I?m willing to give a break to game publishers in 2020 given the state of our broken, terrible world. It feels cliched to say that we live in unprecedented times but that doesn?t make our pandemic-ridden political firestorm-infused existence any less truthful. Things are weird and tough all around, which has led to companies trying to return to normal as much as possible. After all, the one thing that might help people through these toughest of times is by getting back to business as usual. If a single person can derive comfort from that sense of normalcy then maybe they?re doing something right. That?s why my hat is off to Ubisoft for getting back to the business of being as tone-deaf and comically uncoordinated as ever, showcasing everything wrong with the games industry in a single two-hour event. Ubisoft Forward was a disaster, starting weeks before the stream even started.
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? Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) July 12, 2020

We can?t talk about Ubisoft Forward without setting the stage via the recent avalanche of allegations that range from sexual imposition to former Ubisoft Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoet being accused of partaking in drugging employees and laughing when vice president Tommy Francois (suspended, for now) forcefully kissing a colleague. The number of resignations coming in felt like that bit from the beginning of Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the opening credits scroll says ?Those responsible for sacking the people who have j...