New Assassin's Creed Leadership Team Announced by Ubisoft Subsidiary Vantage Studios

Vantage Studios, the Ubisoft subsidiary that present manages the publisher's biggest brands, has announced a caller enactment squad for Assassin's Creed.

The blockbuster humanities stabathon bid volition present beryllium led by Martin Schelling, a seasoned Ubisoft shaper who antecedently served elder roles connected Assassin's Creed titles specified arsenic Black Flag, Origins and Valhalla, and has precocious served arsenic Ubisoft's Chief Production Officer.

Schelling volition beryllium assisted by Assassin's Creed seasoned Jean Guesdon, who volition presume the relation of Head of Content for the franchise. Looking aft the series' originative direction, Guesdon volition beryllium applying the acquisition he's gained arsenic a semipermanent decorator connected the series, moving connected much than a twelve titles successful the franchise, backmost to Assassin's Creed 1 successful 2007.

Finally, François de Billy volition service arsenic Head of Production Excellence, pursuing antecedently acting arsenic Production Director connected Valhalla and Origins.

The trio volition presume their caller roles implicit the adjacent fewer weeks, and steer the franchise guardant pursuing the abrupt departure of Assassin's Creed's erstwhile brag Marc-Alexis Côté, the seasoned Ubisoft worker who announced his departure from the institution past October, soon aft Vantage Studios enactment took power of the brand.

Ubisoft told unit of Côté's departure via an interior email that discussed the request for Vantage Studios' enactment squad to beryllium "aligned" with its halfway goals. At the time, IGN reported that Côté had been offered a relation arsenic portion of Vantage Studios' leadership, but declined.

Côté has since launched a suit against Ubisoft that claims helium was fundamentally replaced successful his relation aboriginal successful 2025 by Vantage Studios' newly-installed leadership, Christophe Derennes and Charlie Guillemot — the relative and lad of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. With this furniture of absorption present supra him, Côté alleges helium past learned implicit the summertime of 2025 that Vantage was present seeking to prosecute a caller Assassin's Creed franchise boss, too.

Last week, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot reaffirmed that the institution had "several" Assassin's Creed titles successful development, comprised of some single-player and multiplayer experiences. Back successful 2022, Ubisoft announced a raft of upcoming games including the now-launched Assassin's Creed Shadows, the witchcraft-inspired Assassin's Creed: Hexe (another single-player blockbuster) and Invictus (a multiplayer game). The institution is besides widely-expected to denote its long-awaited Black Flag remake soon.

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