The company already has Hollywood adaptations of three of its major franchises in the works: Michael Fassbender will star in and co-produce the big screen version of Assassin's Creed, Tom Hardy will play Sam Fisher in a Splinter Cell film, while Michael Bay is to develop Ghost Recon into a potential movie franchise for Warner Bros.
As with those projects, Ubisoft will retain creative control of the Watch Dogs, Far Cry and Rabbids films, hiring the screenwriters, directors and cast, Variety reports.
Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet said the company is treating the movies as standalone titles with new stories rather than as game adaptations.
He added: "Not every game will make a good movie, and for others it may be too early to turn into a movie."
Ubisoft isn't the only games publisher bringing its major properties to the big screen. World of Warcraft, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Heavenly Sword and Ratchet & Clank films are also in the pipeline.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said last week that the company has three Assassin's Creed games in development and that each one will deliver different gameplay and innovations.
He also stated that the company will no longer make Wii U exclusive games until Nintendo sells more systems.
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