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Anno franchise developer now fully owned by Ubisoft

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Publisher Ubisoft has fully acquired Anno series developed related Designs. Polygon reports Ubisoft owned about 30% of the company following its 2007 acquisition of Sunflowers Interactive, and coughed up cash for the rest recently. Related Designs, which employs 65 staff, played a role in the development of Anno 1701, Anno 1404 and the latest of the city-builders, Anno 2070, and will continue working with co-developer Blue Byte on Might and Magic Heroes Online and future titles.

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Brenna Hillier

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.
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