Patrice Desilets

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Canadian Court Rules That THQ’s Hiring Of Assassin’s Creed Creator Was Legal

4:45PM December 17, 2011 | Owen Good

Earlier this year, Patrice Desilets left Ubisoft Montreal, where he had developed three editions of Assassin’s Creed, and moved to THQ’s operations in the same city. Ubisoft didn’t take that lying down, filing suit against THQ for poaching its top talent and winning a court’s decision enjoining it from doing so further. More »


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Please, THQ, Stop Stealing Assassin’s Creed Developers

4:00PM March 31, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Patrice Désilets, the former creative director behind the Assassin’s Creed series who left Ubisoft for rivals THQ last year, was not alone in making the move. He brought others with him. So many that THQ has had to go get a court order. More »


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Former Assassin’s Creed Boss Explains His Move To THQ

12:00AM October 20, 2010 | Patrice Desilets

Earlier this morning THQ confirmed that Patrice Désilets, the former creative director behind Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series, was forming a new studio in Montreal for them. Désilets emailed an open letter to Kotaku to explain why. – Ed. More »


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Assassin’s Creed Boss Joins THQ, Forms New Studio

9:15PM October 19, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

We told you this back in June, but it’s today been made official: Patrice Désilets, the former creative director of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series, has joined rival publisher THQ, and will be setting up a new studio in Montreal. More »


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Assassin’s Creed Designer ‘Did Everything He Needed To Do’ Before Leaving

4:00AM July 11, 2010 | Owen Good

When Patrice Désilets, the former creative director of Assassin’s Creed, abruptly left the game, it left the impression that he was unhappy with Ubisoft’s plans to pump out another sequel so soon. Not true, says a friend and colleague. More »


In Real Life

This Means Beard War

6:30PM July 2, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Yesterday, I had the audacity to say that former Ubisoft man Patrice Désilets had the most beautiful beard in the video game industry. Other developers, however, disagree. More »


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THQ Promising Big-Name Signings (But Who Could They Be?)

4:30PM July 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Publisher THQ is going after the “core” market hard. In addition to an existing stable of talent like Relic (Company of Heroes), the publisher has signed Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki for a game. So, who’s next? More »


Creative Boss Is Said To Walk Out On Assassin’s Creed

11:00AM June 12, 2010 | Owen Good

Game Informer is reporting that Patrice Désilets, the creative director for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed, may have left his job just as the publisher is speeding the sequelisation of the very successful franchise. More »


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Next Assassin’s Creed Will Have Full Campaign, Justified Multiplayer

3:00AM February 20, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

On the red carpet for the Interactive Achievement Awards here at the DICE convention yesterday, two of the top creators of the Assassin’s Creed series provided a little better sense of what the series’ surprise 2010 installment will be like. More »


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Assassin’s Creed II Spoiler Talk With Patrice Desilets

2:00AM December 23, 2009 | Stephen Totilo

Yesterday’s Kotaku interview with Assassin’s Creed II creative director Patrice Desilets covered a lot, but it did not reveal his thoughts on some of the more surprising and controversial parts of ACII. That’s in this post, which is all spoiler. More »