Murderer’s Creed: Origins director Jean Guesdon has introduced he’s leaving Ubisoft after greater than 17 years with the corporate.
Taking to Linkedin to verify his departure, Guesdon wrote: “2023 will begin for me with the tip of a bit greater than 17 formidable years at Ubisoft Montreal.”
I can’t categorical how a lot I owe to this distinctive firm,” he continued. “So many individuals met, so many abilities discovered and so many tasks shipped. And Murderer’s Creed, after all Murderer’s Creed.”
He hasn’t but revealed what his subsequent undertaking will likely be, or with who.
In recent times, Guesdon has been inventive director on an “undisclosed” undertaking at Ubisoft for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S. In response to Kotaku, the undertaking is codenamed Renaissance, “a collaborative voxel-based sport with shades of Minecraft.”
Three former Ubisoft builders with information of the undertaking informed Kotaku they “thought of it to be one of many extra promising ones within the pipeline on the firm”.
“We thank Jean for his sturdy inventive imaginative and prescient, openness, concepts, and most of all, his skill to place himself ‘within the footwear’ of our gamers in his contributions to Ubisoft,” a spokesperson for the corporate stated in a press release. “We want him effectively as he strikes on to his subsequent chapter.”
Ubisoft began the 12 months by cancelling three unannounced video games and delaying the extremely anticipated Cranium & Bones to 2024, citing “main challenges because the trade continues to shift in direction of mega-brands and long-lasting titles”.
In a monetary replace, Ubisoft defined it was “dealing with main challenges” amid “worsening financial circumstances affecting client spending”. It then confirmed the cancellation of mysterious player-versus-player sport Undertaking Q.
Alongside all that, it was additionally introduced that Ubisoft plans to chop prices of round £176million over the subsequent two years “via focused restructuring, divesting some non-core property and common pure attrition”.
After Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillermot informed employees that “the ball is in your courtroom” to show issues round, 40 members of employees at Ubisoft’s Paris went on strike regardless of Guillermot apologising for the way his feedback have been “perceived”.
In different information, Ubisoft has introduced that the subsequent season of The Division 2 has been delayed, as a result of builders are locked out of the sport.