Jade Raymond will be leaving Ubisoft Toronto at the end of this month.

During her ten years at the company, founding member Raymond produced the first Assassin's Creed game and served as executive producer on Assassin's Creed 2, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist and Watch Dogs.Alexandre Parizeau - also a founding member of the Ubisoft Toronto studio, with fifteen years of development experience including production credits on Splinter Cell Conviction and Rainbow Six Vegas - will take over from Raymond as managing director on October 29.“I've spent 10 extraordinary years at Ubisoft, and I am proud to have been part of many of the best teams in the industry making truly remarkable games,” said Raymond. “This is one of the hardest decisions of my career, but the Toronto studio is strong and on a solid path. I’m confident that now is a good time for me to transition leadership of the studio to Alex and to pursue my other ambitions and new opportunities. Stay tuned for more on what’s next for me, but for now, I'd like to thank Ubisoft for its partnership through the years, and I wish them the very best in all their next endeavours."“On behalf of Ubisoft, I’d like to thank Jade for her leadership and many contributions over the years, and wish her all the best in her next adventures,” said Yannis Mallat, CEO of Ubisoft Montreal and Toronto. “The Toronto studio is a key part of the Ubisoft global network, and Alex has been at the heart of the studio’s growth over the years. He was the obvious choice to lead this talented group of people as they continue to develop amazing games.”Last year we profiled Ubisoft Toronto , offering an insight into the life of the studio. “Ubisoft likes making good games,” Parizeau said then, “I feel like [Ubisoft Toronto's] special.”

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