Ubisoft Loses Another Veteran, Black Flag Producer
Jean Guesdon, has announced that he is leaving Ubisoft Montreal. The developer, who worked on games from the Assassin's Creed series such as Black Flag and Origins, had been with the company for 17 years.
Ubisoft has been going through a difficult time recently. The French company faces various economic problems, cancels some projects, or at best postpones their release (Skull and Bones). On top of that, there is the issue of the closure of smaller branches. As if that wasn't enough, Ubisoft Montreal is losing one of the company's veterans, Jean Guesdon.
"I can't express how much I owe to this exceptional company. So many people met, so many skills learned and so many projects completed. [...] Thank you Ubi, very, very much," the developer wrote on LinkedIn.
Guesdon joined Ubisoft Montreal in 2005 as a production coordinator, working on the project that eventually became Assassin's Creed. Since then, he has settled into the team responsible for the brand.
Starting with Assassin's Creed: Black Flag from 2013, Guesdon was the series' creative director. His role ended with AC: Origins, with him not being involved in work on Unity.
Guesdon's last project at Ubisoft Montreal was an as yet unannounced title. The producer had been involved in the project since 2018. It is speculated that it may be about the game codenamed Renaissance, which is a co-op voxel-based title with a touch of Minecraft.
Guesdon is another veteran who has decided to say goodbye to the company. Previously, a similar move was made by Eric Baptizat and Raphael Lacoste. Baptizat currently works at EA Motive, while Lacoste works at Haven, a new studio founded by former Ubisoft employee Jade Raymond.
At the time of writing this news, Jean Guesdon has not revealed his future plans.
