A recent report from the Montreal Gazette said that 22-year-old Yanni Ouahioune, who is responsible for
What is known
The incident occurred in November 2020 afterTogo. Police received a false report of a “hostage situation” at Ubisoft Montreal, which led to a massive police operation that lasted all day. No hostages were found and, fortunately, no one was injured. After establishing the hoax call, Montreal police announced an investigation to “shed light on the call”.
Suspicion fell on Ouahioun, a French citizen andRainbow Six Siege player who was banned from playing several times due to cheating and abusive behavior towards developers and other players. He denied any involvement in the incident, but had a falling out with Ubisoft: on his YouTube channel, which still exists, he warned of his intention to use "hell cheats" to "punish Rainbow Six Siege" ;, and also released a rap track called “Fuck Ubisoft”.
</ p>Ubisoft herself commented on the situation as follows:
</ p>“We accept the court's decision.In this lawsuit, we have committed to representing our employees who were harmed by this false hostage alert at our Montreal studio. It was important for us to condemn this violent and unacceptable incident. Out of respect for our employees who were affected by this event, we will not comment further.