History
On August 6, 2008, Activision Blizzard put up Massive Entertainment for sale after the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games and the subsequent internal reorganization. On November 10, 2008, Ubisoft acquired Massive Entertainment.
In March 2009, former CEO Martin Walfisz left Ubisoft Massive.
On November 2, 2010, Massive published an article on their Facebook page detailing a visit to the Swedish Armed Forces Nordic Battle Group. During this visit, several Massive developers partook in the observation of a modern military exercise. The purpose of the observation was to record audio of the entire mock battle, so developers could get a better sense of what a battlefield sounds like.
In December 2010, Ubisoft confirmed that Massive would be "teaming up on a project for Assassin's Creed". On May 5, 2011, it was announced that Massive Entertainment is collaborating on development of Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Massive are also collaborating on the development of Far Cry 3, which is set for a release in 2012.
Their latest release was World in Conflict, which has been described in interviews on the company's official website as a further development of the real-time tactics gameplay formula from the Ground Control games, but set on Earth during the late Cold War. It has also been described as being the largest project for Massive Entertainment so far, with a huge budget. The game was released on September 18, 2007 and won wide critical acclaim, including several nominations for one of the best games of 2007.
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