Simply sooner or later after his shock departure, former Murderer’s Creed franchise boss Marc-Alexis Côté has confirmed that he didn’t wish to depart Ubisoft.
Marc-Alexis Côté took the function of govt producer function in 2018. Since then, 4 mainline Assassin’s Creed video games and one VR title have been launched. However that got here to an finish on October 15 when Marc-Alexis Côté out of the blue departed Ubisoft, immediately producing hypothesis that one thing had occurred behind-the-scenes.
“A lot of you’ve got expressed shock that I’d select to go away Murderer’s Creed after so a few years, particularly given the fervour I nonetheless maintain for it. The reality is straightforward: I didn’t make that alternative,” wrote Côté on LinkedIn.
“Ubisoft determined to switch the management of the Murderer’s Creed franchise to somebody nearer to its new organizational construction. A distinct place was talked about, however it didn’t carry the identical scope, mandate, or continuity with the work I had been entrusted with in recent times.”
Côté did say that he has no resentment towards the corporate and is grateful for his time there, however that “I additionally owe it to my groups, previous and current, to say this plainly: I didn’t stroll away. I stayed at my publish till Ubisoft requested me to step apart.”
Côté’s exit is probably going linked to the formation of Ubisoft’s new subsidiary firm, Vantage Studios, which is partly owned by Chinese language large Tencent. The brand new firm holds the rights to all of Ubisoft’s largest IP, resembling Asssassin’s Creed and Far Cry. Vantage is believed to have formally begun working not too long ago.
