Mike Laidlaw, the Dragon Age artist who joined Ubisoft Quebec as its creative director for 2018, is leaving the studio after less than a year.
Laidlaw announced the matter with short tweets He thanked the “talented and welcoming” people of the radio for his time there. "Now to take stock to find out what's next!" He added.
Ubisoft Quebec's last published game was in 2018 Assassin's Cassins Odyssey, before the arrival of Laidlaw. When Laidlaw joined, he said he would be working on a project that has yet to be "announced." Gods & Monsters, with Ubisoft Quebec developing.
Originally scheduled for the February 2020 launch, Gods & Monsters was thrown into the next fiscal year of Ubisoft, which begins in April, after it was badly received Tom Clancy & # 39; s Ghost Recon Discount it has caused the company to search the globe for making games that look very similar.
That culminated in the organizing of the editorial team, reported in mid-January. That affected the unit operating outside Ubisoft Paris headquarters, not Quebec City or any other studio. However, it was intended to give the company structures a very different identity by placing them in the hands of more than one or two tasters.
Laidlaw joined Ubisoft Quebec in December 2018 after a year spent consulting with the studio and other developers. He left BioWare in October 2017 after more than 14 years with the studio. Laidlaw was best known for his work in Dragon Age, where he was the lead designer for the first three games and creative director of the entire franchise. He also credits the Mass Effect series in 2005 & # 39; s Jade Kingdom.