France-based video game publisher Ubisoft acknowledged recent “press speculation” that its founders were in talks to sell the company. Bloomberg News reported last week that the Guillemot family, which founded Ubisoft in 1986,

The French video game firm’s stock fell to a decade-low after delaying the latest entry in its popular Assassin’s Creed series.

Bloomberg reported that Tencent and Ubisoft’s founding Guillemot family are discussing a potential buyout of the French video game developer.

Ubisoft is reportedly considering going private and selling itself to Tencent, which should make you a bit worried.

Ubisoft shares surged 33% Friday after a media report that Tencent and the firm's founding Guillemot family are considering a potential buyout of the company.

Amidst the chaos that is Ubisoft right now, a new report confirms that there is a Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake in active development.

Ubisoft, the maker of the "Assassin's Creed", "Far Cry" and "Watch Dogs" video games, said on Monday it regularly reviewed "all its strategic options", but declined further comment on a recent report of buyout interest.

Ubisoft, the French gaming company behind "Assassin's Creed," acknowledged a recent report that it may be sold off, saying it "regularly reviews all its strategic options" in a statement Monday. The statement comes a few days after Bloomberg reported Chinese tech company Tencent was considering buying Ubisoft.

France’s largest video gaming firm, which has long been seen as a takeover target, declined to comment on Tencent’s reported buyout interest.