After working on a "AAA open-world" for 5 years, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag director's studio reportedly shut down by Tencent without releasing a single game
in newsletterGamesRadar · 2026-02-23 · 4 min read · top_stories
Tencent shut down TiMi Montreal, the studio led by former Assassin's Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail, without releasing a single game. The studio had spent five years developing an original AAA open-world, service-focused IP for multiple platforms. Ismail joined TiMi Montreal in 2022 after leaving Ubisoft in 2020 following misconduct allegations.
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