Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Ubi is struggling, yes, but going private isn't the same as going out of business, and selling their IPs won't help them in any meaningful way.

Agreed, I'm pretty sure Mark Kern is talking shit as per usual. Don't see what logic there is in Ubisoft selling off their best performing IPs like Assassin's Creed and Rainbow Six, Lol. It'd put them in an even worse position and make them even less desirable to suitors. It's not like they're right on the edge of closure, they're just struggling.

The only credible rumour right now is that Tencent and Ubisoft are trying to work out a way to make the company private, Yves is aiming to make the company private but still wants to retain control (aka nothing will change because he is the problem) but Tencent wants more control in the company if they help Ubisoft do this, it's also reported that Tencent is willing to be patient with Yves because they don't want this to be seen as a hostile takeover which is pretty fair to Yves...More than he deserves after screwing up, but Tencent's patience is probably more to do with regulators.

If Tencent is willing to help Yves out then I don't see it going any other way than Tencent/Yves taking the company private.

Yes, Ubisoft going private is more or less guaranted at this point, as long as the Guillemots and Tencent reach a deal. So far we know that Tencent isn't too keen on the idea of keeping the Guillemots at the helm given that it's been their management that has led to this situation.

But we'll see how it goes. We only know a fraction of what's going on, and some of that isn't even "real", as both parties may be testing the waters to see how far they can go.

Oh, well. Time will tell.

Don't really want them to acquire all of Ubisoft.

Just the PC developers/franchises to keep them as PC franchises. I.E. Anno and The Settlers, other than Valve, they are the only ones who would not force them to go mobile or console.

Just for the sake of it but: who would you consider a good publisher/company to adquire Ubisoft? Because I can't think of any big enough for the task that doesn't have several flaws of its own.

Or would you rather take Pemalite's approach and split the IPs into several different publishers. And in that case, which IPs would go better with which publisher? Who takes Far Cry? Or Rayman, Assassin's Creed, Watchdogs?

Whether its IPs or the entire company - anyone except for the following

-Nintendo

-Microsoft

-Sony

-Google

-Amazon

-Apple

Tencent:
* Blue Mammoth Games. - F2P stuff anyway.
I.E. Brawlhalla.
* 1492 Studio. - Mobile.
* Green Panda Games. - Mobile.
* Kolibri Games. - Mobile.
* Owlient. - F2P stuff.
* Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile.

Sony:
* Red Storm Entertainment. - Tom Clancy stuff and Virtual Reality.
* Ubisoft Toronto. - Splintercell, Starlink, Watch Dogs etc'.
* Ubisoft Ivory Tower. - The Crew.
* Ubisoft Belgrade. - The Crew 2.

Electronic Arts:
* Ubisoft Halifax. - Assassins Creed/FarCry.
* Ubisoft Berlin. - Skull and Bones.
* Ubisoft Bucharest. - H.A.W.X.
* Ubisoft Montpellier. - Beyond Good and Evil.
* Ubisoft Reflections. - Driver.


Microsoft:
* Blue Byte
* Ubisoft Quebec. - Assassins Creed, also did a heap of Kinect stuff.
* Massive Entertainment. - RTS.
I.E. Ground Control, World in Conflict.
* Ubisoft Blue Byte - The Settlers.
* Ubisoft Mainz. - Anno.

Nintendo:
* Ubisoft Nadeo. - Trackmania.
* Ubisoft RedLynx. - Trials.
* Ubisoft Annecy. - Rayman, Steep, Riders Republic.
* Ubisoft Barcelona. - Your Shape, Raving Rabbids.
* Ubisoft Leamington. - DJ hero, Sing Party.
* Ubisoft Halifax. - Music/Rocksmith type games.
* Ubisoft Milan. - Builds handheld games, predominantly for Nintendo consoles. I.E. Mario Rabbids.
* Ubisoft Paris. - Just Dance.

Honestly, I don't care either way about Ubisoft - what I care is where Might and Magic ends up, specifically RPG part of IP.

They've been sitting on it for 22 years, ever since they've bought, with one game that, while quite descent for its very limited budget, was barely an effort to make something that compares to M&M's heyday in 90s - and party based, first person openworld RPG romps are hard to find in modern times.

Nightmare fuel

So the latest rumor is that Half-Life 3 will be announced at TGA.


Apparently some people (not leakers) are saying it might be VR only but sad news if that is true assuming the rumor is true to begin with.