Posts Tagged ‘Ubisoft’

EA Sells Ubisoft Shares

July 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Back in 2004, EA had bought 20% of Ubisoft as shareholder John de Mol needed to raise capital to start a new TV channel in Holland. Now, six years later, EA has decided to sell them on.

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HandyGames and AMA Release First Ubisoft Title, Sign of More to Come?

October 28th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Brand Licensing | 2 Comments »

About a month ago, MGB reported that the love between Gameloft and Ubisoft was pretty much over and that Ubisoft was open to discussion when it comes to licensing their IP out to others.

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DGADAG: Games & Advertising

July 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

One of the group discussions was about games and advertising. Though this was a discussion without mobile developers, it will still be an interesting read through.

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Midway Selling Main Licenses

March 2nd, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Brand Licensing | No Comments »

In order to safe the company from going bankrupt, Midway has chosen to start selling some of it's main brands to the competition. The first license it has sold was Wheelman, next one is Mortal Kombat.