Ubisoft has had a relatively tumultuous 2026 so far, as it not only had seven games delayed but had six games canceled, including the nearly complete Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake.
2026 also saw Ubisoft face multiple internal employee strikes in response to studio closures, restructuring, and layoffs, with the publisher additionally reorganizing itself into five creative houses in an effort to make its most popular established franchises into annual billion-dollar brands and maintain live and competitive experiences, among other goals.
While some of these controversial events were alleviated in the eyes of fans following the official confirmation of the Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remake, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, recent developments have put Ubisoft into more rugged water.
According to two Ubisoft job listings, the publisher appears to be requiring many new developers to have skills and experience in artificial intelligence, suggesting that new entries to Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and other franchises may be created in part by ever-controversial AI programs.
Ubisoft's New AI Job Requirements
Gaming and PC news publication Tech4Gamers originally identified two recent job listings at Ubisoft that require experience using AI programs such as Copilot, Claude, and Gemini....
