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Ubisoft fires Assassin’s Creed creative director amid misconduct allegations Sponsored Links Christian Petersen via Getty Images Ubisoft has fired Ashraf Ismail, the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, in the wake of misconduct allegations. Ismail stepped down from his role on the game in June, though he remained with the company. A fan publicly…
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Three Ubisoft executives leave amid misconduct allegations Sponsored Links ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images More executives are leaving Ubisoft in the wake of misconduct allegations. The company has announced (via Kotaku) that Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët has resigned immediately after Libération claims he enabled misconduct by other executives, including Tommy François. The publisher’s Managing…
An Ubisoft VP has resigned following assault and misconduct allegations Sponsored Links NurPhoto via Getty Images Maxime Béland, Ubisoft’s vice-president of editorial, has resigned following accusations of assault and misconduct that emerged in recent weeks. Kotaku first reported that Béland had stepped down and Ubisoft has confirmed his resignation to Engadget. Both Béland and Tommy…
Evo 2020 canceled after co-founder abuse allegations Sponsored Links Joe Buglewicz via Getty Images Fighting game tournament Evo 2020 has been canceled after co-founder Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar was accused of assaulting a minor. The esports tournament, which announced in May that it was going online-only in the wake of COVID-19, will now not go…