Darby McDevitt Officially Leaves Ubisoft After 10 Years Working Together
A few days ago, a surprising news came from the Assassin’s Creed community. The reason is, Assassin’s Creed Lead Writer and Narrative Director, Darby McDevitt has officially left Ubisoft.
Previously, McDevit announced his decision via his official Twitter account. So, what made McDevitt leave Ubisoft? Let’s see the following article to the end.
Darby McDevitt Leaves Ubisoft
Based on information, McDevitt chose to leave Ubisoft for several reasons. According to McDevitt, it’s time he tried to find a new challenge and get out of the Assassin’s Creed franchise that raised his name. Of course, McDevitt’s decision is quite reasonable.
How not, he has worked with Ubisoft for 10 years. While still at Ubisoft, McDevitt worked on several series such as Assassin’s Creed Discovery and Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines. Not only that, he also served as Lead Writer for Assassin’s Creed: Lost Legacy which was canceled on Nintendo 3DS.
In addition, McDevitt in fact also serves as the Lead Writer for Black Flag and Revelations. While at Unity, he served as Co-Writer. If you are aware, McDevitt’s name is also listed in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
In his tweet, McDevitt also thanked all fans who have played various Assassin’s Creed games.
Especially for fans, thank you for supporting me and also the existing content creators. Thank you for your attention. I have respect and admiration for all of you.
Amazon Forms New Studio With Former Dev. Ubisoft
According to available information, Amazon Games chose to form a new developer based in Montreal. This studio was formed after Amazon invited several former developers from Ubisoft who had worked on several games, one of which was Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege.
Some of the former Ubisoft developers who joined were Romain Rimokh (Content Director), Alexandre Remy (Head Product), Luc Bouchard (Head Production), and Xavier Marquis (Creative Director). The presence of these experienced people makes Amazon believe that the new studio is capable of producing an interesting game.
Furthermore, the new studio will focus on developing multiplayer games, which is a problem for Amazon. The reason, they failed to make Crucible as one of the popular games.
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