Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
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How Patrice Désilets survived the odyssey of making Ancestors

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 8 min

You may forgive Patrice Désilets for getting emotional last week during the Opening Night Live event at Gamescom 2019, when the trailer showed for his game, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.

That’s because he’s been on his own personal odyssey to make the game for the past five years. Désilets was famous as the creative director of Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II, and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.