Ubisoft CEO tried to reassure investors about Skull & Bones
During the telephone conference for investors and analysts, Ubisoft General Director Yves Guyemo and financial director Frederick Duuga discussed a number of issues.
Guimimo explained that ubisoft "continues to achieve really good progress" in work on Skull and Bones. Closed beta version will appear at the end of August (3 days, starting on August 25). The arc confirmed that the company is observing "Good progress" in the internal tests of the game, so everything goes well.
GIIIMO was also asked to comment on the likely success of acquiring Activision Blizzard Microsoft and his opinion on maintaining independence.
I think that this is good news, that the deal can take place because it really shows the IP force and where the industry is moving, so in the future all companies will have many opportunities, and this also shows the value of IP, which can now be on consoles, PCs, as well as on mobile devices and become more worldwide brands. when we speak "world", We mean that this is really everywhere in the world, and this is a fantastic opportunity, and Microsoft says that the mobile part of the transaction with Activision is very important. Therefore, all the investments that we do to strengthen the mobile component also correspond to this. Thus, all these elements will contribute to the increase in the cost of the company.
The arc also touched on the theme of the strike of the actors Sag-Aftra, noting that Ubisoft does not expect a significant impact on the game industry. Although they monitor the situation, they expect the influence on their games will be limited.
He did not report whether the Star Wars Outlaws game is released on third -party PC platforms in addition to Ubisoft’s own platform.
During the conference, the company’s leaders spoke several times about the non -anons "Big game", which will be released in the IV quarter, from January to March 2024, without reporting any details.