Marc-Alexis Côté, the former boss of the Assassin's Creed franchise at Ubisoft, is suing his ex-employer to the tune of over $1.3 million, alleging "constructive dismissal".
As reported by CBC Radio Canada (via VGC), Côté says that during Ubisoft's reshuffle into its new Creative House structure, he was told Ubisoft would be looking for a new "Head of Franchise" to oversee the three major IPs allocated to its new Vantage label (i.e. Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six).
Côté says he wasn't considered for this position and was instead offered a role as "Head of Production", which he says would have meant he lost the chance to oversee the Assassin's Creed franchise and to make creative decisions about it.
As Côté tells it, Ubisoft offered him a leadership position at one of its new Creative Houses, but Côté saw this as a demotion since the Creative Houses wouldn't be in charge of Ubisoft's first-tier franchises.
Following this, Côté took two weeks off work, and when he returned, Ubisoft gave him an ultimatum to accept the job or not. Côté declined and formally demanded severance pay from Ubisoft, which he says they didn't give him.
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