"Star Wars Outlaws" and "Assassin's Creed" game publisher Ubisoft has broken its silence regarding a potential sale of the company without confirming.

In response to the lower-than-expected sales and player feedback, Ubisoft said its teams are now "fully mobilized to swiftly implement a series of updates to polish and improve the player experience" ahead of the holidays. Ubisoft said it hopes Star Wars Outlaws can be a "strong long-term performer."

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.

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.

France-based video game publisher Ubisoft acknowledged recent “press speculation” that its founders were in talks to sell the company. Bloomberg News reported last week that the Guillemot family, which founded Ubisoft in 1986,

Chinese tech company Tencent and Ubisoft's founding Guillemot family are weighing a take-private buyout of the French video game maker, whose shares are down more than 40% this year, as first reported by Bloomberg and quasi-confirmed by the company.

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,