Ubisoft shares hit decade low following Assassin's Creed delay

Shares in French video game company fell 19% in Paris after announcing new game would now be released next February instead of November

The company's other high-profile release this year Star Wars Outlaws underperformed in August after receiving middling reviews. Picture: Troy Harvey/Bloomberg

Shares in game developer Ubisoft Entertainment fell to their lowest in more than a decade after the French video game company cut its outlook on weaker-than-expected sales and delayed the hotly anticipated Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

The company said Assassin’s Creed Shadows would now debut on February 14 next year. It was supposed to come out in November.