Birds and BizAssassins Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six will soon have their developments "spearheaded" by Ubisoft and Tencent's new 4 billion babyWhen two mega-corps love each other very much...Image credit: Ubisoft News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on March 28, 2025 Well, there you go. After all the chatter about Ubisoft and Tencent possibly doing a business thing together, the mega-corps have gone and done one. It's a deal to create a new mini-Ubisoft subsidiary that'll "spearhead development" on the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six series.As outlined in Ubisoft's press release about this deal, Tencent has agreed to invest 1.16bn for a "minority stake" of around 25% in the new subsidiary, which has been left unnamed for now and is valued at around 4 billion. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. It'll "remain exclusively controlled and consolidated by Ubisoft", and include teams working on Assassins Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six "based in Montral, Quebec, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Barcelona, and Sofia as well as the back-catalog and any new games currently under development or to be developed." Ubisoft added that it'll grant "a worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual license" to those three franchises to the subsidiary in exchange for a royalty.As for what this new business will do with that stuff, the answer from Ubisoft that it'll "focus on building game ecosystems designed to become truly evergreen and multi-platform". "Backed by greater investment and boosted creative capacities," the publisher added, "it will drive further increases in quality of narrative solo experiences, expand multiplayer offerings with increased frequency of content release, introduce free-to-play touchpoints, and integrate more social features."We'll have to see what that actually ends up looking like in terms of a concrete effect on the futures of AC, Far Cry and the Tom Clancy-inspired shooters."Today Ubisoft is opening a new chapter in its history, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said of the deal, "As we accelerate the companys transformation, this is a foundational step in changing Ubisofts operating model that will enable us to be both agile and ambitious. We are focused on building strong game ecosystems designed to become evergreen, growing high-performing brands and creating new IPs powered by cutting-edge and emerging technologies.Ubisoft added that as this subsidiary becomes a thing, it'll "focus on nurturing the development of iconic franchises including Tom Clancys Ghost Recon and The Division, accelerating the growth of top performing titles and leveraging disruptive technologies on selected new IPs, while continuing to deliver state-of-the-art production game engines and online services." Yep, those are some words, but at least we can all adopt the phrase disruptive technologies as a posh way to to refer to whoopee cushions from now on.How do you feel about Ubisoft and Tencent striking this deal? Do you think it'll be a good thing for AC, Far Cry, and the Rainbow Six games? Let us know below!