Ubisoft is currently exploring the possibility of establishing a new company aimed at attracting investors, with a focus on selling key franchises such as Assassin's Creed. According to Bloomberg, the company is planning to sell a stake in this new entity and has initiated discussions with potential investors, including Tencent, alongside various international and French funds. The market value of this proposed new company is anticipated to surpass Ubisoft's current market capitalization of $1.8 billion.
As of now, these plans remain in the discussion phase, with no final decision yet made. Ubisoft might choose to abandon this initiative, depending largely on the performance of their upcoming release, Assassin's Creed Shadows. The company has expressed high expectations for the game, noting that pre-orders are steadily progressing.
Amid these developments, Ubisoft is facing another controversy in Japan concerning Assassin's Creed Shadows. Takeshi Nagase, a member of both the Kobe City Council and the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly, has voiced strong objections to the game's handling of religious themes. Nagase finds it unacceptable that the game's protagonist can attack monks within temples or shoot arrows at such sacred spaces. He specifically criticized the portrayal of the renowned Engyō-ji temple in Himeji, where the character Yasuke is depicted entering with dirty shoes and destroying a sacred mirror inside.
