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Ubisoft chooses not to address sexual misconduct issue during Forward event

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Ubisoft announced a lot of games that address issues in society at its Ubisoft Forward event today, but the French video game publisher decided not to address its sexual misconduct controversy during the presentation itself.

The company tweeted that the Forward event was entirely prerecorded and so it would not speak about the matter. On Saturday, CEO Yves Guillemot announced major departures and changes related to sexual misconduct allegations at Ubisoft. This started in late June as people came forward and told their stories alleging harassment, misconduct, and more from Ubisoft employees.

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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.