Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Assassin's Creed: Revelations creative director Alexandre Amancio leaves Ubisoft]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/11/assassins-creed-revelations-creative-director-alexandre-amanci/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/11/assassins-creed-revelations-creative-director-alexandre-amanci/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/11/assassins-creed-revelations-creative-director-alexandre-amanci/#comments Alexandre Amancio has left Ubisoft in order to serve as Chief Creative Officer for Cossette, a marketing company located in Quebec City, Canada. Amancio leaves the developer seven years after joining in 2005. He was most recently credited as the creative director for Assassin's Creed: Revelations and also served as art director for Far Cry 2. This marks the second time in as many years that the Assassin's Creed series' Creative Director has left Ubisoft Montreal, following Patrice Désilets' resignation in 2010.

"Video games and advertising have many common elements," Amancio said in a press release issued by Cossette. "In both industries, we are always looking for new ways to engage the consumer to the brand." Sounds to us like Amancio will be right at home in the warm bosom of a marketing agency. We give it two years before Ezio is slammin' back 5-Hour Energy shots between trips to Wells-Fargo and 24-Hour Fitness.

JoystiqAssassin's Creed: Revelations creative director Alexandre Amancio leaves Ubisoft originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Alexandre-Amancioart-directorassassins-creed-revelationscossettecreative-directorfar-cry-2microsoftplaystationps3ubisoftUbisoft-MontrealxboxWed, 11 Jan 2012 15:14:00 EST<![CDATA[LucasArts finds replacement for creative director role]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/16/lucasarts-finds-replacement-for-creative-director-role/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/16/lucasarts-finds-replacement-for-creative-director-role/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/16/lucasarts-finds-replacement-for-creative-director-role/#commentsLucasArts has appointed journeyman Frederic Markus to its vacant studio creative director position, reports IndustryGamers. Markus brings with him a long career of credits -- in more than 35 games -- from a variety of positions and publishers, including most recently director of game design at Disney Interactive. He's also served as director of pre-production at Ubisoft and consulted on game design and pre-production for Atari, Microsoft and Rockstar, among others.

Markus leaves Disney in the midst of its restructuring away from console development, and he joins LucasArts following a difficult end of 2010 for the studio. Clint Hocking's arrival at LucasArts last fall brought a new hope in the wake of Haden Blackman's resignation, but two rounds of layoffs closed out the year with an "Episode V" type of feel.

Prior to Markus' appointment, former BioShock senior designer Joe McDonagh held the creative director position at LucasArts. In December, McDonagh joined PopCap as the company's new director of production.

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JoystiqLucasArts finds replacement for creative director role originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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