Ubisoft’s Montpellier studio was evacuated over a bomb risk earlier this week, and an investigation is reportedly underway to seek out the individual or individuals accountable.
In line with French information outlet Midi Libre, the bomb risk was despatched to police on Thursday, February 19, which compelled 800 Ubisoft Montpellier staff to evacuate the constructing. Police subsequently looked for an explosive system and had been unable to find one.
“After investigation, authorities have confirmed there isn’t a credible risk to our Montpellier studio,” mentioned an Ubisoft spokesperson in a press release to GameSpot. “As a precaution, we evacuated the constructing and labored with native authorities. All staff are secure, and operations will resume.”
This is not the primary time that Ubisoft and its staff have been the sufferer of an obvious emergency-hoax. In 2020, somebody summoned police to Ubisoft Montreal and claimed {that a} hostage state of affairs was underway. Ubisoft staff had been additionally evacuated throughout that incident.
The individual chargeable for the 2020 incident, reportedly over being banned from Rainbow Six Siege, was later recognized as Yanni Ouahioune. In 2023, Ouahioune was sentenced to three years of community service and ordered to hunt psychological well being therapy.