Ubisoft CEO says the plan is to focus on open-world and live service games ‘year after year’

The CEO of Ubisoft says the publisher is focusing mainly on open-world action adventure games and live service games in the coming years.

During a Q&A following a presentation on the company’s financial results for Q3 of its 2024-25 financial year, one caller asked if the executives on the panel could shed more light on their development pipeline going forwards.

CEO Yves Guillemot replied that the focus was mainly going to be on open-world adventures (like the Assassin’s Creed games) and live service games (like Rainbow Six Siege or The Crew Motorfest) for the foreseeable future.

“We have been investing significantly for a big pipeline of products for the coming years along our two verticals, [these] being open-world action adventure as well as ‘Game as a Service’-native experiences,” Guillemot said. “And that’s what we want to deliver year after year.”

Going on to discuss games already confirmed, he added: “As you know, we are preparing a big launch for Assassin’s Creed Shadows in the very short term. Next year we’ll have big plans that will benefit Rainbow Six across all platforms, that’s focusing well, and that’s a key milestone in the gross plan for the company.

“We’ve announced that Anno 117: Pax Romana will also come next year, as well as The Division: Resurgence on mobile. All this is coming along well. We haven’t provided more colour for FY 2026 but we’ll have more to share by the time of May, and as I’ve just said, we have a strong platform for the future years across these two verticals.”

During the presentation Guillemot also claimed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows pre-orders were in line with those of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, which went on to be the second most successful entry in terms of unit sales.