Ubisoft reportedly held talks to sell IP to Microsoft and EA

Minority Ubisoft stakeholder, AJ Investments, has made headlines a few times over the past few years due to their willingness to protest the decisions of Ubisoft management., Most recently, the investment firm once again lambasted current leadership and went as far as to claim that Ubisoft has been hiding important development from investors, such as recent negotiations around IP acquisition. 

As reported by IGN, AJ Investments is called out Ubisoft once again, stating that the company is “horribly mismanaged by current management” and calling for “a clear roadmap for recovery”.

The most interesting part of the statement has the firm pointing to a paywalled article on MergerMarket, which claims that Ubisoft had discussions with rivals like Microsoft and EA over potentially selling off IP. Investors were not informed of these discussions, and those discussions likely didn't go very far, as this is the first time any of this is being made public.

Currently, Ubisoft is considering a number of changes to stay afloat. A few teams have already been dissolved and several projects have been cancelled. Now we know that Ubisoft has been actively testing its IP valuations on the market, and there have reportedly been discussions between the Guillemot family and Tencent regarding a company buyout, while keeping the Guillemot family in charge.

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KitGuru Says: There has been a lot of doom and gloom surrounding Ubisoft recently but if Assassin's Creed Shadows can exceed expectations, then we should start to see much more positive discussions about the company's future. 

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