Ubisoft Entertainment SA

Overview

Ubisoft (the acronym UBI standing for Union des Bretons Indépendants) was founded in 1986 in Brittany, France, by Yves Guillemot and his four brothers. The company initially focused on distributing games in France and gradually opened development studios all across the globe.

Currently Ubisoft Entertainment SA (formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment Software) is a large international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products with their headquarters located in Montreuil, France. The company has many divisions and offices all over the world. Its development studios include:

• Shanghai UBI Computer Software Co., Ltd. (Ubisoft Shanghai)
• Ubisoft Annecy Studios
• Ubisoft Barcelona
• Ubisoft Eood (Ubisoft Bulgaria)
• Ubisoft SARL (Ubisoft Casablanca)
• Ubisoft Kiev
• Ubisoft Studios SRL (Ubisoft Milan)
• Ubisoft Montpellier Studios
• Ubisoft Divertissements Inc. (Ubisoft Montreal)
• Ubisoft Paris Studios SARL
• Ubisoft Quebec City Studio
• Ubisoft Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• Ubisoft Singapore Pte Ltd. (February 2008)
• Ubisoft SRL (Ubisoft Romania)
• Ubisoft Toronto

The company acquired some existing studios as well:

• Game Studios (March 2001)
• Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) (March 2001)
• Blue Byte Studio GmbH
• MC2-Microïds
• Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
• Sinister Games
• Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software GmbH
• Wolfpack Studios
• Digital Kids Co. Ltd. (2008, now Ubisoft Nagoya)
• Gameloft Software Pvt. Ltd. (2008, now Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.)
• Massive Entertainment (2008)
• Southlogic Studios (2009)
• Action Pants Inc. (2009, renamed Ubisoft Vancouver and closed in 2012)
• Nadeo (2009)
• RedLynx (2011)

Assets and stakes in development studios:

• Reflections Interactive
• Related Designs Software GmbH

Contributed by POMAH (27813) on May 21, 2002. [revised by : Jeanne (75642), Sciere (208588) and YID YANG (162560)].