As Guillemot noted in an interview with the Financial Times, Bolloré wanted to talk «about potential synergies,» though Ubisoft, according to its CEO, is not interested.
Ubisoft has a clear path forward, it seems,
as Guillemot is aware of the work that goes into transforming one of the company's properties into a film, for example, and notes that they would never contact Vivendi's Canal Plus, for example.
Not exact matches
On Nov. 15 — the release date of its latest hit — Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft co-founder and CEO Yves
Guillemot spoke to Canadian Business staff writer Jeff Beer about how the industry has changed in the past 25 years, where games and movies will meet and Canada's potential
as a video - game powerhouse.
Then
as now a cult director, Godard was offering a code to initiates, some of whom could be trusted to know that Georges de Beauregard and Carlo Ponti were the producers, Raoul Coutard the cinematographer, Bernard Evein the production designer, and Agnes
Guillemot the editor.
What begins
as a search to explain exactly why the
guillemot has an oddly shaped egg evolves into a look at the history of egg collecting, the science behind egg colors, a nerve - racking experience with the few remaining eggs of the now - extinct great auk, and the study of microbes in eggs.
The waters surrounding Anthony Island are home to a wide variety of sea birds, such
as rhinoceros auklets, pigeon
guillemots, and tufted and horned puffins, plus many more species are often seen.
Some species, such
as the Uria
guillemots, nest in large colonies on cliff edges; others, like the Cepphus
guillemots, breed in small groups on rocky coasts; and the puffins, auklets and some murrelets nest in burrows.
Seabirds, including the western gulls, bald eagles, pigeon
guillemots, and Scripps's murrelets use the islands
as well for shelter and breeding grounds.
And we should expect it this year
as, according to CEO Yves
Guillemot, «delivering regular installments and expanding the brand to other platforms will continue to satisfy the demand, while at the same time attracting new fans.»
A statement from Ubisoft's CEO Yves
Guillemot from the financial report reads,» The results of these efforts will be seen
as early
as this Christmas with one of the industry's most ambitious games line - ups which will include Assassin's Creed 2, James Cameron's Avatar, Spliter Cell Conviction, Rabbids Go Home and Red Steel 2.»
Guillemot confirmed that Ubisoft's strategy for the next 12 months is to «aggressively build the long - term potential of the company,» and in order to do so they flashed their cash
as the company's strategy is, «bigger games with higher quality — for example, the second Assassin's Creed will cost around 20 percent more than the first one, and be a much bigger game,» he said.
Update: Further words from
Guillemot to clarify the new game: «We have a new Assassin's Creed that we expect will be a very high quality product that
as well
as an offline complement will have a multiplayer component.
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Earlier this year, Ubisoft CEO Yves
Guillemot dubbed Siege
as having the potential to be more successful than Far Cry 4, which has sold more than seven million units.
Yves
Guillemot, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, said, «The success of Watch Dogs and the quality of our games portfolio presented at this year's E3 highlight our strategic positioning
as well
as our continuous drive for innovation, and affirm our long - term approach.
Yves
Guillemot started the Ubisoft E3 press conference with the phrase «Let the game's begin» and they sure
as hell did that...
Company CEO Yves
Guillemot admitted that there will be a diminished workforce at some Ubisoft studios
as the business juggles expanding its other facilities with keeping its staff count flat.
In this month's print and digital editions, we have an exclusive interview with Ubisoft CEO and founder, Yves
Guillemot,
as we go behind the scenes at the publisher's Southeast Asian studios
When explicitly asked if Ubisoft is actively supporting Nintendo, and
Guillemot cited Watch Dogs and Just Dance
as signs that the company was.
«I believe Nintendo will be back in the race with the NX,»
Guillemot said in French during the call
as first noticed by Chloé Woitier on Twitter — via VentureBeat.
As to the game's high quality,
Guillemot noted that it's the result of having more time to polish titles.
«Consequently, we are investing in our online services platform — which boasted 88 million unique active players —
as well
as in artificial intelligence in order to better tailor the game experience to each player's profile and therefore offer them ever - richer experiences,»
Guillemot added.
«
As Sony launched PlayStation 4 Pro last year and Microsoft Xbox One X this year, we think we still have a minimum of two years in front of us before something new is coming,»
Guillemot said.
Unfortunately for fans of M - rated games, those titles do not sell on the Wii U compared to other consoles, so
as Game Informer reports in an interview with Ubisoft's CEO Yves
Guillemot, the company is scaling back on its Wii U plans and getting out of the M - rated game business on Wii U.
Company CEO Yves
Guillemot introduces a new IP for the studio, Watch Dogs, the accompanying trailer showing the game
as an open - world action game dealing with hacking and cyber-terrorism.
As a result of encouraging performances, Ubisoft shareholders have been backing Yves
Guillemot and his strategy.