US EditionEx-Assassin's Creed Boss Says He Didn't Jump, Ubisoft Pushed
Marc-Alexis Côté left after Ubisoft formed Vantage Studios with Tencent to lead Assassin’s Creed; he declined a lesser leadership role after nearly 20 years heading the franchise.
- On October 15, Assassin's Creed series lead Marc-Alexis Côté departed Ubisoft, announced three days ago, after the success of Assassin's Creed Shadows.
- After taking a $1.25 billion bailout from Tencent, Ubisoft restructured to create Vantage Studios, a joint-owned subsidiary revealed weeks ago to run Assassin's Creed.
- According to the memo from Charlie Guillemot and Christophe Derennes, Marc-Alexis Côté was offered a leadership role but declined, though he insists he was asked to step aside after almost two decades.
- Company statements framed the exit as voluntary, with Ubisoft spokesperson telling IGN that Marc-Alexis Côté chose a new path and expressing confidence in its teams, while internal commentary suggested this was designed to make everything seem more amicable.
- Côté's long tenure raises questions about the franchise's next phase as Vantage Studios takes over after Tencent's involvement, heightening concern about leadership change in the Assassin's Creed franchise.
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technewstube.comAssassin's Creed series lead Marc-Alexis Côté leaves Ubisoft after 20 years following launch of Tencent-funded subsidiary – and it's made us a bit worried about the series' future
Assassin's Creed franchise lead Marc-Alexis Côté has departed Ubisoft after 20 years.
After more than 20 years at Ubisoft, head of the Assassins Creed franchise, Marc-Alexis Coté left the company.
Lost between internal slippages and an unreadable industrial strategy, Ubisoft has just fired his most valuable captain: Marc-Alexis Côté, chief architect of the Assassins Creed license. The Ubisoft ship seems to be taking the water from all sides. Profits fall, rumours of Tencent's takeover are rustling again, and the giant [...]
After the surprising news of his departure at Ubisoft, the long-time Assassin-Creed manager Marc-Alexis Côté has now made himself known – and contradicts the statement that he voluntarily left the company. In a post on LinkedIn, Côté made it clear that his separation from Ubisoft did not take place at his own request, but was part of an internal restructuring. more
News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. This week, Ubisoft officially revealed the departure of Marc-Alexis Coté, who was in charge of the Assassin’s Creed saga for the past three years. But soon after, the developer himself publicly clarified that it was not a voluntary resignation, but a forced decision by the company. I noted that it happened within Ubisoft In a message posted on LinkedIn, Coté told that the …
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