Ubisoft has released its financial report for the year ended March 31. Not only the publisher set a new record in terms of sales but it also announced its plans to release more free-to-play games.

This is another installment of Semenov&Pevzner’s overview of major lawsuits and infringements affecting the gaming industry.

In his latest piece for Bloomberg, Jason Schreier looks at Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077 and sees bugs everywhere.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has outlined the steps the company is going to take to change the toxic workplace environment.

Beyond Good & Evil has joined the list of games that are being made into movies.

CD Projekt’s market capitalisation has reached $8.13 billion, which makes the Polish developer and publisher the most valuable video game company in Europe.

French publisher Ubisoft bought 75% of Kolibri Games. The studio is famous for its idle clickers.

Ubisoft announced an upcoming title in the auto chess genre. It will be called Might and Magic: Chess Royale. The release is planned for January 30.

Three senior Assassin’s Creed developers left Ubisoft to work at Jade Raymond’s Stadia Games and Entertainment studio.

Serious games market is rapidly growing and will reach over $9 billion by 2023. The term “serious game” applies to gaming content that is designed to have an application beyond play and entertainment (although entertainment value still comes first).

We have already discussed how games are not just about playing anymore. Newzoo has segmented all game enthusiasts into eight distinct personas based on their gaming behavior ranging from playing to owning to viewing.

Ubisoft believes that now is the best time to develop new IP. This is due to the imminent arrival of next-gen consoles and cross-platform gaming.

Ubisoft now owns 70% stake in Paris-based mobile publisher Green Panda Games.

Publishers with big portfolios will be able to include their own subscriptions on top of Stadia subscription.