"Star Wars Outlaws" and "Assassin's Creed" game publisher Ubisoft has broken its silence regarding a potential sale of the company without explicitly confirming one way or another if it's in active negotiations.

Tom Henderson revealed the alleged sales results of Star Wars: Outlaws. These reportedly had a direct impact on the decision to return Ubisoft's games to the Steam platform when they were released.

Star Wars Outlaws failed to meet its sales targets, and Ubisoft is committed to fix, improve, and overhaul the game ahead of its Steam debut in November.

A view of the Ubisoft Entertainment logo on a panel during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Saint-Mande, near Paris, France, September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo (Reuters) - Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment rose by as much as 5% in early session trade on Monday after the company issued a statement saying it was reviewing its strategic options.

In a statement sent to VGC, a Ubisoft spokesperson acknowledges "recent press speculation regarding potential interests around the Company," and somewhat vaguely says: "It regular

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.

It has been a rough few months for Ubisoft. From the disastrous flop of Star Wars Outlaws, to the delay of Assassin's Creed Shadows and the underperformance of XDefiant, they can't catch a break. Hence,

It was recently reported that the Guillemot family and Tencent may be preparing a collaborative buyout to take the company private.

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.