“We at N For Nerds whole heartedly believe that Ubisoft are a bunch of slimy rat fucks that knowingly and eagerly protected abusers from any sort of punishment, either from the law or internal reprimand. That these hideous bastards saw no issue with allowing rampant abuse of a sexual nature, a racial nature, a physical nature and a mental nature disgusts us to our very core!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/p>\n But it turned out that that wasn\u2019t the case, in actuality he hadn\u2019t heard about it at all, which I thought was weird as it was an abuse case that seemed to be companywide. But I asked around and several of my friends (all gamers) hadn\u2019t heard the news, I was shocked. It turned out bar a few video game news outlets and a handful of YouTubers who were doing their best to get the info out there, for whatever reason it didn\u2019t seem to be reaching as many people as you\u2019d think. <\/p>\n In case you haven\u2019t heard (and even if you had it\u2019s worth repeating) Ubisoft has covered up rape, sexual misconduct, physical abuse, sexual discrimination and a litany of other offences. So far only a handful of people have resigned or been fired but given the toxic nature of the company and its willingness to protect abusers I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if they weren\u2019t the last. It\u2019s worth noting that Ubisoft only fired two people, the others were allowed to resign, presumable to protect their stocks, bonuses and moutains of money. And the two that were fired were small time (compared to the others).<\/p>\n Below is a list of those who have been either fired or have resigned from Ubisoft as a result of their shitty behaviour\u2026sorry \u201calleged\u201d shitty behaviour:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ashraf Ismail (Fired):<\/strong> <\/em>Assassin’s Creed creative director: fired for using his position at company\u00a0to\u00a0 meet a fan, he also cheated on his wife (classy) and blocked many attempts to create female led games. Hmmmmm I\u2019m sensing a pattern with this dirt bag!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Serge Hascoet (Resigned):<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Ubisoft’s editorial team responsible for all franchises\/video games:resigned due to multiple instances of both physical and verbal abuse.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Maxime Beland (Resigned):<\/strong> <\/em>VP of Ubisoft: sexual misconduct, inappropriate behavior, fostering negative work environment yet allowed to resign somehow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tommy Francois (Resigned):<\/strong><\/em> VP of editorial\/creative services: allowed high-level abuse. \u201cEvil triumphs when good men do nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stone Chin (Fired)<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/em> Ubisoft PR director: Sexual assault and aggressive and disrespectful behaviour to those reporting into him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The few larger news outlets that do seem to be covering this story seemed to be doing it in a way that\u2019s, well I wouldn\u2019t go as far to say excusing, but they weren\u2019t exactly taking the cane to Ubisoft\u2019s arse either. \u201cScreenrant.com\u201d referred to the abuse as \u201cdisappointing\u201d\u2026disappointing???? A late parcel is disappointing; the vending machine being out of your favourite snack is disappointing, a company that protects and rewards abusers while punishing the victims is fucking abhorrent!!<\/p>\n (Read in a snotty voice): \u201cThe sexual assault and harassment allegations against Ubisoft are disappointing, but hopefully, the company uses this as an opportunity to implement positive change moving forward.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n Yeah, like not forcing sexual contact on people, that would be a \u201cpositive change\u201d wouldn\u2019t it? In Screenrants defence they do list the abusers and their crimes but each paragraph is broken up with promotional material for Ubisoft! They have a paragraph titled \u201cUbisoft Employees Who Were Called Out\u201d, now you\u2019d think they\u2019d put faces to the names but nope, just a list of Ubisoft games. <\/p>\n You\u2019re probably wondering why I\u2019m ragging on screenrant so much in an article about Ubisoft, and the reason is because their approach to the coverage of the abuse perfectly encapsulates why so many people have moved on or remain oblivious to Ubisoft\u2019s crimes. Because even when a video game publisher is found engaging in rape cover ups, their PR is in full swing\u00a0 demanding we bring it back to the video games. Which unfortunately most news outlets have done, they are now covering Assassins Creed Valhalla, happy to forget that a scumbag who used his position to pursue extra marital relationships, while fostering a misogynistic work environment was attached to the project. (That’s this dick head in case you forgot!)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hell, even in the midst of the scandal Ubisoft refused to comment on the \u201callegations\u201d in their annual showcase, claiming \u201cBecause all the content has been pre-recorded, we wanted to recognise that the issues we’re currently dealing with won’t be addressed directly in the show.”. Why not exactly? Have a spokesperson come out and apologise, have a message at the end to at least acknowledge this shit you responsibility dodging bastards! <\/p>\n And of course you have the usual suspects happy to spin the party line, \u201ccan\u2019t we just focus on video games!\u201d and the more ambivalent among us are happy to ignore this abuse and \u201cjust enjoy video games\u201d, and THAT is exactly what these bastards want! They want to us to shut up and play video games, they want us to consume and comply, all while they go about destroying lives, exalting abusers and raking in incomprehensible amounts of money. And I get it, some people are happy to enjoy a product and ignore those that created it, or enjoy the creation while hating the creator and if that\u2019s you, so be it, you do you, no judgement here.<\/p>\n But until everyone of the accused is punished in a satisfactory manner N for Nerds will no longer be reviewing Ubisoft video games. I know a small website like ours means nothing to a company as massive as they are but I could not in good conscience give these aresholes any kind of promotion.<\/p>\n FUCK YOUBISOFT!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The other day I sat down to edit a review one of my colleagues had written, it was Ghost Recon Breakpoint, a dull shooter published by Ubisoft. 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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n(I Typed in Ubisoft abuse and this is what came up…it looks more like promos!)<\/address>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n(Really seems like the abuse is the point doesn’t it?)<\/address>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n(“Not listening La La La!”)<\/address>\n\n