Assassin’s Creed Hexe Game Director Benoit Richer Exits Ubisoft Just Months After Departure of Previous Creative Director

Ubisoft’s mysterious Assassin’s Creed Hexe task seems to beryllium going done a unsmooth patch, arsenic crippled manager Benoit Richer has announced his departure.

An update connected the latest for the history-hopping stealth franchise came from a LinkedIn station published by the erstwhile Ubisoft Montreal developer. In his message, helium stated that helium near to articulation Quebec-based indie workplace Servo Games arsenic co-founder and crippled director.

This is the 2nd large departure for the Assassin’s Creed game, which is successful improvement with the Hexe codename, this year. The past saw originative manager Clint Hocking exit the task successful February, with Assassin’s Creed caput of contented Jean Guesdon filling the relation successful his place.

Richer archetypal joined Ubisoft Montreal backmost successful 2000 arsenic a level decorator for games similar Rainbow Six Vegas 2 earlier leaving the institution for the archetypal clip successful 2008. He yet recovered his mode to WB Games Montreal successful 2010, wherever helium served arsenic crippled manager connected Batman: Arkham Origins, earlier returning to Ubisoft Montreal successful 2017 to enactment connected Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

It's unclear who whitethorn capable Richer's relation astatine Ubisoft. IGN has reached retired to Ubisoft for comment.

In presumption of authoritative information, we don’t cognize overmuch astir the Assassin’s Creed Hexe task extracurricular of a azygous logo. It was announced successful 2022 alongside Assassin’s Creed Infinity (now called Animus Hub) and what yet became Assassin’s Creed Shadows, with franchise vice enforcement shaper Marc-Alexis Côté saying astatine the clip that it would beryllium a “new flagship title” and “a precise antithetic benignant of Assassin’s Creed game.”

Assassin’s Creed Hexe presently has nary merchandise date. While we hold for Ubisoft to present much news, you tin drawback up connected however to play the franchise successful chronological order. You tin besides drawback up connected each of the latest connected Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced.

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