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Ubisoft Nadeo
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2000 (2000)
Founders	Florent Castelnérac Pascal Hérold
Headquarters	Paris, France
Products	TrackMania ShootMania Virtual Skipper
Parent	Ubisoft (2009–present)
Website	www.ubisoft.com/en-us/studio/nadeo

Ubisoft Nadeo (English: /ˈnɑːdioʊ/ NAH-dee-oh,^[1] French: [nadeo])^[2] 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. Its latest release is Trackmania (2020). Since 2009, Nadeo has been a subsidiary of Ubisoft.^[3]

Nadeo was founded in 2000 in Paris, France, by Florent Castelnérac and Pascal Hérold.^[4] 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.^[5] TrackMania reached over 700,000 unique players each month, and had 10 million registered players by 2009.^[6] In 2009, Nadeo was acquired by Ubisoft for an undisclosed sum.

In September 2020, Creative Director Florent Castelnérac was accused of abusive behavior and bullying towards his staff.^[7][8][9]

• "The future of Nadeo: creators of Trackmania, Shootmania and Questmania". PC Gamer. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2025-02-03.