Ubisoft Entertainment SA

Ubisoft (the acronym UBI standing for Union des Bretons Indépendants) was founded in 1986 in Brittany, France, by Yves Guillemot and his four brothers. The company initially focused on distributing games in France and gradually opened development studios all across the globe.

Currently Ubisoft Entertainment SA (formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment Software) is a large international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products with their headquarters located in Montreuil, France. The company has many divisions and offices all over the world.

Known subsidiaries

Names in italics used to be subsidiaries, but no longer are as they were closed or sold off.

Established studios

• Ubisoft Bucharest (1992)
• Ubisoft Paris Studios (1993)
  • Ubisoft Marceau (?)
• Ubisoft Montpellier (1994, formerly Ubisoft Pictures)
• Ubisoft Shanghai (1996)
• Ubisoft Montréal (1997)
  • Ubisoft Fun House (2012, internal division)
• Ubisoft Casablanca (1998)
• Ubisoft Milan (1998)
• Ubisoft Annecy (2002)
• Ubisoft Quebec City Studio (2005)
• Ubisoft Bulgaria (2006)
• Ubisoft Kyiv (2008, formerly Ubisoft Kiev)
• Ubisoft São Paulo (2008)
• Ubisoft Craiova (2008)
• Ubisoft Singapore (2008)
  • Taiwan office (?)
• Ubisoft Chengdu (2008)
• Ubisoft Osaka (2008)
• Ubisoft Toronto (2009)
• Ubisoft Abu Dhabi (2011)
• Ubisoft Paris Mobile (2013)
• Ubisoft Belgrade (2016)
• Ubisoft Philippines (2016)
• Ubisoft Bordeaux (2017)
• Ubisoft Stockholm (2017)
• Ubisoft Saguenay (2018)
• Ubisoft Berlin (2018)
• Ubisoft Odesa (2018)
• Ubisoft Mumbai (2018)
• Ubisoft Winnipeg (2019)
• Ubisoft Da Nang (2019)

Acquired studios

• Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. (2000)
• Sinister Games (2000)
• Blue Byte Studio (2001, renamed Ubisoft Blue Byte and later Ubisoft Düsseldorf)
• Game Studios (2001)
• Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) (2001, closed in 2002)
• Wolfpack Studios (2004, closed in 2006)
• Microïds Canada (2005)
• Reflections Interactive (2006, renamed Ubisoft Reflections)
• Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software (2007)
• Digital Kids (2008, renamed Ubisoft Nagoya)
• Gameloft Software Pvt. Ltd. (2008, renamed Ubisoft Entertainment India, later Ubisoft Pune)
• Massive Entertainment (2008, renamed Ubisoft Massive)
• Southlogic Studios (2009, integrated into Ubisoft São Paulo)
• Action Pants (2009, renamed Ubisoft Vancouver, closed in 2012)
• Nadeo (2009)
• RedLynx (2011)
• Digital Chocolate Barcelona (2013, now Ubisoft Barcelona)
• Future Games of London (2013, renamed Ubisoft London, closed in 2023)
• Related Designs Software (30% in 2007, 100% in 2013; renamed Ubisoft Mainz)
• THQ Studio Montréal (2013, following THQ's bankruptcy, most likely only for the IP)
• Longtail Studios Quebec (2015, renamed Ubisoft Halifax)
• Ivory Tower (2015)
• Ketchapp (2016)
• FreeStyleGames (2017, renamed Ubisoft Leamington)
• Blue Mammoth Games (2018)

Known distribution offices: Australia, Austria (defunct), Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand (defunct), Norway, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.