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FelipeMGM · Apr 18, 2016

The games was known as ''Amsterdam 1666'' when Desilets moved from Ubi to THQ. After the bankrupcy of THQ Ubisoft bought THQ Montreal and some of their IP's including ''1666''. Desilets then kept working with Ubisoft in the game but then he left the company for the second time. He tried many times to get the IP back, but was unsuccessful so far

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:gd6iwn.7.1

rockman zx · Apr 18, 2016

So they won in court?.

Averon · Apr 18, 2016

This really sucks for Desilets. Tried so hard to get away from Ubisoft only to fall right back onto their arms and have his new IP taken from him.

Triggerhappytel · Apr 18, 2016

Poor Patrice. Ubisoft continue to be massive shits to him.

LyleLanley · Apr 18, 2016

Triggerhappytel said:
Poor Patrice. Ubisoft continue to be massive shits to him.

I look forward to Ubisoft buying his current company and firing him again.

LordBaztion · Apr 18, 2016

I'm never going to see the game of the crow as it was intended

Still hyped to see Amsterdam 1666 becoming a thing. Don't fuck it up Ubisoft

AusRoachman · Apr 18, 2016

Basically saved there cash cow (ac2 ) and they've done everything in there power to not let him create his own game.

If they were smart they would have brought him back to revitalise assassins creed .

But I guess it's easier to just churn out clones with new time periods .

Daredevil.shark · Apr 18, 2016

If my memory isn't lying I think desilets is already developing a game based on his original concept.

VAD · Apr 18, 2016

AusRoachman said:
But I guess it's easier to just churn out clones with new time periods .

Maybe they stopped annual releases because they rehired him to revigorate the franchise.

DeepEnigma · Apr 18, 2016

Sure makes one have less sympathy for UbiSoft when it comes to the 'hostile takeover'.

rockman zx · Apr 18, 2016

Daredevil.shark said:
If my memory isn't lying I think desilets is already developing a game based on his original concept.

I'm pretty sure his new game has very little to do with 1666, the concept is totally different.

Rei_Toei · Apr 18, 2016

Maaaaaaaan, 17th century Amsterdam was such a cool idea. Really hope Desilet actually gets to make 1666 some day, in some form.

RadicalVelocity · Apr 18, 2016

Been in a business situation with some parallels to this. Just thinking about it is infuriating.

Best of luck Patrice

I won't support this disgusting company in this

Tamanator · Apr 18, 2016

RadicalVelocity said:
Been in a business situation with some parallels to this. Just thinking about it is infuriating.

Best of luck Patrice

I won't support this disgusting company in this

I'm very tempted to do the same, Just shows the terrible business practices Ubisoft are willing to partake in. So they cancelled the game and forced out Patrice, and then quietly restart its development a year or two later?

RipperGrim · Apr 18, 2016

The way Ubisoft have handled this situation makes me hope that Vivendi successfully takes control of them. The irony would be great.

jelly · Apr 18, 2016

I'm no fan of companies but have Ubisoft done anything wrong other than owning what is theirs after buying some of THQ?

I remember reading they haven't treated him well so no sympathy there but the rest, isn't that clear cut and only terribly bad luck for Desilets

CassidyIzABeast · Apr 18, 2016

A real Petty Murphy move.

dancrane212 · Apr 18, 2016

FelipeMGM said:
He tried many times to get the IP back, but was unsuccessful

Is the "battle" for that IP done? I remember reading how committed Patrice was to fighting tooth and nail to get it back but after that, silence.

SomedayTheFire · Apr 18, 2016

Man I hate how Ubisoft did this to him

Ricky_R · Apr 18, 2016

The Order prequel?

jett · Apr 18, 2016

I will always deem Ubisoft a company ran by assholes after what they did to Patrice.

feint_ruled · Apr 18, 2016

AusRoachman said:
Basically saved there cash cow (ac2 ) and they've done everything in there power to not let him create his own game.

If they were smart they would have brought him back to revitalise assassins creed .
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I dunno man. Do you remember his quote about the collectibles?

"But that's all my fault by the way. I assume it fully. I wanted to show gamers that sometimes collection is just a useless waste of time. So I put in four hundred and twenty flags that were useless. And I knew it. "

Seems like he might have been the very genesis of the current Ubisoft trend of tick-box gaming, not a potential saviour from it. (Though to be fair to him, he said he wouldn't do it again.)

Militaratus · Apr 18, 2016

Evil Ubisoft... You earned another -1000 karma, which should put your karma score at -1666 which puts the rating at Absolutely Disgusting!

meanspartan · Apr 18, 2016

What a garbage move. Sometimes just because you can do something legally, doesn't mean you should. Especially to the guy who made the pre-shit Assassin's Creed games.

jelly · Apr 18, 2016

feint_ruled said:
I dunno man. Do you remember his quote about the collectibles?

Seems like he might have been the very genesis of the current Ubisoft trend of tick-box gaming, not a potential saviour from it. (Though to be fair to him, he said he wouldn't do it again.)

Ha, no way but what he didn't see coming was OCD gamers doing all that rubbish and Ubisoft reacting accordingly, the stats don't lie.

InsaneTiger · Apr 18, 2016

I sure hope we can get more towers to climb and unlock more of map and the same four side missions to play.

Dennis · Apr 18, 2016

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Ubisoft was like: "Hmmm, it has been a while, we should kick Patrice around some"

Tenacious-D · Apr 18, 2016

I thought he was suing them? So did he lose, or what?

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