Ubisoft Has Suspended Development on 1666

<p>After Patrice Desilets and Ubisoft went their separate ways <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-creator-patrice-desilets-and-ubisoft-part-ways-again&sol;">last week<&sol;a>&comma; with Desilets stating that he was fired&comma; the fate of his still unannounced title&comma; <em>1666<&sol;em>&comma; was left unknown&period; Today&comma; during an investor call detailing Ubisoft&&num;8217&semi;s financial earnings for their 2013 fiscal year&comma; CEO Yves Guillemot revealed that development on <em>1666<&sol;em> has been suspended for an &&num;8216&semi;undisclosed period of time&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Desilets himself was briefly brought up during the call&comma; with Guillemot stating that&comma; despite talking for two months&comma; the two parties could not agree on a shared vision when it came to product development and team management&period; This almost echoes a part of their statement released after the departure of Desilets last week&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Unfortunately&comma; since the acquisition&comma; the good faith discussions between Patrice and Ubisoft aimed at aligning Patrice’s and the studio’s visions have been inconclusive&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Desilets&comma; meanwhile&comma; has been quoted as saying that he intends to fight Ubisoft &&num;8216&semi;vigorously for my rights&comma; for my team and for my game&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2013&sol;05&sol;15&sol;ubisoft-suspends-1666&quest;abthid&equals;5193c063290140656c000015">IGN<&sol;a>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;