Guillemot said the company was creating a multidisciplinary working group (with an external partner) to “find better solutions and tools to detect, report and resolve any serious incident or problem promptly and impartially.”Separately, Bloomberg reports that Vice Presidents Tommy François and Maxime Béland, as well as several other employees, were placed on administrative leave as allegations of misconduct from multiple sources are investigated.
Bloomberg reports that many Ubisoft employees have expressed skepticism about whether appropriate action will be taken, with some pointing out that some of these allegations are not new and have been reported to HR in the past without result.
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s creative director Ashraf Ismail has already resigned from his position on the project after being accused of engaging in extramarital affairs. It is unclear what his status as a Ubisoft employee is at this time.
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