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Amancio attempted to clear up any confusion, by stating, "I understand the issue, I understand the cause, and it is a noble one, but I don't think it's relevant in the case of ''Unity''. In ''Unity'' you play this character called Arno, and when you're playing co-op you're also playing Arno – everybody is. It's like Aiden Pearce in ''[[Watch Dogs (video game)|Watch Dogs]]''... Arno has different skills - you select skill points in the game, there are gear elements that have an impact and all these weapons that make the character you make your own. But you're always playing Arno... The reason we're just changing the face and keeping the bodies is we want people to show off the gear that they pick up in the game through exploration. That's why we kept that."<ref name="EurogamerControversy">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-12-i-understand-the-issue-but-its-not-relevant-in-assassins-creed-unity|title=I understand the issue, but it's not relevant in Assassin's Creed Unity|last=Robinson|first=Martin|publisher=Eurogamer|date=June 12, 2014|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022753/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-12-i-understand-the-issue-but-its-not-relevant-in-assassins-creed-unity|url-status=live}}</ref>
On July 5, 2020 Tommy François the Vice President for Editorial & Creative Services was put on disciplinary leave and later let go amid allegations of sexual misconduct. He was the right hand man of Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët. The next day Maxime Béland Vice President Editorial resigned. Both had been accused of sexual misconduct but were promoted after complaints to HR. Béland had been accused of choking a female employee in 2014 a week after Unity was launched.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chalk|first=Andy|date=July 6, 2020|title=Ubisoft vice president Maxime Beland resigns amidst allegations of workplace abuse|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-vice-president-maxime-beland-resigns-amidst-allegations-of-workplace-abuse/|access-date=August 22, 2020|website=PC Gamer|language=en-US|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021013844/https://www.pcgamer.com/ubisoft-vice-president-maxime-beland-resigns-amidst-allegations-of-workplace-abuse/|url-status=live}}</ref>
A week later, in a press release,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ubisoft announces departures and reaffirms its commitment to implementing significant change in its workplace culture|url=https://news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/article/6N7x5SJCroavg2PMegwMrC/ubisoft-announces-departures-and-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-implementing-significant-change-in-its-workplace-culture|access-date=August 22, 2020|website=news.ubisoft.com|language=en-gb|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921062255/https://news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/article/6N7x5SJCroavg2PMegwMrC/ubisoft-announces-departures-and-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-implementing-significant-change-in-its-workplace-culture|url-status=live}}</ref> Ubisoft stated that three more of the top executives had chosen to resign from the company. This included Hascoët, Yannis Mallat Managing Director of Ubisoft Canada and Cécile Cornet the head of Global HR. The allegations from current and former staffers claimed that complaints to the HR had been ignored for several years. It allegedly described Ubisoft as a boy's club with the business meetings happening at strip clubs.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Farokhmanesh|first=Megan|date=July 21, 2020|title=Ubisoft's toxic culture problems allegedly span more than a decade of abuse|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/21/21332534/ubisoft-serge-hascoet-harassment-sexism-racism-metoo|access-date=August 22, 2020|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821115216/https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/21/21332534/ubisoft-serge-hascoet-harassment-sexism-racism-metoo|url-status=live}}</ref> The staff openly made misogynist comments and were encouraged by the senior leaders through their behavior.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 21, 2020|title=Ubisoft Family Accused of Mishandling Sexual Misconduct Claims|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse|access-date=August 22, 2020|website=Bloomberg.com|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721101132/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-21/ubisoft-sexual-misconduct-scandal-harassment-sexism-and-abuse|url-status=live}}</ref>
In a report by [[Jason Schreier]] in ''[[Bloomberg News]]'' the issues with Hascoët had gone back several years and had affected the creative development on the ''Assassin's Creed'' series and the use of female protagonists. Per the report later games that did feature female protagonists at the release, were later altered to diminish the female protagonists in online play. This was due to an ingrained belief by Hascoët that female characters did not sell video games.
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