Ubisoft is acquiring the rights to Amazon’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, March of Giants.
Under the agreement, developer Amazon Games Montreal will join Ubisoft, while Amazon will provide marketing support to the French gaming giant. Notably, this marks a full circle moment with Amazon Games Montreal, as the team was founded in 2021 by several ex-Ubisoft members, including original Rainbow Six: Siege creative director Xavier Marquis, who holds the same role on March of Giants.
Currently, March of Giants is in its playtesting period, with those interested able to request access through Steam. The 4v4 MOBA has players controlling the titular large warriors as they command armies and deploy tactical structures, giving the game a mix of action and strategy elements.
March of Giants doesn’t yet have a release date, but the development team says the next major update will come in 2026 and introduce new giants, expanded competitive modes, and other “foundational systems.”
Overall, it’s interesting to see Amazon strike this deal with Ubisoft, but it does actually make a lot of sense for both parties. For one, Amazon Games has struggled over the years, finding some success with multiplayer titles like New World and Lost Ark, but also cancelling several others, including Crucible. And in October, Amazon laid off more than 14,000 people, with Bloomberg reporting that “significant role reductions” were being made to the company’s gaming unit. Going forward, Amazon Games is expected to focus on publishing titles like the recently announced Tomb Raider remake and next mainline Tomb Raider, as well as producing content for its Luna streaming service.
Ubisoft, meanwhile, has experienced challenges in producing another multiplayer hit beyond the still-popular Rainbow Six: Siege, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. Last year, Ubisoft cancelled XDefiant, its crossover free-to-play shooter, and that followed lukewarm launches for new IPs like the pirate game Skull & Bones and sports game Roller Champions.
Therefore, it seems like both companies are banking on results from the original Siege developers reuniting with Ubisoft. It remains to be seen what will happen, but hopefully, this homecoming will work out well.
In the meantime, Ubisoft has several anticipated single-player games on the way. Later this week, an expansion for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will release alongside the Fire and Ash film, with remakes of Ubisoft Montreal’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag both reportedly set to come early next year. Ubisoft Quebec’s acclaimed Assassin’s Creed Shadows has also received many updates and is one of the year’s best-selling games.
Image credit: Amazon Games
