Over the weekend, a report emerged suggesting that Ubisoft had secured funding from the Saudi Public Funding Fund with a view to create extra Murderer’s Creed Mirage DLC. Now, Ubisoft has responded to that report…type of.
In a press release supplied to Eurogamer, Ubisoft declined to touch upon the matter, pointing followers to the approaching launch of Murderer’s Creed Shadows as an alternative. It is price noting that declining to remark does not represent a denial.
The assertion in full, as Eurogamer relays it, merely reads: “We’ll decline to remark. We’re targeted on ending Murderer’s Creed Shadows and excited for gamers to get to play it on March twentieth.”
The unique report got here on Friday courtesy of French information platform Les Echos, with YouTuber and strreamer j0nathan subsequently sharing the story on social media platform X.
In his submit (which is in French; we’re utilizing machine translation), j0nathan says that Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot reportedly signed a take care of Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Video games Group to develop additional content material for Murderer’s Creed Mirage throughout a gathering final month.
Simply in case you are not conscious, the Saudi PIF is a nationwide wealth fund backed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It has been used to purchase shares in corporations like Nintendo and Embracer Group, in addition to to outright purchase up a controlling stake in King of Fighters developer SNK.
The PIF does not presently maintain any shares in Ubisoft, however this deal might signify an curiosity on bin Salman and Saudi Arabia’s half to spend money on the corporate, particularly at a time when Ubisoft’s present shareholders appear sad with the course it is taking.
As for Murderer’s Creed Shadows, the sport is presently scheduled for a March twentieth launch, having been delayed not as soon as, however twice since its authentic announcement.
Ubisoft little doubt has so much driving on Shadows‘ success; its newest financials have been very gloomy certainly, with high-profile video games like Star Wars Outlaws and first-person shooter XDefiant proving to be costly flops for the studio.
We’ll have to attend and see whether or not extra Murderer’s Creed Mirage DLC is certainly deliberate for the long run. Within the meantime, you’ll be able to seize the sport now on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, and you’ll learn our evaluate of it right here.