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Ubisoft

Ubisoft’s Reset, and the Day the Market Stopped Believing

Ubisoft’s 34% share price collapse in January 2026 was not a sudden shock but the visible breaking point of years of underperformance, delayed releases, and structural drift. The company’s radical restructuring, game cancellations, studio closures and layoffs mark an attempt to regain control, but the market reaction shows a loss of patience and confidence. Even strong franchises no longer buy time when execution, cadence and trust fall out of sync.

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Happy New Year 2026

Happy New Year 2026.

I hope this year starts gently for you. No rush, no pressure. Just a sense that something new is possible. A clean page, even if you don’t fill it all at once. May 2026 bring you more moments that feel right. Good conversations. Small wins. Laughing a bit louder than expected. And the kind of […]

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Geoff Keighley presenting at The Game Awards in 2022Image: Zion Grassl
The Game Awards

The Cost of Being There

It starts quietly. Someone somewhere is staring at a budget spreadsheet, and a single line item feels heavier than the rest. Because a minute of air. Just sixty seconds. Can cost four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And if you breathe for three minutes on that stage, the number tips past a million. That number […]

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