User blog:Master Sima Yi/Patrice Désilets leaves Ubisoft once again
Assassin's Creed creator and the franchise's former creative director Patrice Désilets has left Ubisoft once again. The 'good faith discussions' between Ubisoft and Désilets to revitalize their relationship were unfruitful and Désilets has opted to leave the company again.
Désilets was forced to return to Ubisoft after the company bought THQ's Montréal studio earlier this year, after THX auctioned its properties due to bankruptcy. Désilets previously left the company in 2010, during the production of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, after creative conflicts with Ubisoft. Désilets later got a job at game developer THX and spearheaded their new studio in Montréal, working on new IP 1666.
It's not known what will happen to the production of 1666 and THX Montréal's other IP Underdog now. Désilets told GameInformer: "I'll survive."