Raphael Lacoste, a Ubisoft developer who has been a part of the company for an impressive 16 years, announced his departure from the publisher earlier this week. Lacoste had been an art director on the Assassin's Creed series for the last decade or so, helping bring to life titles such as Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Assassin's Creed Origins, and latest instalment Assassin's Creed Valhalla. It's safe to say that Lacoste will have had a significant impact on one of game's most popular properties.
Interestingly, it's been confirmed that Lacoste is signing up with Haven Studios. Regular readers may recognise the name; it's the newly formed developer fronted by fellow veteran Jade Raymond. Haven Studios is being backed by Sony to create a PlayStation 5 exclusive.
It's still very early days, but there's no denying the talent and experience that's forming the backbone of Haven Studios — and Lacoste is certainly going to add to that. For more information on who's working at Haven Studios, we wrote an overview just a few weeks back.
[source twitter.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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Interesting, I think they'll make something good at Haven, I'd love a Fallout type open world game.
Nice, I love his art and there's no denying every Assassin's Creed game has been gorgeous.
Those are some good looking games for sure. Very interested in what they make at Haven... but that's probably a few years off still.
This looks like a win. Say what you want about the Assassin's Creed games, but you can't deny that the art in them is absolutely gorgeous.
In all likelihood it will be a multiplayer service game. These partnerships that Sony's doing are there way of getting into that market without really taking away from Playstation studio's established IP
I really hope his talent isn't wasted on some crap live service from Haven.
@AdamNovice Totally. I could even see this as a trial run for Haven and if they deliver, may get the chance to become a Playstation Studio that specializes in the services model.
@RBMango How about seeing the game first before judging. Even if it is a service game doesn't automatically make it bad.
@AdamNovice There was a rumor a couple of days ago confirming that the game they are working is a GaaS game.
@Floki I think this was always likely. Anyone hoping for some spiritual follow-up to Assassin's Creed need to get that out of their heads cos they'll be disappointed.
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