Episode 139: Yves Guillemot Can’t Fix Ubisoft’s Culture Problems (News Show)

Sep 22, 2022

Ubisoft leadership has all but given up on fixing the company’s culture as Tencent increases its ownership stake. Also: NPD for August 2022, GameStop bleeds, 343 loses its leader, and Microsoft and Sony continue to butt heads in the UK over Activision acquisition.

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TIME STAMPS

• [00:00:39] - GameStop Earnings
• [00:15:31] - NPD for August 2022
• [00:26:12] - Investment Interlude
• [00:45:33] - Quick Hits
• [00:58:44] - Labor Report
• [01:30:21] - The GTA6 Hack
• [01:41:43] - FAFO Award

SOURCES

• GameStop Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Results | GameStop
• GameStop Rewards Employees For Sticking Around With 50-Cent Raise | Kotaku
• NPD for August 2022 | Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) on Twitter
• Interview: Ubisoft CEO on company’s scandals and attempts to reform | Axios
• ABetterUbisoft members discuss state of company ahead of Ubisoft Forward | Eurogamer
• Electronic Arts Form 8-K | SEC
• Exclusive: Sea Ltd shuts operations in some Latin American countries, cuts Free Fire staff in Shanghai | Reuters
• G4TV reportedly lays of up to 30 staff less than a year after relaunch | GamesIndustry
• Rockstar Acknowledges Massive GTA6 Asset Theft | Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) on Twitter

INVESTMENT INTERLUDE

• AppLovin abandons effort to acquire Unity after $20 billion bid was rejected | CNBC
• Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise plans: New pricing coming soon | Unity
• FOCUS ENTERTAINMENT announces the acquisition of Dutch studio WW1 Game Series B.V. | Focus Entertainment
• Ex-Gearbox and Riot devs raise $5.5M for Ruckus game studio | GamesBeat
• Tencent takes minority stake in Mordhau studio Triternion | GamesIndustry
• CMA recommends second phase of Microsoft Activision investigation | GamesIndustry
• Gaming for everyone, everywhere: our view on the Activision Blizzard acquisition | Xbox Wire