Ubisoft has seen a number of behind-the-scenes upheavals recently, and now it seems the company’s Far Cry team is also in the midst of a shake up. First reported by Video Games Chronicle, Dan Hay, who has served as executive producer of the Far Cry series at Ubisoft Montreal since Far Cry 3, has left the company. Ubisoft confirmed the departure in a statement.
According to VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb, Hay’s departure comes amid plans to turn the Far Cry series into an ongoing live service, similar to Ubisoft’s proposed Assassin’s Creed Infinity. Of course, Ubisoft has also been accused of widespread workplace discrimination and harassment in recent months and years, with employee advocacy group ABetterUbisoft calling leadership out for a lack of substantive change just last week. Ubisoft’s various Canadian studios have also announced their intent to increase pay and benefits in order to combat talent loss. I guess those raises came too late to convince Hay.
Far Cry 6 was recently released on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, Stadia, and Luna to somewhat mixed reviews, including from Wccftech’s own Kai Powell.
