By Enrico Sciacovelli and Olivier Cherfan
(Reuters) – French video game producer Ubisoft confirmed on Thursday its guidance for the current financial year, as the company expressed confidence in its line-up after it beat its net booking estimate for the second quarter.
The maker of the blockbuster “Rainbow Six” franchise reported net bookings of 554.8 million euros ($584.43 million) for the three months until September 30, well above its target of 350 million euros.
Ubisoft, which has been dogged by game cancellations and delays, reiterated its forecast of a full-year non-IFRS operating income around 400 million euros, without releasing the other large game it had initially planned to launch during the last quarter of the current fiscal year.
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(Reporting by Enrico Sciacovelli and Olivier Cherfan, editing Jane Merriman)
