Ubisoft: Report: Many important developers are leaving the ship

Ubisoft is currently struggling with the emigration of a number of well-known developers; that is from a new report in the network.

As Axios reports, the major developer and publisher Ubisoft is currently struggling with the departure of well-known and important employees. Internally, this wave of resignations is known as “The Great Exodus” after several waves of resignations were submitted. These should sometimes also have real effects on processes in the company and could thus lead to delays.

According to the report, five of the most important 25 heads behind the current shooter Far Cry 6 should have left Ubisoft; then there are also 12 of the 50 most important employees who were responsible for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. But not only at the top are employees leaving Ubisoft, developers in the lower segment of the career ladder there are also saying goodbye to the company according to their updated LinkedIn profiles. Above all, Ubisoft Toronto and Ubisoft Montreal, where 60 employees each disembarked, should be affected.

Axios reports further that the exodus has become such a big problem that entire projects have clearly stalled and been postponed. However, the reasons for the massive farewells are apparently diverse. While some ex-employees cited poor pay and better positions in other companies, others also expressed frustration with the creative process and the management’s handling of recent allegations of sexism and bullying in the workplace.

Ubisoft itself is downplaying the whole thing; Regular departures on this scale are nothing unusual, and a number of new employees have also been hired. According to the report, the exit rate is below that of Activision Blizzard, where the problems are again much larger, but also significantly above that of other large competitors such as EA and Take-Two.