Sign in

Private company

Nadeo

Logo: Alinoa78, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

French video game developer

Ubisoft Nadeo (English: NAH-dee-oh, French: [nadeo]) 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.2 It was founded by Pascal Hérold and Florent Castelnérac.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Nov 27, 2000Founded1
  • Industrycomputer programming1
  • HeadquartersParis1
  • Websitenadeo.com
  • Legal formsociété par actions simplifiée1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Ubisoft Nadeo (English: NAH-dee-oh, French: [nadeo]) 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.2

Corporate structure

Nadeo is part of a group headed by Ubisoft. 63 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Florent Castelnérac and Pascal Hérold on Nov 27, 2000.1

Nadeo was founded in 2000 in Paris, France, by Florent Castelnérac and Pascal Hérold. 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. TrackMania reached over 700,000 unique players each month, and had 10 million registered players by 2009. 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nadeo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Nadeo, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • TrackMania

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2009Acquired Acquired by Ubisoft1
  2. Nov 27, 2000Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4