Ubisoft on Saturday revealed that several execs will step down from the company amid the changes that are being implemented to strengthen workplace culture in response to recent accusations of misconduct
The personnel changes were revealed Saturday as the French-owned studio reaffirms its commitment to implementing"profound changes" and combatting toxic behavior.
Chief Creative Office Serge Hascoët will resign immediately, with his role taken over by CEO and co-founder of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot. Meanwhile, Yannis Mallat, managing director of Ubisoft's Canadian studios, will also leave the company. to staff in an internal memo titled "Change Starts Today" from Guillemot, who indicated that change would affect all levels of the company.video game franchises, recently saw its creative director Ashraf Ismail take leave from his position after a woman online accused him of marital infidelity.
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