NEWS: Fans have long wondered why Ubisoft hired Dragon Age designer Mike Laidlaw only for him to leave after just a year. The answer: Laidlaw's King Arthur game was canceled because former Ubisoft creative chief Serge Hascoët didn't like the setting bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Hascoët resigned from Ubisoft in the wake of allegations that he facilitated a culture of sexual harassment. For many years, he also determined Ubisoft's entire portfolio. Why were so many Ubisoft games criticized for feeling so samey? They were all overseen by the same guy
Now, Ubisoft has promised big cultural changes. But Hascoët's departure also presents an opportunity to restructure the creative "editorial" department in a way that avoids giving so much power to a single person, allowing for better, more diverse games bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The game, Avalon, was a co-op multiplayer King Arthur rpg inspired heavily by Monster Hunter. People who worked on the project said they were stoked about the team and the progress they'd made. They were infuriated that it was canceled because Hascoët didn't care for the setting
