Ubisoft
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Summary
A producer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment software, Ubi Soft has teams in 16 countries and distributes its products in over 50 territories. The group, which was created by the five Guillemot brothers in 1986, has gained strong foothold on its market by creating original products (Rayman®, POD®, F1 Racing Simulation, Tim 7, etc.) and distributing the titles of other publishers (LucasArts Entertainment, The 3DO Company®, Entertainment Software Publishing, Inc., Europress, Discovery Channel, etc.).
Creation: 1986
Employees: 1600
Presence in 18 countries:
Design/Production in 10 countries
Distribution offices in 15 countries
Products distributed in 52 countries
Third European publisher
First European development studio
An extensive range of over 1000 active titles, a strong brand portfolio:
Rayman, Batman, V.I.P.,
Walt Disneys Donald Duck - Quack Attack, Disneys Dinosaur,
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book Groove Party, Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
142 projects now in production
64 on next-generation consoles
47 via third party development studios
Development on all formats:
PC CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,
N64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo Dolphin, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox
DVD-Video, Internet, GAME BOY Color
Bestsellers:
Rayman Range: 6.5 million copies sold
POD: 3.5 million
F1 / Monaco Grand Prix Range: over 2 million
Presence on the Internet via Ubi Ventures and GameLoft.com
Presence in the mobile telephones sector via LudiWap
Aim:
To be in the top 5 of worldwide publishers by 2005
To reach a turnover of US$ 1.5 billion by 2005
To make Rayman one of the 10 most famous cartoon characters by 2005
Software Highlights from Credited Titles
Ubisoft's first work that SPOnG is aware of is the 1988 title, "Pro Tennis Tour" (SNES).
The company has been involved titles released on the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, Power Mac, PSP, DS, GameCube, GBA, PlayStation, Xbox, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, N64, Pocket PC, Game Boy, Saturn, Jaguar, Sega Megadrive, SNES, Amiga, ST, NES, C64, Spectrum 48K, Sinclair Spectrum 128K, Amstrad CPC and Atari 2600/VCS. Of these, "Rayman" (PlayStation), "Worms World Party" (PlayStation), "Dogz" (GBA), "Catz" (GBA), "Donald Duck Quack Attack" (PlayStation) has been a best selling title.
The company is currently involved with the forthcoming 2009 release "Avatar" (Xbox 360).
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Timeline
Guillemot Keynote Heads Up Edinburgh Interactive Festival |
03 Aug 2007 | ||
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