Assassin’s Creed Creator Patrice Desilets and Ubisoft Part Ways Again

<p>After the burial of THQ&comma; <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed<&sol;em> Creator and Game Designer Patriece Desilets and his unannounced title <em>1666<&sol;em> <a title&equals;"Patrice Desilets Has Returned to Ubisoft" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;patrice-desilets-returned-ubisoft&sol;">went to Ubisoft<&sol;a>&comma; with the fate of both to be determined&period; Today&comma; we now know the outcome of the relationship between Desilets and Ubisoft&comma; with one claiming to be fired and the other claiming a departure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement provided by Ubisoft&comma; the company stated that the discussions had between them and Desilets were &&num;8216&semi;inconclusive&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The acquisition of THQ Montréal in January allowed Ubisoft to welcome 170 experienced developers&comma; including Patrice Désilets&comma; to our existing and renowned workforce&period; Unfortunately&comma; since the acquisition&comma; the good faith discussions between Patrice and Ubisoft aimed at aligning Patrice&&num;8217&semi;s and the studio&&num;8217&semi;s visions have been inconclusive&period; As a result&comma; Patrice has left the studio&period; Our priorities remain with the teams already hard at work on projects in development&period; They are at the root of Ubisoft Montréal&&num;8217&semi;s past and future successes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; when speaking to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2013&sol;5&sol;7&sol;4308980&sol;patrice-desilets-departs-ubisoft-a-second-time">Polygon<&sol;a>&comma; Desilets had something else to say that didn&&num;8217&semi;t match up with Ubisoft&&num;8217&semi;s statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Contrary to any statements made earlier today&comma; this morning I was terminated by Ubisoft&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Desilets&period; &&num;8220&semi;I was notified of this termination in person&comma; handed a termination notice and was unceremoniously escorted out of the building by two guards without being able to say goodbye to my team or collect my personal belongings&period; This was not my decision&period; Ubisoft&&num;8217&semi;s actions are baseless and without merit&period; I intend to fight Ubisoft vigorously for my rights&comma; for my team and for my game&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of right now&comma; the future of <em>1666<&sol;em>&comma; which has still yet to be officially announced&comma; is unknown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;Sources&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;07&sol;patrice-desilets-leaves-ubisoft-again&quest;abthid&equals;51894a142fdea53c30000012">IGN<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2013&sol;5&sol;7&sol;4308980&sol;patrice-desilets-departs-ubisoft-a-second-time">Polygon<&sol;a>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;