Nadeo

Nadeo

Nadeo

French video game developer

Ubisoft Nadeo (pronounced NĂ-dā-yō) is a French video game developer founded in 2000. The studio is best known for creating the racing game series TrackMania. Other games developed by Nadeo include the Virtual Skipper series and ShootMania. Nadeo's latest game was TrackMania (2020), which was released on July 1, 2020. Since 2009, Nadeo has been a subsidiary of Ubisoft.[1]

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History

Nadeo was founded in 2000 in Paris, France, by Florent Castelnérac and Pascal Hérold.[2] Their first game was Virtual Skipper 2, released in 2002. In 2003, Nadeo released the first entry in the TrackMania series, which received "mixed or average reviews" from critics.[3] TrackMania reached over 700,000 unique players each month, and had 10 million registered players by 2009.[4] In 2009, Nadeo was acquired by Ubisoft for an undisclosed sum.

In September 2020, CEO Florent Castelnérac was accused of abusive behavior and bullying towards his staff.[5][6][7]

Games developed

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References

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    "Ubisoft acquires TrackMania developer Nadeo". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
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    "Jeux vidéo / Sur PC. Florent Castelnérac: "TrackMania est un spectacle universel"". www.dna.fr (in French). 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-11-08. Cofondateur (avec Pascal Hérold) du studio Nadeo en 2000, Florent Castelnérac (45 ans) a participé à la création de la franchise TrackMania dont il supervise toujours le travail technique comme artistique.
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    "TrackMania (2003)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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    "Ubisoft Buys TrackMania Developers Nadeo". Kotaku. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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    "Ubisoft has reportedly made minimal changes following abuse allegations". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
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    "Ubisoft reportedly made minimal changes following abuse allegations". NME. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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    "«Tu vas pleurer les premières fois»: que se passe-t-il au sein du studio d'Ubisoft derrière Trackmania?". Numerama (in French). 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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