Marc-Alexis Côté suddenly left Ubisoft after Assassin’s Creed Shadows released last year.
Former Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté left Ubisoft just 7 months after the release of Shadows, one of the most successful games in the series’ history. He stood up for the game as public figures like Elon Musk derided it, and the day after Ubisoft announced his exit from the company, he said it wasn’t his choice. Now, he’s suing.
When he originally spoke on the issue last October, he said on LinkedIn he was offered a role at the nascent Vantage Studios, but that « it did not carry the same scope, mandate, or continuity with the work I had been entrusted with in recent years. » It was evident back then he was not enthusiastic about leaving, as he said « I came to see myself as the captain of the Assassin’s Creed ship, someone who leaves only once every soul on board is safe.
