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Feature: 10 Big Gaming Departures

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Sir Alex Ferguson retired today, and it got us thinking of high-profile gaming VIPs who had left positions of power. Here's 10 of the best.

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We feel for Désilets on this one. After leaving Ubisoft in 2010 due to concerns over the direction in which the Assassin Creed series – Patrice's baby – was headed, Patrice soon found himself at THQ, with the publisher giving him the freedom to work on 1666, another grand, ambitious, historical-themed personal project.

And then THQ went down the tubes faster than Usain Bolt at a water park, meaning Désilets ended back up with Ubisoft after it acquired his game. Until today of course, when Désilets and Ubi parted ways. Ubi tried to say it was one of those mutual things,...