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Jade? Jade?! No, No. What Is Patrice Working On?

While others focused on Ubisoft producer Jade Raymond before Assassin's Creed, we were always wonder what the game's Creative Director Patric Desilets was doing, how his beard was and when he was going to accept our friend requests. In a recent interview with game site Game Daily, Ubisoft honcho Yves Guillemot says this about Patrice:

Jade Raymond and Patrice Desilets and the entire Assassin's Creed development team did an excellent job to create the game.
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9:00 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
5,809 views, 28 comments

Latest by freespeech: i'm sorry Jade is not HOT, she's attractive but NOT HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

interview

Hideo Kojima Tells Jade Raymond About Violence

Ubisoft's Jade Raymond recently interviewed Metal Gear god Hideo Kojima for a piece in Famitsu—yes, sounds like an interesting setup for an article, doesn't it? (Aside: please Jade, don't put us all out of our jobs). In the interview, Kojima had some harsh but fair points about violence in video games, and his perspective on the matter.:

I don't think there are many games that tackle violence head on...When you hit someone or inflict pain, faces get disfigured for example, and I want to make games that show that sort of thing.
He continues:

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10:40 AM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
12,050 views, 104 comments

Latest by Detha: @Detha: Hahaha, fuck italics. more »

interview

Women In Gaming - Ubisoft's Elspeth Tory

MTV Multiplayer's Tracey John, who has excellent taste in cocktails, continues her series of interviews with women in the gaming industry today, speaking with Assassin's Creed animation project manager Elspeth Tory on the challenges women face in the gaming industry. Along with commenting on the whole Jade situation and the challenges faced by being a female in a male-dominated industry, Elspeth explains that proving yourself capable is no longer a factor.

I think there have been enough women in the industry now that there really isn't any pressure as a woman to prove yourself anymore. I think there has been so many great people out there doing things that right now, I think it's completely open-ended. Anyone who comes in, you just want to know that they're good. Their gender is irrelevant.
That's certainly good to hear. I would hate to think we could miss out on some amazing talent just because a company couldn't look past biological differences. Hit the jump for more with Elspeth, and be sure to check out Tracey's interviews with Morgan Webb and Jane Pinckard while you're at it.

Women Working in Games: 'Assassin's Creed''s Elspeth Tory on Jade Raymond and Entering the Boys' Club [MTV Multiplayer Blog]

9:40 AM on Wed Dec 12 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,983 views, 42 comments

Latest by almo: @hikkifan1986: Maybe you have some weird definition of "biological" or "gender", but whether a person is male or female (what I call gender) is definitely what I call biological. more »

interview

On Women in the Industry (Jade and Ubisoft)

We didn't understand all the hype, really. While everyone was gibble-gabbling about Jade, we were so into the game's Creative Director Patrice. We even learned his last name! (It's Desilets.) Others focused more on Ubisoft producer Jade Raymond. MTV's Multiplayer blog has an insightful interview up with game journo Jane Pinckard about women in the game interesting. We've been big fans of Pinckard's blog Game Girl Advance for donkey's yonks. Anyway, here's what she has to say about the whole Jade Raymond media circus:

I don't know exactly how it happened, but I think Ubisoft noticed the amount of press that she was getting, and they did what most companies would do, which is they exploited that. I like Ubisoft and all, but they don't care about Jade as much as they care about their bottom dollar, and they're going to do what they think works. And if the GameTrailers interviews that have Jade on them get like 20 times the hits as any other product that they put out, what are they going to do? They're going to put her in front of the camera. I think they created a lot of resentment though, both internally and maybe externally. I think a lot of men were resentful of her stature, and maybe some of them thought she didn't deserve it, and they deserved it more or whatever. It's difficult. It's complicated.
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12:00 AM on Wed Dec 12 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
7,853 views, 95 comments

Latest by ripclaw: Not to be a grammar nazi here, but "I think a lot of men were resentful of her stature" - I doubt it. Status maybe. Although I'm sure a lot of men have an opinion about her stature as well more »

controversy

Musings on the Gaming Community - 'Are The Kids Alright?'

From or via GameSetWatch comes two interesting pieces, musing on something of the same subject - what is it about games that turns fans into a bunch of aggressively opinionated jerks (or is that just life, on and off the internet?)? On the one hand, any community of people is prone to in-fighting and hysteria (tripled if the participants can hide behind anonymity); on the other hand, are some of the accusations lobbed from mainstream media that unfounded? Michaël Samyn takes on the recent kerfluffle over Yak Minter's comments regarding Frogger and game reviewing in general. The comments section is very interesting, and gets at the community issue and game reviewing in one fell swoop. Leigh Alexander takes on nastiness on another level - far beyond frustrated developers whining in their LJ - and looks at examples of gamers behaving (very) badly, like the Jade Raymond/Something Awful cartoon debacle: More »

4:00 PM on Sat Dec 1 2007
By mgreene
6,696 views, 75 comments

Latest by baccardi84: I think this says something I've believed for a long while: hardcore fanboys are bad for the industry. more »

assassin's creed

Ubisoft Threatens Something Awful Over Jade Comic

Head goon at Something Awful, Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, has been contacted by the legal representation of Ubisoft over the posting of an "extremely offensive pornographic image" of Assassin's Creed producer Jade Raymond on the site's popular forums. The image, which has since been pulled from multiple hosts, including the one referenced in the letter to Kyanka, depicts a cartoon character named Jade fellating a trio of gamers and... well, it just gets worse from there. The legal thread cites the linking of a "blatant, vile, and unauthorized misappropriation of Ms. Raymond's name and likeness" that has "caused immeasurable harm to Ms. Raymond's reputation and career, and constitute an egregious infringement of Ms. Raymond's personal rights and privacy rights." More »

7:20 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Michael McWhertor
63,193 views, 355 comments

Latest by Kincyr: @free_speach: No he doesn't. He doesn't live in the US so free speech doesn't apply to him more »

rumor smash

Jade In Green And White Striped Bikini

The Rumor: martin85 over at GameTrailers.com Forums writes, "so my friend is working as an intern editor at maxim and he says that jade will grace the cover of december's issue which will feature "girls of gaming"! she will also have her own spread showing her in a green an white striped bikini in an exotic local (montreal). it will also feature other hot women in the gaming industry as well as competitive gaming. man i can't fricken wait! i haven't jacked to still images since 1999!" More »

11:00 PM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
62,767 views, 123 comments

Latest by freebasedog: This was such an obviously B.S. rumour, not to mention nerdy and lame, I can't believe the amount of people who took it seriously. more »

assassin's creed

Jade Smells Pretty At London Games Fest

Visitors to the London Games Festival this weekend will get a rare opportunity to get close enough to Ubisoft's Jade Raymond to bathe in the warm, flowery scent she leaves in her wake everywhere she goes. She'll be making an appearance at the flagship HMV store on Oxford Street on Saturday afternoon to promote some game about assassins doing some sort of thing, possibly killing that band that sang the "Can You Take Me Higher" song. The press release says something about showcasing new levels from the latest version of the game, but that's neither here nor there. I'm personally hoping she announces a new game where you just move the camera around a 3D model of her person for hours at a time. I'd pay a hundred dollars. Or pounds. A hundred pounds of dollars. Hit the jump for the considerably more sensible press release. More »

8:40 AM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Mike Fahey
19,165 views, 160 comments

Latest by killercherrypie: Oh please, Kotaku, please write MORE about how pretty Jade is and ignore her actual contributions to the game and the industry. Ignore actual news to praise her physical appearance and pleasant odor. What we need now, more than more »

soundtracks

Assassin's Creed Score Is BAFTAstic

Ubisoft Montreal's Assassin's Creed is shipping in November for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, we all know that. What gamers might not know about the medieval adventure is that it will ship with music. True story. There's going to be music and, from what I understand, it will be featured throughout the game, not just a clever title jingle. That music—or "score" as we say in the biz—will be handled by British Academy Award winner Jesper Kyd, pictured above in the boiler room in which he keeps his prey.

Kyd has a slew of gaming soundtracks under his belt, including various Splinter Cell and Hitman jams. His musical contribution to Assassin's Creed has been described as "fused with both traditional medieval instruments and modern synth sounds" by producer Jade Raymond. She, by the way, has great taste in sneakers. Kyd describes his own work as having been taken "to the max." I deem this description totally badical.

More info after the jump, with a score provided by me.

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2:40 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,160 views, 30 comments

Latest by djomg: I replay hitman 2 sometimes because I like the great music, and killing people. But mostly I like killing people to great music. Which seems to be the whole idea of AC. sold. more »

tear

Jade Raymond Squashes Dreams For Assassin's Creed Demo

Bad news, readers: there will no demo for Assassin's Creed. From Ms. Raymond herself:
No, we're not making a demo. This game is more like a sandbox style game where there's a lot of things, so it's not a linear mission where you can say, OK, we're making a demo and we're giving you this mission...
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1:40 PM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Mark Wilson
6,020 views, 101 comments

notes from e3

Dear Jade

I saw you at E3, played your game, had a great time, we bonded. And now I find out - from GameTrailers no less - that you don't even know my name. I'm just another piece of E3 meat to you, is that it? Some "guy from Kotaku," another blogger for your little black book. A notch on your controller.
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4:56 PM on Fri Jul 13 2007
By Brian Crecente
15,513 views, 90 comments

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Jade Talks, We Listen

Assassin's Creed producer Jade Raymond give a long overdue update to her "Developer Diary." This time around she talks artistic direction and the challenge of creating over 300 unique characters. Interesting, and the game looks hot as ever.

AC Shows Its Artistic Direction [VGB]

1:00 AM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,835 views, 47 comments

make an ass of yourself

Assassin's Creed Short Film Contest

Break out your white cloak and your video camera, it's time for another whacky funtime video game related short film contest. This time it's from Ubisoft and IFC, and the subject is Assassin's Creed. In six minutes or less, explore the many mysteries of Assassin's Creed, providing your own interpretation of the mysteries surrounding the title. What is the mysterious white room? Is it time travel? Why would they meddle in the flow of history? Will Jade Raymond make out with me so I can win a $10 bet I have with Plunkett? I'll split it. More »

9:20 AM on Tue Jun 26 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,985 views, 17 comments

Latest by sauvage: Ok who's willing to cut off their ring finger so we can attach an ejecting blade to their hand, for the part. Tire kickers need not apply. Actually I'm a flexible individual and will even accept someone who's cut off more »

apples and oranges

Jade Talks Differences In Assassin's Creed

Ubisoft's Jade Raymond, whom Famitsu REPEATEDLY refers to as the "beautiful female producer," explains the difference between the crossplatform versions of her upcoming title, Assassin's Creed: More »

4:00 AM on Fri May 25 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
15,028 views, 140 comments

game break

Bon Jovi Talks Pong, Pinball

VH1 Games Harold Goldberg, who I hear once dated Jade Raymond, had a chance to sit down with Jon Bon Jovi recently to talk about Electronic Arts' Arena Football: The Road to Glory. More »

5:00 PM on Tue Feb 27 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,879 views, 4 comments

sexy

Gamer Makes Wired's Sexiest Geek List

The early nominees for Wired.Com's sexy geek list didn't include Jade Raymond and it bothered me to distraction. Fortunately, the final list of ten has her smack dab in the middle. More »

3:00 PM on Wed Dec 13 2006
By Brian Crecente
2,970 views, 32 comments

jade raymond

Wired Looking for Sexiest (Gamer) Geeks

Last year, Wired News kicked off the sexiest geeks of the year list with such hotties as Tiny Nibbles Violet Blue and Gawker founder Nick Denton. But there wasn't a damn gamer among them. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Nov 27 2006
By Brian Crecente
4,205 views, 38 comments

kotakustalku

KotakuStalku: CliffyB and Jade, Still Hot

Snapped and sent our way, that's producer Jade Raymond (Assassin's Creed) and game designer CliffyB (Gears of War) backstage at X06. Young and pretty, working on killer titles and proud owners of good dental hygiene. Yep, we're insanely jealous. More »

7:22 AM on Wed Oct 4 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
14,049 views, 48 comments