Two high-profile departures recently happened in the game industry. The first is Marc-Alexis Côté, who was the head of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Côté has spent two decades with Ubisoft, climbing from Lead Level Designer to Executive Producer of Assassin’s Creed. Côté’s departure was linked to the start of operations Read more
Tencent-backed Ubisoft subsidiary has been named Vantage Studios and begins operation on October 1, 2025.
Ubisoft has now named Charlie Guillemot veteran Christophe Derennes as co-CEOs of its new subsidiary.
Ubisoft’s new subsidiary is valued at $4.3 billion (€4 billion) and will be the new home of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six franchises.
The changes to its remote work policy will see Ubisoft employees report to the office at least three days a week.
Starfield received generally favorable reviews, grabbing a Metascore of 85 on PC and 83 on Xbox Series X.
Ubisoft shares have lost over 40% of their value in the last 12 months (and far more if you look six years backward).
Game environment design comes into play when the game needs to stand out with something. For instance, if developers create a horror game, they will take dark and scary elements into account
The layoff storm blowing through the gaming industry is far from over. The latest studio that was impacted is PlayStation Visual Arts.
Gaming maps are getting larger. To bring those locations to life, each area has to be strewn with non-playable characters (NPCs). However, that throws up a new challenge which is how the main character interacts with the NPCs. Writers have to write dialogues for hundreds of these NPCs—and that can Read more