The Assassin’s Creed series just lost its long-time head, but apparently it wasn’t his own decision to leave the franchise.
Earlier this week, it was announced that Marc-Alexis Côté, the former vice president executive producer of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, had departed Ubisoft, just weeks after the official opening of Vantage Studios, the new joint studio with Tencent.
In an official comment, Ubisoft stated that Côté had “chosen to pursue a new path elsewhere,” and it raised questions about why he would leave after spending so long with the series.
However, Côté has now taken to LinkedIn (via VGC) to explain his departure from the position, and to clarify that it was not his decision to make.
“I Did Not Make That Choice”
Côté explains in the post that, among those reaching out to wish him well after departing Ubisoft, many wondered why he would choose to leave the Assassin’s Creed series, considering his “passion” for it.
In response to them, he says, “The truth is simple: I did not make that choice.”
Apparently, it was Ubisoft’s decision to shift the leadership of the Assassin’s Creed series to “someone closer to its new organizational structure.”
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