Former Dragon Age director and Jade Empire writer leaves Ubisoft Quebec

About a year after leaving BioWare, creative director Dragon Age: Inquisition Mike LaidlawMike Laidlaw joined to Ubisoft Quebec, shortly after the team released Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Yesterday Laidlaw announced that he had left there as well.

“Many thanks to the talented and hospitable people at Ubisoft Quebec for my stay there,” wrote Laidlaw. “Now let’s sum up the results and decide what to do next!”.

When Laidlaw joined the studio as a creative director at the end of 2018. Ubisoft Quebec said he worked as a consultant on an "unannounced new project" for nine months before he was hired. Last E3 Ubisoft Quebec presented Gods & Monsters, colorful action adventure game. It is unknown if Laidlaw worked on it or another project at the studio.

Ubisoft Quebec will celebrate its 500th anniversary this year. It employs XNUMX people.

In addition to his work on the Dragon Age series, Laidlaw was the lead writer for Jade Empire and won an award for helping design the first Mass Effect. His departure at the end of 2017 was one of a string of high-profile layoffs from BioWare that began with Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider.

As for Gods & Monsters, we haven't heard much about the project since it was announced. The game was originally supposed to come out in February 2020, but Ubisoft transferred it for the next fiscal year along with Watch Dogs: Legion and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Quarantine. Gods & Monsters will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC and Google Stadia.

Source: 3dnews.ru