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Ubisoft CEO details plan to address workplace sexual misconduct and toxicity (Updated)

French video game giant Ubisoft today detailed how it will address toxic behavior and sexual misconduct in the workplace following multiple reports of incidences at the company. In a blog post, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced changes the company is making as it works to better discover and deal with such complaints.

Game companies appear to be taking serious steps to respond to the wave of sexual harassment complaints posted on social media in the past week. While more than 350 complaints chronicling incidents of harassment and abuse in the game industry have been logged on social media platforms, Ubisoft stood out among big game companies in terms of the volume of allegations.

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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.