Summary
- Cameron Lee reportedly departs from his position as Vice President and Executive Producer of the Rainbow Six franchise.
- An internal email sent to Ubisoft staff supposedly states that the company has no current plans to replace Lee.
- Neither Ubisoft nor Lee have yet to comment on the sudden departure.
Cameron Lee, who joined Ubisoft back in 2022 as the Vice President of the Rainbow Six franchise, has reportedly departed from the company. A new report claims a reason for Lee's departure from the Rainbow Six franchise and Ubisoft is unknown, but an internal email to the company supposedly states that one of Ubisoft's most popular franchises will be left without a Vice President and Executive Producer for the time being.
With over 20 years of experience in the gaming industry, Lee has worked at some of the biggest studios around. He became a well-known name in the industry when he began working at EA as a Lead Producer on titles such as Dead Space and The Godfather, and would later go on to join Bioware before eventually departing for Bungie in 2016. Lee then became Vice President of Production for Activision in 2019 but would leave the role in 2022 to join Ubisoft's Rainbow Six franchise as Vice President and Executive Producer. But a new report now suggests Lee could be gearing up to announce a new role after almost three years at Ubisoft.
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A new report from Insider Gaming, which claims to have seen an internal email from Ubisoft, states that Cameron Lee has departed Ubisoft Montreal after only being there for a little under three years. The report does not offer any reason for Lee's sudden departure, but claims that Ubisoft isn't in any rush to replace the ex-Vice President as an email sent to staff states that the role will not be replaced "for the time being." After working on titles such as Call of Duty, Lee seemed like a perfect fit to keep the Rainbow Six franchise as one of the best tactical shooter series around, so the executive's shocking leave could be a huge blow for Ubisoft.
Rainbow Six Franchise Left With No Vice President
While Rainbow Six Siege continues to break records, the series as a whole has been carried by the popular first-person shooter for many years. A spin-off, Rainbow Six Extraction, was released in 2022 but failed to captivate players in the same manner that Siege did when it launched in 2015. When Lee joined the company in 2022, Ubisoft said that the Vice President and Executive Producer would "be responsible for creating the long-term brand strategy for the Rainbow Six franchise," suggesting that the studio had plans for the series outside of just Siege.
After making clear intentions to continue to build on the famous franchise, a reliable leaker took to Twitter earlier this month to tease the potential new name of the next Rainbow Six game. Although fans were eager for a new mainline game in the series, the leaker would later go on to disappoint fans and reveal that the title would be a sequel to Rainbow Six: SMOL, a top-down rogue-lite game only available on mobile devices via Netflix Games.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is a team-based tactical shooter, which is set in indoor environments. The gameplay is based on a symmetrical confrontation between Attackers and Defenders. Both teams have five operators and the games are timed. Highly strategic gameplay requires teamwork and as a first-person shooter, aiming well is important. The game is ever-changing with each season bringing new content, additional operators and abilities, events, weapons, maps, and an evolving meta-game.
