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Ubisoft Installs Veteran Trio to Lead Assassin’s Creed at Tencent-Backed Vantage Studios

The Tencent-backed Vantage Studios now stewards the franchise, signaling Ubisoft’s push to tighten production through its corporate reset.

Overview

  • Martin Schelling is named Head of Assassin’s Creed Brand, Jean Guesdon becomes Head of Content, and François de Billy takes the new Head of Production Excellence role.
  • The leaders will transition into their posts in the coming weeks and join Andrée-Anne Boisvert and Lionel Hiller on the franchise leadership team.
  • CEO Yves Guillemot recently said several Assassin’s Creed games, spanning single‑player and multiplayer, are in development, with two Far Cry projects also underway at Vantage.
  • The appointments place Assassin’s Creed within Vantage Studios, the Ubisoft subsidiary created under the creative‑houses reorganization and backed by Tencent investment.
  • The leadership shift follows months of cost cutting that included game cancellations, delays, layoffs, and studio closures, with the production-focused role intended to improve execution across projects.