Ubisoft founders, the Guillemot family, is reportedly in talks with Tencent to form a new venture. While the details on this venture are scant, this move will allow the Guillemot family to also bring along some of Ubisoft’s own assets in a bid to raise the company’s value, according to a report by Bloomberg.
While neither company has outwardly confirmed this move, the report indicates that deliberations on this move are currently happening in private.
If this deal were to go forward, Tencent would also own a stake in the new venture, as well as getting more control in general over Ubisoft.
When asked about this, a Ubisoft spokesperson mentioned the announcement from last week where the company revealed that it is hiring advisors to help it explore the best ways the company can extract value from its assets.
Reports from December have indicated that this new venture would only be the latest in a long-running negotiation between the Guillemot family and Tencent.