TweakTown

Ubisoft offers voluntary layoffs for Division dev teams at Massive Entertainment

TL;DR: Ubisoft offers voluntary severance packages to Massive Entertainment employees amid restructuring after underperforming titles. Tencent's $1.2 billion investment in Vantage Studios, managing ...
The Escapist

ARC Raiders launches to inevitable login queues and ‘Connection Not Available’ errors

ARC Raiders launches with Login queues and connection not available errors while players rush into the launch of a hotly ...
The Escapist

Ubisoft has possibly written the worst layoff announcement ever, asking devs to voluntarily leave

Ubisoft is asking developers to lay themselves off from the publisher voluntarily. As Ubisoft looks for more ways to cut costs in its most recent restructure, the publisher is hoping that some ...
GamesIndustry

Ubisoft to offer voluntary redundancies to Massive Entertainment staff

Ubisoft has announced plans to offer voluntary redundancies to staff at its Swedish subsidiary Massive Entertainment. In a post shared on social media, the studio said it had "introduced a voluntary ...
Game Rant

'I Did Not Walk Away' Former Assassin's Creed Franchise Boss Clarifies His Departure from Ubisoft

Derek's love of games came at an early age when his parents first brought home the Nintendo Entertainment System. From then on, countless nights were spent hunting ducks, stomping turtles, exploring ...
Game Rant

The Assassin's Creed Boss Has Left Ubisoft

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...
Eurogamer

Former Assassin's Creed boss clarifies he "did not walk away" from series, but was asked to "step aside" by Ubisoft

Former Assassin's Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté has clarified the reasoning for his departure from the series, stating he "did not walk away" but was asked to "step aside" by Ubisoft. Earlier this week, ...
PC Gamer

Former Assassin's Creed boss says he did not leave voluntarily: 'I stayed at my post until Ubisoft asked me to step aside'

Gaming Industry Ubisoft's new Tencent-backed company is called Vantage Studios, a 'creative house' that will take over development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six Gaming Industry Ubisoft ...
TechRadar

Outgoing Assassin's Creed boss says 'I did not make that choice' when talking about his departure from Ubisoft

Former Assassin's Creed lead clarifies his sudden departure from Ubisoft He claims he was asked to "step aside" but harbors "no resentment" towards the company It was previously reported that he left ...
GamesRadar+

Assassin's Creed Shadows finally hits Switch 2 in December, but you can probably already guess the bad news: Ubisoft is sticking with game-key cards over real physical releases

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Assassin's Creed Shadows hits Switch 2 on December 2. Ubisoft confirms in a press release that it ...
IGN

"I did not make that choice."

Former Assassin's Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté has made clear that his shock exit from Ubisoft was not his decision. In a post on LinkedIn, Côté said he bore "no resentment," but wanted to make clear ...
GamesIndustry

Assassin's Creed franchise lead Marc-Alexis Côté "did not make the choice" to leave Ubisoft

Update, October 17, 2025: Marc-Alexis Côté has addressed his departure from Ubisoft, clarifying that he "did not make the choice" to leave the developer. In a post on LinkedIn, Côté claimed Ubisoft ...