Worldwide, Shadows has reached more than three million players so far. Shadows had the second-highest day-one sales revenue for any Assassin's Creed game, only trailing Valhalla. Shadows did beat Valhalla by one measurement, though, setting a record for the most day-one digital revenue on the PlayStation Store for the Assassin's Creed franchise.

Ubisoft Entertainment SA’s US-listed shares soared as much as 20% after the video game maker said it will carve out a unit including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six into a subsidiary with an enterprise value of about €4 billion ($4.

Ubisoft on Thursday announced it’s creating a new gaming subsidiary and that Chinese technology giant Tencent will invest 1.16 billion euros ($1.25 billion) into the unit.

Ubisoft is spinning off Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six into a subsidiary backed by Tencent, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Chinese gaming giant will invest €1.16 billion (~$1.3 billion) for a 25 percent stake in the carveout, which will have a total value of about €4 billion (~$4.3 billion).

Ubisoft now officially has a €1.16 billion life jacket from Tencent, but it comes with the cost of a few beloved IPs and the risk of layoffs.

One of France’s most recognizable exports gets a lifeline.

French videogame maker Ubisoft said on Thursday it has set up a subsidiary in which China's Tencent will invest 1.16 billion euros ($1.25 billion).

Shadows is one of the top five best-selling games in the US this year. However, that's not enough to protect Ubisoft from stock market declines.

Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft is creating a new unit with China's Tencent to handle its most popular franchises, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six. The new unit will be worth more than $4 billion.