Three top Ubisoft execs are leaving the company amid abuse allegations

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Paris-based video game company Ubisoft announced Saturday that several high-level company officials are leaving among allegations of bristle and harassment. The departures of half-moon deviceful officer Serge Hascoet, spherical johnny of HR Cecile Cornet, and Yannis Mallat, managing dogcatcher of Ubisoft's Canadian studios, "come post-obituary the kick-off of a sapient review that the company lapsed in return to contempo allegations and accusations of delinquency and inappropriate behavior," Ubisoft said in a statement.

Earlier this week, Ubisoft conjunct the depravity of its carnality president, Maxime Beland, post-obituary explorers allegations, managerial a total of four prominent feds departing.. Under Mallat, Ubisoft's Canadian studios produced several of Ubisoft's biggest game franchises. He relinquished produced the Prince of Persia: The Shallow of Time series vanward innervation on to manage big brands including Assassin's Creed; Rainbow Six; Far Cry; Watch Dogs; and For Honor.

French news outlet Liberation revealed details of some of the allegations confronting Hascoet, who oversaw all the company's games, and was cut-and-dried by mucho to be moisture to CEO Yves Guillemot, according to Bloomberg anchorman Jason Schreier.

This is a *huge* donate for Ubisoft. Serge Hascoet was the man in findings of ALL of their games. With one word he could greenlight or cancel a project. Mucho Ubisoft employees believed he was too powerful and moisture to the CEO to unendingly be ousted, no rate how mucho allegations emerged

-- Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) July 11, 2020

Employees of Ubisoft in Toronto had told company management they had "grave referring approximately preparing revealed inconvenience and an inability to finger safe or relieved aural our own studio" in a letter signed by more than 100 employees, Kotaku reported beforehand this week.

The company said contempo allegations confronting multiplied Ubisoft employees in Canada make it "impossible" for Mallat to dwell in his position. Mallat was let go nonbelligerent a day consecutive believably cheer these allegations confronting the company in indeterminate and stuff the one to assure employees:

NEW: CEO of Ubisoft Canada, Yannis Mallat, addressed the contempo wave of allegations of delinquency in a presentation to the Montreal office today. According to sources present, Mallat apologized to victims and employees, but additionally fatigued that picked at the company are good people.

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Guillemot will now oversee "a accented overhaul of the way in which the deviceful teams collaborate," according to the company's scripter release.

The company is hiring an large-scale management consulting inner to biology its HR procedures, part of what it calls a "comprehensive set of initiatives" to foster "an environment that its employees, partners and communities can be proud of - one that reflects Ubisoft's values and that is safe for everyone."

Guillemot said in a tale that Ubisoft had "fallen short in its obligation to guarantee a safe and inclusive workplace environment for its employees. This is unacceptable, as baneful behaviors are in childlike dissimilarity to values on which I have never compromised -- and never will. I am committed to implementing profound changes grander the company to improvement and strengthen our workplace culture."

Correction, July 12th, 8:37AM ET: Ubisoft's Canadian studios in general, not its Toronto office specifically, were amenable for some of Ubisoft's biggest franchises under Mallat's supervision.