Ubisoft: Patrick Plourde is no longer part of the editorial team

Veteran Patrick Plourd is leaving Ubisoft after a long career in French publishing.

Known in most of the biggest Ubisoft franchises in various roles such as game designer and level designer under license from Assassin’s Creed or even creative director now becomes an independent consultant: Patrick Plourd2, Watch Dogs3 and Far Cry”

Ubisoft formalizes Child of Light creator departure: “We can confirm that Patrick Plourde is leaving Ubisoft, but that he will be advising some of our creative directors at their request, as well as the editorial team on certain projects. ”

Toxic culture at Ubisoft, cleanup continues

Importantly, Patrick Plourd has been cited as one of the main perpetrators of the toxic work culture, harassment, abuse and discrimination that has affected Yves Guillemot’s company. In addition, the group, founded by many current and former Ubisoft employees, strongly criticized the retention of Patrick Plourd as editorial group vice president late last year despite numerous allegations of wrongdoing filed against him.

It remains to be seen if Patrick Plourd’s departure will lead to better working conditions for Ubisoft employees. However, A Better Ubisoft pointed out that despite numerous departures, the change is too slow and Ubisoft experts still haven’t confirmed the four requests the group has been making in recent months.