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Gameloft was founded by Michel Guillemot, one of the five founders of Ubisoft, on 14 December 1999. [2] [3] By February 2009, Gameloft had shipped over 200 million copies of its games since its IPO, [4] as well as 2 million daily downloads of its games via the App Store for iOS.
Ubisoft Ivory Tower's first game, The Crew, was announced through Ubisoft, acting as its publisher, in June 2013, [47] and released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in December 2014. [48] On 5 October 2015, as The Crew reached 3 million players, Ubisoft announced that they had acquired Ivory Tower for an undisclosed ...
Vivendi acquired stake in mobile game publisher Gameloft, owned by the Guillemots, and started acquiring Ubisoft shares. [ 45 ] [ 40 ] In the following February, Vivendi acquired €500 million worth of shares in Gameloft, gaining more than 30% of the shares and requiring the company under French law to make a public tender offer ; this action ...
This is a listing of largest video game publishers and developers ranked by reported revenue over $100 million. Sony Interactive Entertainment is the world's largest video game company, followed by Tencent and Microsoft Gaming.
Ubisoft (shares sold on 20 March 2018 to various investors [2]) Editis (now owned by Czech Media Invest) Canal+ Group (became independent in December 2024) Dailymotion (now owned by Canal+) Havas (became independent in December 2024) Prisma Media (now owned by Louis Hachette Group) Lagardère Group (57.66% stake, now owned by Louis Hachette Group)
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. There seems to be a believe among some in the gaming industry that this upcoming cycle of consoles -- the Xbox One and PS4 (lets also include the Wii U) -- will be the ...
The brothers in charge of Ubisoft and Gameloft, Yves Guillemot and Michel Guillemot [44] respectively, view the investments as a hostile takeover attempt, [45] [46] and are raising capital from within the family [47] and from Canadian investors [48] to maintain control of the companies. As of 8 June 2016, Vivendi has acquired a controlling ...
Of the six companies which EA purchased a stake in, two remaining companies are based in the U.S., while three other U.S. companies are defunct. After acquiring a 19.9% stake in France-based Ubisoft in 2004, EA sold a remaining 14.8% stake in it in 2010. [10] [11] Each acquisition listed is for the entire company, unless otherwise noted.