Dozens of high profile developers leave Ubisoft in an unprecedented Exodus

Assassin's Creed Unity is an action-adventure computer game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released by Ubisoft. It was launched in November 2014 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and also Xbox One, and also in December 2020 for Stadia. It is the eighth significant installation in the Assassin's Creed series, as well as the follower to 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Furthermore, it likewise has ties to Assassin's Creed Rogue, which was launched for the previous generation consoles on the exact same day as Unity. The plot is embedded in a fictional history of real-world events as well as complies with the millennia-old struggle in between the Assassins, that battle to protect tranquility and also free choice, and the Templar's, who want tranquility through control. The mounting tale is set in the 21st century as well as includes an unknown and also hidden protagonist, that joins the Assassins as an initiate to help them situate the corpse of an 18th century Templar Past master. The main tale is embedded in Paris during the French Revolution from 1789 to 1794, and complies with Assassin Arno Dorian and also his initiatives to subject real powers behind the Change, while looking for vengeance versus those in charge of his adoptive dad's murder. Unity preserves the series' third-person open world exploration in addition to introducing a spruced up battle, parkour, and also stealth systems. The game additionally introduces participating multiplayer to the Assassin's Creed series, allowing up to four players engage in narrative-driven objectives as well as check out the open world map. Assassin's Creed Unity got mixed reviews upon launch. It was praised for its visuals, modification options, establishing, and also characterization. Doubters were extra polarized on its story, objective layout, multiplayer-oriented format, as well as gameplay, with the last specifically enhanced for its renovations, but criticized for a lack of technology and for feeling raw. The video game was likewise extensively panned for its many graphical problems and also bugs, prompting Ubisoft to provide an apology as well as offer settlement in the kind of complimentary story expansion, Dead Kings, established after the occasions of the main campaign. Those that had actually currently purchased the game's period pass (which was ultimately made not available for purchase in response to the dispute) got, on top of the content consisted of, a complimentary duplicate of another Ubisoft title of their choice. In the years considering that Unity's release, after a lot of the technological problems were resolved, the video game has gone through favorable essential re-evaluations, as well as is retrospectively thought about to be an underrated and also under-appreciated title in the Assassin's Creed collection. Despite the preliminary essential backlash, the game was a favorable industrial success, selling over 10 million duplicates worldwide, as well as saw a revival in sales in the early 2020s. Unity was complied with in October 2015 by Assassin's Creed Organization, which continues the modern story, but has its major story set in Victorian period London.

According to a report published in Axis, dozens of developers are abandoning their posts at Ubisoft in what they call an unprecedented exodus. This epidemic of renunciations is particularly affecting the Canadian studies of Montreal and Toronto, who have seen more than 60 employees in the last 18 months. The really worrying, as indicated by the article, is that the resignation of high-profile developers is affecting the possibility of working fluently. This year, 5 developers at the top 25 of the Far Cry 6 team have left the company, following 12 of the most visible creators of Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

Among the factors for this phenomenon cited by the interviewees in the report are the low salaries, the absence of attractive opportunities within the company itself, a remarkable frustration with the general creative direction and the way in which the scandals of abuse are becoming and harassment within the studies. Regarding problems with the creative direction, it should be noted that only a couple of weeks ago, dozens of developers publicly expressed their opposition to the company's plans to include NFTs and Blockchain technology in their games, to meet a strong opposition by Yves Guillemot. The group of workers Abetterubisoft has underlined in countless occasions that the company does not pay attention to its demands and has organized several requests to try to be heard among the Directive. A developer with more than a decade of Ubisoft experience before leaving the company explains that this is an easy goal for recruiters due to the large number of problems that drags, we read in the article.

Despite the large number of developers who are abandoning their posts, hiring in Ubisoft has fallen by 50% compared to the previous two years. Among the movements that the company has implemented to try to retain workers is an increase in salaries in Canadian studies that, although withholding has improved by 50%, has bothered the developers of studies from other parties of the world. They are constantly emphasizing how to go ahead and look into the future while fully ignoring the complaints, the concerns and problems of their employees, says a source in the report, frustrated by the reputation shameful that has Ubisoft a. Global scale.

This march of workers is occurring in the context of what American media has called The Great Resignation a huge wave of waivers related to exploitation and unjust working conditions.