Games publisher and developer Ubisoft has just acquired Microïds' Canadian development operations and will merge them into the Ubisoft Montreal branch. About fifty Microïds employees will move to Ubisoft as a result.

How this will affect the output of Microïds' adventure games remains to be seen, but according to press any projects currently in development by Microïds is not affected.

Microïds is a French developer known for its Syberia series and its upcoming suspense thriller Still Life.