The Debrief, March 2025

Ubisoft sells part of a new spin-off business, Southgate batters games and BAFTA nominations unveiled

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• Ubisoft sells 25% of a new company spin-off to Tencent to solve financial woes

• Sir Gareth Southgate takes a pop at video games

• The BAFTA Games Award reveals its nominations for April’s awards

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Morning all,

Welcome to the latest edition of The Debrief, your monthly round-up of the news, policy developments, acquisitions, data and culture shaping the games industry.

In this month’s Debrief, we look at Ubisoft’s ongoing efforts to dig itself out of a financial hole, the impact of an England football manager on the public debate around games and provide early access to the next VGIM event.

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And if you can’t sign up this month but want to stay on top of the industry agenda, you can read every issue of Video Games Industry Memo from March via the links below.

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• The Best is History, 06/03/2025

• Listen to your Elder (Scrolls), 13/03/2025

• Three things I learned at GDC 2025, 20/03/2025

• This is how you win the (play) time war, 27/03/2025

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