There's already some unusual drama brewing around the new joint venture between Ubisoft and Tencent. Vantage studios owner of the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 franchises. Marc-Alexis Coté, former head of Assassin's Creed at Ubisoft's North American studio, says his recent departure from Ubisoft was not as previously reported outlets such as IGNat your own request.
Ubisoft told IGN that Cote had “chosen a new path outside of Ubisoft,” saying he was offered a leadership position at Vantage Studios, but turned down the offer.
Côté disputed this characterization of events in LinkedIn post. “Many of you expressed surprise that I decided to leave Assassin's Creed after all these years, especially given the passion I still have for the game,” he wrote. “The truth is simple: I did not make that choice.”
The former Ubisoft executive went on to write that Ubisoft has handed over leadership of the series to “someone closer to its new.”
organizational structure” and that she offered him another position in the new company. (Ubisoft reported this in a statement to other publications). The position did not appear to “have the same scope, mandate or continuity with the work I had been assigned in recent years,” according to Côté.
He stated that he is “not mad” at Ubisoft and is grateful for his time with the company. “But I also owe it to my teams, past and present, to be clear: I haven’t quit. I remained in my post until Ubisoft left.” He emphasized this fact by stating that he sees himself as the captain of Assassin's Creed's metaphorical ship, a man who will only leave “once every soul on board is safe.” (It should be noted that sources speaking to Game Developer accused Kote contributes to a toxic work environment in 2020.)
The game developer has reached out to Ubisoft for comment and will update this story when the company responds.
