Ubisoft buys World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment

Posted Nov 10th 2008 2:30PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Biz, RTS, World in Conflict: Soviet Assault

One of the developers and game franchises left twisting in the wind after the Activision Blizzard merger has finally found a new home. Ubisoft has announced that it has purchased the Sweden based Massive Entertainment and the full rights to their World in Conflict RTS series. Financial terms for the deal were not disclosed.

The original World in Conflict was one of the best RTS games of 2007 but when its publisher Vivendi Games merged with Activision the new management team didn't want to take on the franchise or the developer, despite the fact that Massive was already working on a follow-up, World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. Today's press release made no mention of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault's status. We will email Ubisoft to find out if the publisher still intends to release that game.

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, breaking, massive-entertainment, ubisoft, vivendi-games, world-in-conflict, world-in-conflict-soviet-assault

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Is that good or bad for the Massive Etertainment? I really admire those guys al the way since Ground Control 1.Posted at 4:38PM on Nov 10th 2008 by Dragan

This is at least fourty two kinds of awesome. It means WiC may come to Steam :) So glad that Soviet Assault is saved.Posted at 10:56PM on Nov 10th 2008 by Sokkratez

Follow up? Is Soviet Assault still being released on PS3? Please say yes...Posted at 7:49PM on Jan 4th 2009 by Nick Winsor