Murderer’s Creed Hexe inventive director Clint Hocking leaves Ubisoft, former Black Flag director Jean Guesden takes over as growth continues below ‘a seasoned workforce’

The management overhaul at Ubisoft seems to have claimed one other Murderer’s Creed stalwart, as Ubisoft has confirmed a VGC report that longtime veteran Clint Hocking, who was heading up the Murderer’s Creed Hexe venture, has left the corporate.

“Clint Hocking, inventive director on Murderer’s Creed Codename Hexe, will probably be departing Ubisoft,” a spokesperson mentioned in an announcement supplied to PC Gamer. “We sincerely thank him for his imaginative and prescient, inventive contributions, and dedication over time, and we want him the easiest in his subsequent chapter.

“Improvement on Murderer’s Creed Codename Hexe continues with a seasoned workforce. The sport will ship one thing distinctive inside the Murderer’s Creed franchise. Jean Guesdon, head of content material for the Murderer’s Creed model, is now performing because the inventive director on the venture.”

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Hocking’s profession started at Ubisoft on the unique Splinter Cell, after which he served as inventive director on Splinter Cell: Chaos Principle and the celebrated Far Cry 2. He left Ubisoft in 2010, bouncing between LucasArts, Valve, and Amazon, earlier than returning to Ubisoft in 2015. He was the inventive director on Watch Canines: Legion, and previous to his departure was working in the identical function on Murderer’s Creed Hexe.

Little is thought about Hexe at this level: It’ll reportedly be a extra supernatural-focused sport than different entries within the collection, and in 2024 Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot mentioned it “goes to be a really completely different sport from Murderer’s Creed Shadows,” which was nonetheless in growth at that time. “We’ll shock individuals, I believe.”

However Ubisoft’s restructuring has had a deep affect on the high of the Murderer’s Creed meals chain. The Murderer’s Creed franchise is now being dealt with by Ubisoft’s Vantage Studios division, headed up by Ubisoft veteran Christophe Derennes and Yves Guillemot offspring Charlie. In October 2025, former Murderer’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté left Ubisoft below a cloud, which a number of months later resulted in a lawsuit in opposition to his former employers. Earlier this week, Ubisoft introduced a trio of latest Murderer’s Creed bosses at Vantage, together with Guesden, who it mentioned will “steer the model’s bold new chapter.”