Ubisoft Boss Yves Guillemot Says 2 Far Cry Games in Development, as He Fends Off Questions Around Nepotism, and His Future at the Company

Ubisoft brag Yves Guillemot has been questioned implicit the aboriginal of his institution — and his ain presumption successful it — arsenic portion of a wide-ranging interrogation that besides confirmed aggregate Far Cry titles are successful the works.

Speaking to Variety, Guillemot was quizzed connected his plans for Ubisoft pursuing its caller institution restructure and ongoing occupation losses (with different 40 roles confirmed gone conscionable overnight).

There were questions, too, of his idiosyncratic effect to caller unit strikes that sparked caller calls for his resignation, and to the persistent grumbles surrounding the assignment of his lad Charlie Guillemot arsenic co-CEO of Vantage Studios, the institution part present overseeing Ubisoft's astir prized franchises, including Far Cry and Assassin's Creed.

"On Far Cry, anticipation is high, and we presently person 2 precise promising projects successful development," Guillemot said, without providing further detail. The franchise's past title, Far Cry 6, launched successful 2021. Previous reporting has suggested that the adjacent introduction volition connection a much extremist upgrade to the series' accustomed formula.

On Assassin's Creed, Guillemot noted the institution had "several 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.

"Ubisoft was created arsenic a household company, and our beardown practice helps america instrumentality a semipermanent view, prioritizing sustainable growth, originative ambition, and continuity implicit short-term cycles," Guillemot said erstwhile asked astir the accusations of nepotism that surrounded Vantage Studios' announcement. "This position guides our decisions and helps america physique franchises, teams, and strategies that endure for decades.

"I powerfully judge that Christophe Derennes and Charlie are the close leaders arsenic Co-CEOs of Vantage Studios. They bring complementary strengths and acquisition that marque them well-suited for the role. Their assignment was based connected their skills, way record, and acceptable for the role."

Asked astir the recently-scrapped Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake, Guillemot did not supply further item erstwhile asked however acold agelong the task was. Various improvement teams spent fractional a decennary moving connected the project, and an histrion believed to person been playing 1 of its pb characters said she had subsequently mislaid 3 years of work.

"I afloat recognize the morganatic concerns of our teams successful France and astir the world," Guillemot continued, erstwhile asked however Ubisoft was addressing worker concerns, peculiarly astir unit cuts and welfare. Guillemot was besides asked for a effect to calls for him to resign — thing helium did not straight address.

"Ubisoft is going done a large signifier of transformation, affecting our organization, operations, and culture. Changes of this standard people rise questions and make tension, peculiarly erstwhile they interaction people's routines, and I admit that. My committedness is to listen, pb responsibly, and support our teams engaged. At the aforesaid time, we can’t disregard that we are portion of an manufacture that is much competitory and demanding than ever. Delivering astatine the level of prime and ambition our players expect requires beardown alignment, velocity of execution, and adjacent collaboration. The decisions we are making are guided by that reality.

"My main absorption areas present are our transformation," helium concluded, "ensuring Ubisoft's semipermanent fiscal sustainability, and delivering games astatine the highest standard."

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