Ubisoft's first-half sales are up 65.7% over the same period last year, with digital revenue up 69.1%.
In February 2016, Guillemot announced Ubisoft would be moving away from the Assassin's Creed annual release cycle. At the time, he expressed his hopes that moving away from the annual schedule would allow creators to take advantage of new engines and technology.
In our Assassin's Creed Origins review, we gave the game a 9, calling it "a deep-dive into a truly stunning realization of ancient Egypt." Seth Macy is a freelance writer. Follow him on Twitter @sethmacy.