Publisher THQ last year hired ex-Ubisoft hotshot, Patrice Désilets, who is best known as the original creative director behind Assassin’s Creed. Chatting to Joystiq, THQ’s Danny Bilson has revealed that the publisher has hired a further three ex-Ubisoft employees, at the request of Désilets.
Apparently Désilets told Patrice that he “needs these three guys” and the head honcho was happy to oblige. Patrice would not reveal the names of the three new employees.
“We put all of them on retention and got them started on their non-competes [non-compete agreement]. I kind of know what their roles are, but they were the most important people to Patrice. All three of them are Ubi.”
Désilets will be heading up THQ’s new Montreal studio from May 28th onwards. He is currently waiting out a non-compete clause which prevents him from working for other publishers for a set period of time after leaving Ubisoft.
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