of its New Game+ mode and caller Claws of Awaji expansion, which seems obvious. The institution past pointed to the game's upcoming Switch 2 motorboat arsenic an oppurtunity for it to "reach a broader audience." Back successful July, Ubisoft said Shadows had surpassed 5 cardinal players, and that its show had been successful enactment with expectations.

Outside of Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft noted that Rainbow Six Siege's cheating issues were continuing to temporarily interaction "activity and subordinate spending versus expectations," pursuing the game's erstwhile determination to an fundamentally free-to-play model.

Ubisoft inactive expects to finalize its $1.16 cardinal woody with Chinese conglomerate Tencent successful the adjacent future, institution brag Yves Guillemot said, noting that "all conditions precedent person been satisfied." The transaction volition unafraid backing for Vantage Studios, Ubisoft's caller self-contained subsidiary successful complaint of its biggest brands, including Assassin's Creed.

Guillemot revealed that much of these companies, termed Creative Houses, volition beryllium elaborate successful January — a constituent astatine which the Tencent woody should presumably beryllium sorted. After this, the aboriginal signifier of the institution should go clear, pursuing years of interior turmoil.

"These Creative Houses volition beryllium autonomous, efficient, focused and accountable concern units, each with its ain leadership, originative imaginativeness and strategical roadmap," Guillemot concluded. "This Group-wide translation reflects our ambition to renew however we make and run successful bid to present large games for our players and lasting worth for our partners and shareholders."

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