Ubisoft Massive’s managing director David Polfeldt has announced he will be stepping down from his role on July 1.
In a statement posted to the studio’s blog, Polfeldt said that he will be taking a six-month sabbatical before returning to Ubisoft in a new strategic role. His replacement has not been announced yet but has already been decided, according to Axios. Polfeldt’s successor will take the role in October.
Polfeldt has been with Ubisoft for more than 16 years where, as managing director, he oversaw some of the studio’s biggest franchises, including Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, and Tom Clancy’s The Division.
Last year he also published a book, The Dream Architects: Adventures in the Video Game Industry, providing an inside story of the booming video-game industry from the late 1990s to the present.
