The share price of Ubisoft rose significantly on Friday due to growing speculations that see the company close to the acquisition. It seems that it is still very early for such speeches, and currently there were no formal offers and no potential negotiations were initiatedaccording to some reports.
Bloombergsource of the news, reported that private equity firms Blackstone And KKR would be “studying“Ubisoft, although currently there would not have been yet”serious negotiations“.
“The deliberations are at an early stage and it is not certain that the various suitors will proceed with offers“, He reported Bloomberg. Spokespersons for Blackstone and KKR they declined to comment on the newsand even Ubisoft doesn’t commented on a potential acquisition:
The article also mentions that according to three sources the next Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed and Ghost Recon games are further out than Ubisoft planned
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In any case, rumors about a future sale they don’t seem too far from reality, even if we are talking about speculations. Among the various rumors, some of the reasons that would be pushing Ubisoft to sell would be related to some recent workplace disputesatabandonment of some senior developers and at production difficulties of larger projects.
Should these rumors turn out to be a mirror of reality, the sources say that the company’s flagship franchises would be at the expense, i.e. Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed And Ghost Recon. The next chapters of the aforementioned series, in fact, they would be further away than Ubisoft plannedand the cause could be precisely this situation of uncertainty about the future of the company.
Obviously, as already pointed out several times so far, this news is the result of speculations, indiscretions and rumors of corridors and it could be far from the reality of the facts.
