Just sell Splinter Cell to a company that knows what the hell to do with it already.
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2026
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He didn't even insult them, how is this legal?
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He was attached to Ubi's office Montreal, QC, Canada.
If there isn't anything more than what is mentioned in the article, it's highly that the CDPDJ would rule against Ubi if the dismissal is challenged; this would likely be protected as Freedom of Expression, as nothing negative was said about Ubi besides the implication that Ubi thought that their employees wouldn't see their motives.
Curious: Does Montreal allow "employment at will" like most states in the US do? If it does, I can't imagine an UbiSoft contract not including it. The article definitely makes it sound like a termination for cause, but what's written on his termination paperwork may be entirely different.
QC has stronger protections than neighboring ON does, actually. If the employee has more than 2 years of service they simply cannot be dismissed without just cause. Even under 2 years there are a bunch of protections, but at 2+ it gets harder.
RTOs are most often a "one free layoff"-card that businesses play, so firing someone for criticizing it is very much in line with the underlying intent of the policy.
Is there a company that's trying to destroy itself as much as Ubisoft? The CEO and board that's running this company are genuinely some of the dumbest motherfuckers in the world. These idiots are still dedicating significant resources to make NFT games, they're still trying to insist that microtransactions are fun, they refuse to do anything to make their games more enjoyable to players, and they're trying everything in their power to squeeze out their talent. At this point, Ubisoft deserves to collapse.
They released one game last year that I'd expect to make money (Assassin's Creed 14).
Not sure how they're actually in business right now. Surely they need more than that to stay afloat. None of their microtransaction games are whale milking machines like EA's FIFA/Madden or Activision's COD series.
I'll kind of miss them when they're gone. They've always been the least evil of the big publishers.
Assassin's Creed 14
What the fuck there's 14 Assassin's Creed games? Surely they're gonna run out of historical periods soon. It's only a matter of time before the announce Assassin's Creed: Unga Bunga where you just sneak around the forest as a cave man
They already did that in Far Cry Primal...
Ubisoft is one of the least evil? I guess to a point, but I'd argue they haven't made a truly great game in about a decade.
No real loss in my opinion.
They got a cash injection from their parent company
I've been waiting for Ubisoft's collapse for years now. Unfortunately, the consumer has proved me wrong time and time again.
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I am so thankful that the executives took a productivity and happiness survey when we went full time remote.
Any time a new manager brings up maybe we should return to the office, our offcial remote manual begins with data: we are far more productive remote working. There is the data, the proof.
The second part about being overall happier reminds us that we didn't really like being in the office either.
We also have two more metrics: amount of time saved by a company in commute reduction, and the increase in safety.
But the first two are the most important.
I stopped buying Unisoft games decades ago. Because they suck. The owners suck. The management sucks. The corporate culture sucks. I feel bad for the coders working for them.
Stop. Buying. Ubisoft. Games.
I tried to uninstall a game but was blocked because I didn't remember my ubisoft launcher password. Wtf, its my PC get the fuck out
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I have to wonder what the end goal here is for Ubisoft. you got people leaving in droves, people leaving and forming their own studios and producing games that are quite literally games of the year, and they're axing people left right and center.
And lets not kid ourselves this company is essentially the cockroach of gaming, how it's still alive in 2026 is in it's own right quite the achievement. I can't even recall the last good Ubisoft game I played.
The strategy is to milk the zombie brand until there's not a drop left.
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bad-companies.md:
Ubisoft
2026:
- fires team lead after return-to-office critique
- closes Halifax studio 1 month after Union formed
2025:
- full-in on gen-AI after shares plummeting
- NOYB sues because of covert user tracking
- Ubisoft wants to monitor your RAM (🏴☠️)
- EULA demands deleting delisted games
2024:
- deletes inactive customer accounts with purchased games
- "Gamers need to get comfortable not owning games"
- adds Denuvo after reviews were made
2023:
- ads in games
- started that list here
To be fair, they also want to be bought up (rebranding), after multiple buy-outs and mass-layoffs.
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I mean, it's not hard to understand why their stock is down 95% over the last 5 years...
Okay. I'm keeping my commitment, but I'm going to need help.
Everytime Ubisoft makes the news for being idiots, I buy another Indie game.
I'm going to need your recommendations for great indie games.
Because Ubisoft has recently gotten me through my wishlist.
Monster Train 2
It may not be the best of all time, but I remember Celeste has been a blast to play, and it's really well polished
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shouldve came out with better propaganda than using apple tv+ show to make your company look good(mythic quest)
Wth it was supposed to make them look good???
I (begrudgingly) enjoyed the first season of Mythic Quest. Knowing that it's meant to be a fluff piece to improve the image of Unisoft boggles my mind. It's in no way flattering to the industry, and I question the intelligence of anyone who thought it would be.
Ubisoft, they are still alive. Wow. Well not much longer we can hope.
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