French video game giant Ubisoft delayed the publication of its half-year results and requested a suspension of its stock market listing

The French publisher has not provided a public explanation. Ubisoft has experienced a series of disappointments in recent years, after several underwhelming game launches.

A new episode of the French video game giant’s troubles? Publisher Ubisoft has postponed the publication of its financial results for the first half, scheduled for Thursday 13 November, and requested the suspension of its listing on the Paris Stock Exchange, without providing any explanation at this stage.

“Ubisoft has asked Euronext to suspend trading in its shares and bonds from market opening on November 14, 2025” and this until the results are disseminated “in the next few days”the publisher said in a press release, whose shares have plunged nearly 50% since the start of the year. When contacted by AFP, Ubisoft did not immediately provide a specific reason for this delay.

In an internal email sent to employees on Thursday and consulted by AFP, group finance director Frédérick Duguet indicated without further details that Ubisoft needed “additional time to complete the closing of the semester” and that the request to suspend the recording was indeed addressed “limit unnecessary speculation and market volatility in this short period”. “This may involve a major announcement regarding the company”commented Daniel Ahmad, from analyst firm Niko Partners, on the Bluesky social network.

Ubisoft has experienced a series of disappointments in recent years after several underwhelming game launches and the premature discontinuation of its online shooter games. X challenged. Since 2023, the French publisher has been implementing a cost reduction plan that has resulted in the closure of several overseas studios and the layoff of more than 2,000 employees.

In October, he announced plans to voluntarily leave the studios he had worked on in Stockholm and Malmö, Sweden Star Wars villain. At the same time, the group has begun an internal reorganization that should group its various video game brands into separate entities that remain under its control. Its first subsidiary was founded at the beginning of October and brings together more than 2,300 of the group’s approximately 17,000 employees worldwide in its three biggest stories: Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry And Rainbow Six.