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Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses Its Second Director In Two Months
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Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses Its Second Director In Two Months

Kotaku·Ethan Gach·about 1 month ago
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Assassin’s Creed Hexe lost its creative director, Clint Hocking, at the end of February . Two months later, it’s losing game director Benoit Richer, who departed to cofound an “indie studio of industry veterans, aligned around a shared vision of the industry and experience creation.” Richer joined Ubisoft back in 2017 after directing Batman: Arkham Origins at Warner Bros. Montreal. He led the French publisher’s 2018 VR psychological thriller Transference before becoming a game director on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and later Assassin’s Creed Hexe . He’s now the project’s second high-profile departure this year. Hocking, an Ubisoft veteran on Splinter Cell , Far Cry 2 , and Watch Dogs Legion , was seemingly replaced on Hexe  after Ubisoft brought back Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and Origins director Jean Guesdon to help lead creative oversight of the franchise (former franchise producer Marc-Alexis Côté is currently suing the company over an alleged “forced firing “).…

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