{"id":47676,"date":"2026-04-27T02:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47676"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:13:49","slug":"assassins-creed-hexe-game-director-departs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=47676","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe Game Director Departs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Ubisoft\u2019s mysterious <u>Assassin\u2019s Creed Hexe<\/u> project seems to be going through a rough patch, as game director Benoit Richer has announced his departure.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">An update on the latest for the history-hopping stealth franchise came from <u>a LinkedIn post<\/u> published by the former Ubisoft Montreal developer. In his message, he stated that he left to join Quebec-based indie studio Servo Games as co-founder and game director.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">This is the second major departure for the Assassin\u2019s Creed game, which is in development with the Hexe codename, this year. The last saw creative director Clint Hocking <u>exit the project<\/u> in February, with Assassin\u2019s Creed head of content Jean Guesdon filling the role in his place.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Richer first joined Ubisoft Montreal back in 2000 as a level designer for games like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 before leaving the company for the first time in 2008. He eventually found his way to WB Games Montreal in 2010, where he served as game director on Batman: Arkham Origins, before returning to Ubisoft Montreal in 2017 to work on Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It&#8217;s unclear who may fill Richer&#8217;s role at Ubisoft. IGN has reached out to Ubisoft for comment.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In terms of official information, we don\u2019t know much about the Assassin\u2019s Creed Hexe project outside of a single logo. It was <u>announced<\/u> in 2022 alongside <u>Assassin\u2019s Creed Infinity<\/u> (now called <u>Animus Hub<\/u>) and what eventually became <u>Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows<\/u>, with franchise vice executive producer Marc-Alexis C\u00f4t\u00e9 saying at the time that it would be a \u201cnew flagship title\u201d and \u201ca very different type of Assassin\u2019s Creed game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Complete Assassin&#8217;s Creed Timeline<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the midpoint of the series\u2019 historical timeline. That\u2019s because Assassin\u2019s Creed doesn\u2019t progress chronologically; this long-running franchise hops forwards and backwards in time between each entry, exploring significant events from as far back as the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, and right up to the dawn of the First World War.&#10;&lt;\/br&gt;&#10;&lt;\/br&gt;&#10;With 14 games in the mainline series and counting, the timeline of these events is increasingly complex. That\u2019s why IGN has pored over every scrap of lore to make sense of the series' centuries-spanning timeline, the overarching story, and how the games all fit together. The result is this timeline, which covers all the key events in the Assassin\u2019s Creed timeline in chronological order.\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Assassin\u2019s Creed Hexe currently has no release date. While we wait for Ubisoft to deliver more news, you can catch up on <u>how to play the franchise in chronological order<\/u>. You can also catch up on all of the latest on <u>Assassin\u2019s Creed: Black Flag Resynced<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He&#8217;s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/assassins-creed-hexe-game-director-benoit-richer-exits-ubisoft-just-months-after-departure-of-previous-creative-director\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft\u2019s mysterious Assassin\u2019s Creed Hexe project seems to be going through a rough patch, as game director Benoit Richer has announced his departure. 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