Ubisoft acquires 1492 Studio (mobile dating games)

[Nirolak]

Ubisoft, continuing their streak of mobile acquisitions, has purchased Montpellier based 1492 Studio.

Their primary product is "Is It Love?", which is part of the quickly growing and very profitable Western Otome game market.

Ubisoft announced today that it has acquired 1492 Studio, which specializes in episodic, interactive romance stories for mobile called Is It Love?.

According to Ubisoft, Is It Love? is one of the top five grossing simulation games for iOS in France. 1492 Studio's headquarters is in Montpellier. Is It Love? is in the top 20 in the U.S. for grossing simulation games on iOS.

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Source: https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/28/ubisoft-acquires-is-it-love-mobile-developer-1492-studio/

As for the game:

Description

You are the game's heroine, the choices you make influence the love story.

For three months now, you've been working at Carter Corp a company founded by the mysterious R. Carter and based in New York.

You immediately get on well with your work colleague, Matt Ortega. A charming and sweet guy, who seems to always find words that make you smile. You feel extremely attracted to him and have set your mind on seducing him. But the moment you move up a gear, his brother steps in and his arrival may well change things...

This is YOUR story!

You are the heroine of this free scenario game! Beyond simply reading, the choices you make influence the story and its final outcome.

New stories and new chapters are regularly released allowing you to live the love story you've always dreamed of.

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[R dott B]

Well this was unexpected.

 

[alr1ght]

That that first picture has a tower is not a coincidence.

 

[ZhugeEX]

This thread actually makes sense both ways you read it.

They purchased 1492, the studio.
Now they also have 1492 studios total.

 

[Bandage]

Assassin Husbandos

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Are we going to get a sequel to Sprung?

The writing in this game was something else.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

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i had missed the gravity defying tits of devil survivor series

 

[Mass_Pincup]

I wonder if they're heading towards a new fully owned Gameloft.

Might as well, would be dumb to leave that money on the table.

 

[Rodjer]

Now they also have 1492 studios total.

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Really????

 

[Milennia]

Are we going to get a sequel to Sprung?

The writing in this game was something else.

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BRUH

 

[Nirolak]

I wonder with they're heading towards a new fully owned Gameloft.

Might as well, would be dumb to leave that money on the table.

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They're pretty much already there with just KetchApp.

 

[ZhugeEX]

Really????

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No.

But they a lot of offices and locations around the world.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

They're pretty much already there with just KetchApp.

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I somehow completely forgot about that acquisition.

They seem to focus on European studio for their mobile offering with KetchApp, Future Games of London and now 1492.

 

[_zoipi]

Hum... A Ubisoft dating sim... Now if they had any interesting characters to date aside Rayman...

 

[nsilvias]

They're coming for the persona market after seeing persona 5 sell 2 million copies.

 

[Bán]

Dammit, seven years ago I was telling everyone that this was a massive niche waiting to be filled.

If only I had had any money, tech skills or basic motivation... ah well.

Happy for the devs. Ubisoft is a great publisher.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Yeah. Sprung was really something. The protagonists being named Brett and Becky is something. As is Brett having three love options to Becky's one.

Ubisoft was 14 years too early. Shame this wasn't released on Wii U Virtual Console. Maybe on Switch.