The rumours of Electronic Arts' acquisition have refused to go away, and now Alain Corre, executive director for Ubisoft EMEA, has made a statement to the disfavour of such an arrangement. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Corre says he cannot imagine the merger being to Ubi's advantage:

"I think it would be dangerous for a company like Ubisoft to get together too much with a company like EA, because it could kill creativity..."

He goes on to declare Ubi's resolve and ability to stand on their own feet:

"We have the capability, the management, the brands, the studios and the energy to go on alone."

Two years ago, EA bought 20% of UbiSoft, and that was what started the rumours. According to Corre, however, Ubi have made concrete plans in the direction of expanding for themselves:

"The plan is for us to go on developing the business ourselves (...) The idea for us is to tap into the genres we're not in. We did that last summer with the acquisition of Driver and the Reflections studio, so we're now into racing more. We want to go down that route and get the skills to develop sports and RPG games in the future."