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ABOUT UBISOFT
Founded by the five brothers of the Guillemot family in 1986, Ubisoft was
created as a computer game publisher that distributed in France alone. The
highly ambitious Chairman and CEO, Yves Guillemot, made deals with EA and
Sierra On-Line and soon began to expand the company internationally.
Fast-forward 27 years and Ubisoft is a global video game publisher and developer with 26
studios across 19 countries and further subsidiaries in 26 countries. It is the third largest game
publisher in both Europe and the United States, and during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, Ubisoft’s
revenue was €1.058 billion, reaching the billion euro mark for the first time in its history.
Ubisoft boast many successful development studios, the largest of which is
Ubisoft Montreal in Canada, which currently employs about 2,300 people.
Among the acclaimed franchises developed by Ubisoft Montreal are the
Far Cry, Splinter Cell, Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia series.
For more information on Ubisoft and its titles, please visit http://www.ubi.com

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