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Assassin's Creed 3 director discusses the disastrous launch of Skull and Bones, says the 'junior' devs didn't have enough experience and were 'trying to essentially make Black Flag crossed with World of Tanks or World of Warships'

Alex Hutchinson, creative director of Assassin's Creed 3 and Far Cry 4, has discussed what went wrong with the launch of Skull and Bones, suggesting it was down to a lack of experience from the development team.

TechRadar

Ubisoft is "very allergic" to making new games, says former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director, who claims the publisher "killed a bunch of our ideas" while he was there

"There's a million tiny things"

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After getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on PC Game Pass, unlocking its 'Unobtanium' max graphics mode, and then upgrading those stunning visuals even more with mods, I'm convinced this is the 'But can it run Crysis?' FPS PC gamers should install today

Maximum graphics, activated

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Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director is departing Ubisoft, leaving the major project in the hands of the creative director behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag and Origins

Ubisoft Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director Clint Hocking is departing the studio. The studio has confirmed Jean Guesdon, the creative director on Black Flag and Origins, will now lead Assassin's Creed Hexe.

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Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director Clint Hocking leaves Ubisoft, former Black Flag director Jean Guesden takes over as development continues under 'a seasoned team'

Hocking's departure follows just days after Ubisoft announced a new leadership team for the Assassin's Creed franchise.

PC Gamer

Assassin's Creed Hexe creative director quits Ubisoft for the second time, as Black Flag and Origins lead steps in following Clint Hocking's departure

The Far Cry 2 and Watch Dogs Legion director is leaving and Jean Guesdon is taking the helm

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Former Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director says Ubisoft 'became very allergic' to new games, which contributed to a 'talent drain'

Alex Hutchinson diagnoses the downward trajectory of his former employer.

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Xbox isn’t dead yet — here’s how the gaming brand can make a comeback

With a new CEO at the helm, Xbox has a new chance to reinvent itself and remain competitive. Here are some of the steps it can take to survive.

Tom’s Guide

Ubisoft CEO fights nepotism accusations after appointing son to lead new Assassin's Creed studio – by insisting "Ubisoft was created as a family company"

I do not think it means what you think it means

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Assassin’s Creed taps franchise veterans as Ubisoft looks to win fans back

Rebuilding core identity.

Dot Esports

Assassin's Creed 3 director says Ubisoft's Skull and Bones dev team was "junior" and "trying to essentially make Black Flag crossed with World of Tanks or World of Warships," but without the "experience"

Alex Hutchinson says Skull and Bones was "essentially the same stuff re-shipping 14 years after we made it," so it was "bizarre" watching development drag on for so long

GamesRadar

Ubisoft CEO confirms stacked Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry lineup, new IP underway

Betting on nostalgia and innovation.

Dot Esports

Ubisoft appoints three Assassin's Creed veterans to oversee the franchise at newly formed Vantage Studios

Ubisoft has named three experienced Assassin's Creed developers to lead the franchise at the company's newly formed Tencent-funded subsidiary, Vantage Studios.

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The director of the first Assassin's Creed with naval battles found it 'bizarre' to watch Skull and Bones' agonisingly long development, because it was 'essentially the same stuff re-shipping 14 years after we made it'

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Assassin's Creed has new leadership taking the helm, and the names they're listing are nothing but promising

There's new leadership taking the helm for Assassin's Creed. The names they listed are nothing but promising.

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed 3 director says Ubisoft held back on the ship-sailing stuff until Black Flag because they were worried the tech "wouldn't work," and I have to say that was 100% the right call

Black Flag's sailing is a massive improvement over AC3's, so it might be best they held off on making it "a huge part of the story"

PC Gamer

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag creative director returns to help 'steer the brand’s ambitious new chapter'

Ubisoft has announced the new Assassin's Creed leadership team.

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Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Origins director says it's "wonderful to be back after all these years" as he returns to "lead the creative direction of the franchise"

"Being back feels like coming home"

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Assassin's Creed 3's greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that 'the tech wouldn't work'

We had to wait another year for a proper high seas adventure.

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After working on a "AAA open-world" for 5 years, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag director's studio reportedly shut down by Tencent without releasing a single game

TiMi Montreal was said to be working on an original, multiplatform IP

PC Gamer

Ubisoft made another Avatar game the world has forgotten about, so I opened Pandora’s boxed copy and dropped into the jungle

It's as if Apocalypse Now was made in 10 months rather than 10 years.

Operation Sports

Ubisoft Cuts 40 Jobs at Toronto Studio Amid Ongoing Organizational Reset

Somehow, it gets worse every day.

PC Gamer

Ubisoft CEO confirms new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are coming, denies that putting his son in charge of them was nepotism

Well what did you expect him to say?

GamesRadar

Rayman remaster is just "the first step in the brand's comeback" says Ubisoft boss, who says "we're looking forward to talking more" about the series "soon"

"It played such a key role in Ubisoft's early evolution"

GamesRadar

Ubisoft CEO admits the company spun up "too many projects" which are now widely canceled in the fallout from bad bets during Covid

"Cost reductions will include selective restructuring across the company"

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