History

13 Years of Multimedia Know-how

1986-88
The five Guillemot brothers create Ubi Soft, a producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software. Major American firms including Electronic ArtsTM, Sierra On-Line, Microprose, Novalogic® and others entrust the distribution of their software to the young French company.

1989-90
The group embarks on a policy of internationalization, establishing marketing branches in Great Britain (London) and later the United States (San Francisco) and Germany (Dusseldorf).

1991-93
Ubi Soft enters the booming market for Nintendo® and Sega® game consoles: 
Star Wars™ : The Empire Strikes Back™, Street Racer, etc.

1994-95
-	The group establishes an integrated creation and production system.
-	Distribution branches are set up in Japan (Tokyo), Spain (Barcelona) and later Italy (Milan).
-	Rayman® is introduced.

1996-98
-	Ubi Soft is successfully listed on the Second Market of the Paris Stock Exchange (1996).
-	Market launch of POD® and F1 Racing Simulation™, among others.
-	Distribution subsidiaries are set up in Australia (Sydney), Scandinavia (Copenhagen), Belgium (Brussels) and the Netherlands (Amsterdam).
-	Production studios are created in China (Shanghai), Canada (Montreal), Morocco (Casablanca), the USA (New York), Spain (Barcelona), Italy (Milan) and Japan (Tokyo).
-	Ubi Soft signs European and international co-production, licensing and distribution agreements (Criterion Studios, The 3DO Company®, Smart Dog, ANCO, Vertex Multimedia, Argonaut Software, Crystal DynamicsTM, GT Interactive, etc.).
-	Market launch of Monaco Grand Prix™ and PLAYMOBIL®: Laura's happy adventures™.

Q1 & Q2 1999
-	Ubi Soft signs licensing agreements with :
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment/DC Comics (Batman™).
Disney Interactive, Inc. (Disney's The Jungle Book and Donald Duck).
Les Editions Dupuis (working title : Papyrus – The Curse of Seth).
-	Ubi Soft signs a distribution agreement with Lucas Learning Ltd.
-	Ubi Soft buys Interactive Magic's most promising games.
-	A production facility is established in Beijing.
-	A distribution branch is set up in Brazil (Sao Paulo).

Batman and all related characters, names, indicia are trademarks of DC Comics © 1999.
© Disney. All Rights Reserved.
© 1999 by geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co. KG, Zirndorf / Deutschland. Playmobil® : pronounced "play-mo-beel".
© 1999, Dupuis.