Ubisoft Toronto director Jade Raymond leaves the publisher

One of Ubisoft’s top creative talents is moving on.

The French publisher revealed today that Ubisoft Toronto director Jade Raymond is moving on to “pursue new opportunities.” Alexandre Parizeau, who helped form Ubisoft Toronto, will take over as manager of the studio. Raymond is just the latest big-name developer to leave a major publisher in recent years. People like Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski, Mega Man designer Keiji Inafune, and Assassin’s Creed director Patrice Désilets have all left their big corporations to form their own smaller studios. GamesBeat covered this trend earlier this year.