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Ubisoft’s CEO reportedly apologises for comments that led to calls for strike action

January 19, 2023RockPaperShotgun

The CEO of Ubisoft has apologised to staff for comments he made in an email last week, which appeared to blame employees for cuts and delays at the publisher. Kotaku report that Yves Guillemot began a Q&A meeting with an apology for his suggestion that sorting out issues at Ubisoft was the responsibility of lower-level staff, summarised by the phrase “the ball is in your court”. Guillemot had come under fire from Ubisoft staff following his comments, which prompted calls from one French union for Ubisoft Paris staff to strike later this month. Read more

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Ubisoft staff launch new petition seeking public support for improved working conditions

November 7, 2021VG247

If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Following accusations of ’empty promises’ regarding reforms, A Better Ubisoft is piling more pressure on the French publisher. Workers’ rights group A Better Ubisoft has launched a public petition, seeking more support from the gaming audience at large as the collective says the publisher has made ’empty promises’ regarding reforms across the company. Earier this month, we saw workers’ rights group, A Better Ubisoft, push for more tangible reforms at the publisher after noting that the company has done nothing…

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Rainbow Six Extraction Coming In September, Looks Gross

June 12, 2021Kotaku

Today at Ubisoft’s E3 showcase, we got a better look at the upcoming Rainbow Six Extraction. This co-op-focused spin-off takes the Rainbow Six Siege characters and has them fight off against mutated alien monsters. It’s out September 16. In Rainbow Six Extraction, tactical operatives from R6 Siege face off against a deadly alien threat, the Archaen. These aliens come in various forms, from smaller grunts to bigger tank-like enemies. One, called a spiker, can even shoot at players using long-range, organic spikes. The Archaen came from space via a crashed meteor and spread into big cities throughout the U.S., like…

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Rainbow Six Quarantine Officially Renamed Extraction

June 7, 2021Kotaku

The next Rainbow Six game is no longer named Quarantine, Ubisoft announced today. Instead, the upcoming co-op shooter is now called Rainbow Six Extraction. Rainbow Six Quarantine was first revealed during E3 2019, prior to the covid-19 pandemic. During an earnings call with investors in February 2021, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that the publisher was considering a name change for the game. Now, in the lead-up to its big media event Ubisoft Forward, Ubisoft has confirmed the name change and has teased more info will be revealed at the event.Rainbow Six Extraction is a departure for the series, which…

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Ubisoft CEO apologises to people they didn’t protect

September 10, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Three hours before tonight’s Ubisoft Forward stream, their latest blast of announcements and trailers, CEO Yves Guillemot issued a public video apology to people hurt by the company’s failure to protect them from abusive employees. This year, accusations of sexual harassment, abuse, and discrimination were made against numerous Ubisoft employees and studios, including several high-ranking people. If Guillemot’s apology video was planned to clear the air so today can just be feel-good marketing, it’s unfortunate that only seven hours prior, a new report came out with allegations of abusive behaviour at Nadeo, the Ubisoft studio who make Trackmania. (more…)

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