Ubisoft taps ex-Amazon Games chief to run its Tom Clancy studio
Ubisoft has hired Christoph Hartmann, until recently vice president of Amazon Games, to run the division that controls its Tom Clancy properties. He takes over as general manager of Creative House 2, the unit built around The Division, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell, according to Ubisoft’s own statement.
The appointment lands at a delicate moment for Ubisoft, a company that lost co-founder Claude Guillemot in a plane crash last year and spent the months since restructuring around three Creative Houses.
Creative House 2 also absorbs March of Giants, a multiplayer battle arena title Ubisoft acquired in December, giving Hartmann a portfolio that spans established shooters and an unproven live-service bet.
The wider games industry has been going through a similar reckoning over the past year, with publishers restructuring divisions and, in some cases, negotiating studio spin-offs rather than outright closures.
Ubisoft’s own answer has been to split its portfolio...
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