What's Jade Raymond up to these days?

By Ellie Gibson Published 28 March, 2008

Ubisoft boss sings woman's praises.

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has offered the first hint at what Jade Raymond's plans are now Assassin's Creed is out of the way.

Raymond, you may recall, worked as the producer on the game, and received much attention for being a hot lady. Or, hey, just for being great at her job, as Guillemot would have it.

"I view Jade as a very skilled and creative producer," he told GameDaily.

"The success of Assassin's Creed leaves no doubt about that and the attention she received from the media is due to the anticipation, buzz and quality of the game."

As for what's next: "She's currently working on a new project but it's a little too early to share more about it."

Could it be a sequel to Assassin's Creed? No one's saying anything, but Guillemot certainly sounds keen on the original. "We have never received as many compliments from gamers as we did for Assassin's Creed. Some might dislike certain aspects of the game, but it undoubtedly brought a radically fresh and innovative take to the adventure genre," he observed.

"This game shows that our industry has reached a new level, and I'm not really surprised that it gets polarised critics, just as a strong movie would. As you know, such a success with a totally new IP which took so many risks in order to redefine the genre is unprecedented."

You can read what it was about Assassin's Creed that polarised Tom over in his review.

Jade Raymond is 33.

Picture of Ellie.

About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (61) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • That_Happy_Cat #1 4 years ago

    Jade's a GIRL'S name???

  • redneon Verified Programmer, SUMO Digital #2 4 years ago

    No article about Jade Raymond is complete without a photo!

  • Dafridge #3 4 years ago

    Jade Raymond is 33.

    huh what was the point of this article anw what is the point of the last line? Something tells me Ellie's got her claws out miaow!

  • RedPanda #4 4 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012

  • Aphexman #5 4 years ago

    her job is about distracting videogames journalists from how boring and repetitive her games are

  • Killerbee #6 4 years ago

    Hang on.

    This:

    Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has offered the first hint at what Jade Raymond's plans are now Assassin's Creed is out of the way.

    Then this:

    As for what's next: "She's currently working on a new project but it's a little too early to share more about it."

    Don't really follow, do they!? ;)

    Anyway, the main thing I hope Jade / Ubisoft take on board are some of the criticisms levelled at Assassin's Creed about mission variety. It'll be interesting to see if/how the PC version attempts to address some of that with the new ideas it has plumbed in. A sequel to AC that irons out some of those problems would be very welcome indeed.

    As would a sequel to Beyond Good & Evil, but that's another matter.
    Edited by 1 at 28/03/08 @ 08:57

  • SBfistfun #7 4 years ago

    She'd have a sore bum if I got my way

  • login_name #8 4 years ago

    Sad, so sad...

  • Camorrista #9 4 years ago

    Normally I try to be a bit more constructive, but... what in the hell?

    Wasn't it enough that there were 5 news articles about her every day when she was actually doing something?
    Now EG gives her headlines even when she ISN'T?

    /dumbfounded

  • Prodigy_BE #10 4 years ago

    Could somebody finally tell them Ubi dudes that Assassin's wasn't actually that good?
    Less that the POP series, imo.

  • bad09 #11 4 years ago

    "Jade Raymond is 33"

    Saucer of milk for Ellie! :)

  • ZuluHero #12 4 years ago

    This is just a Jade stopgap. Obviously Ubi-Soft wouldn’t want you to forget her by the time her next endeavour is announced.

    Oh, and i like older women :)


  • Xerx3s #13 4 years ago

    "Jade Raymond is 33."

    You just HAD to say that.

  • Anthony_UK #14 4 years ago

    Assassin's Creed if i'm honest is my game of the past 12 months.......It had many flaws I know, dispite that, I just loved it.

    Jade (Not that she isn't actually good at her job) is probably in hiding or UBI has her protected from press/backlash which I think is fair. As she was obviously put out there as a pretty face to generate some PR for the game, while some of the criticism is deserved as, at the same time in her many interviews she tried to create the impression that the game was something that it was never going to be.....

    To the hardcore, that just doesn't go down to well!
    Edited by 1 at 28/03/08 @ 09:14

  • The_Pope #15 4 years ago

    I think what they mean is, out of 10, Jade Raymond is 33 ;)

  • Nill #16 4 years ago

    Yeah, this is stupid.

    The game wasn't even any good. Visually impressive, sure, but oh so very shallow.

  • mexalen #17 4 years ago

    Thank you, Ellie!

  • space_ace #18 4 years ago

    "ac" had phenomenal level design and the "problems" are not so grave as ppl suggest. now the time-limit missions and their unskippable briefings, too bad!

  • CaptainScarlet #19 4 years ago

    Wouldn't it be nice if the actual team that created this game rather than the coffee drinking schedule collating prodcer got the credit. after all it was ultimately them that were responsible for the quality of the game. Yes of course producers are there to make the production run smoothly but lets face it you can make shit run smoothly but it doesn't make it any better.
    Edited by 1 at 28/03/08 @ 09:16

  • Redeye #20 4 years ago

    A million-and-one answers to the headline question, and none of them repeatable. >;)

  • CunningLinguist #21 4 years ago

    I don't like to sing you guys praises for the simple fact that a lot of other people, who I do not wish to be associated with, already do it. Although I'll admit that that last line was better than a Dry Martini!

  • Camorrista #22 4 years ago

    CaptainScarlet, I believe that is the most reasonable thing anyone has said in this thread so far.
    Edited by 2 at 28/03/08 @ 09:25

  • tomb85 #23 4 years ago

    The last line made me chuckle. Not looking bad for 33 though ;-)

    I think it's slightly shameful of Ubisoft pushing her out into the public eye the way they did for Assassin's creed though. It was blatantly obvious why they did it and I feel it's an insult to herself and us the games buying public. Feel free to correct me but as far as i've seen most producers don't get put into the spotlight in quite the same way until they've had a successful title or two under their belt. She may well be very talented but I don't think she'll be able to escape this persona of the "hot AC lady" now.
    Also, what happened to that bald guy they claimed was co-producing it in the early PR shots of Jade?

  • Kryon #24 4 years ago

    womenlol

  • peterfll #25 4 years ago

    Clearly there's an audience for any news on Ms Raymond, as many posters to this thread prove. Can't get enough it would seem.

  • nickthegun #26 4 years ago

    Selling hot women to nerds is like shooting fish in a barrel.

    Im surprsied EA havent called in Jenna Jameson as a 'producer' on some of their titles.

  • xAx #27 4 years ago

    lavalant is cheesed off his balls

  • DB2k #28 4 years ago

    "She's flirty.. turned 30.. ain't that the age a girl get's really dirty?"

  • SteJosh #29 4 years ago

    So wheres the links to the pics? ;)

  • PlugMonkey #30 4 years ago

    and the attention she received from the media is due to the anticipation, buzz and quality of the game.

    LOL. Yup. That's what that was all about.

  • mezzomorto #31 4 years ago

    @CaptainScarlet: re producer bashing, don't knock it till you've actually tried it as the grass is always greener, etc

    (Of course if you have previous Producer experience, then feel free to slag away :p)

    Re AC and Jade, if Ubi had actually let Jade and the team focus more on the game than on endless PR building expectations the product couldn't meet, AC might have avoided the shortcomings it shipped with.

  • Hughes. #32 4 years ago

    "We have never received as many compliments from gamers as we did for Assassin's Creed. "

    :¬O

    I've slipped into a parallel universe.

  • stepneg #33 4 years ago

    What a completely pointless article this is, "whats Jade Raymond up to these days" and then read more to find out that it's actually to early to say what shes doing. What next a piece on the fantastic new game John Carmack hasn't thought of yet...

  • kangarootoo #34 4 years ago

    @CaptainScarlet

    If you removed any part of a development team, the wheels would fall off and games couldn't be made. Maybe you've had a bad experience, or maybe you are just supposing at the sky. I'm inclined to say "get over it", but I don't want to be that arsey... err, so I'll bung some smilleys on the end or something.

    Either way, a good producer is invaluable to development and a joy to work with. Bad producers are not, but then nobody is if they suck at their job and freeload or produce bad results.

    :) ;) :D etc

  • kangarootoo #35 4 years ago

    Oh, and I also detected a strange tone from Ellie's writing in this one. I shall leave it at that :)

  • Les #36 4 years ago

    BS article, only contains Ubi PR.

    "Some might dislike certain aspects of the game, but it undoubtedly brought a radically fresh and innovative take to the adventure genre"

    I’ve read some reviews but none of them gave me the impression that there was anything fresh and innovative to the game besides an awful pseudo-SF plot and related contrived play mechanics.

  • zoidberg #37 4 years ago

    couldn't you just throw in a recent picture... or two... or ten?

  • Trigga_Tybalt #38 4 years ago

    i always wake up wondering what jade is up to...

  • quantumsheep #39 4 years ago

    The age thing sounded a bit tabloid to me.

    It's the kind of thing the Sun used to do, mention the age of a woman as though it were an important fact that impacted on the story somewhat...

    Strange...

  • old_skool #40 4 years ago

    33 eh? I like them mature and experienced...

  • Dafridge #41 4 years ago

    Seriously if you can't find anything to talk about then don't bother.

    but for us game nerds. I think Tanya Byron is kinda ok lookin

  • TheDifficult3rdAlbum #42 4 years ago

    PICS PLZ

  • old_skool #43 4 years ago

    nothing wrong with admiring a beautiful woman...btw it makes me wonder how old Ellie seeing as she mentions another woman's age...

  • jlaakso #44 4 years ago

    I'm sure this is EG's most popular post all day.

  • T4RG4 #45 4 years ago

    Pah, what impact do (or should) producers have on games anyway?

    I'm bored of Jade, lets find a new target.

    I am 30.

  • mingster #46 4 years ago

    After seeing the title ..
    i thought she had lost her job and was working on street corners ...
    but it turns out this was just a non-story.
    also .. pics please.

  • JeroenZM #47 4 years ago

    Never mind Jade, show us the angriest videogame woman you've ever heard.

  • Freek #48 4 years ago

    Game producer working on game.

    Shocking.

  • SeesThroughAll #49 4 years ago

    Assassin's Creed 2?

    Like nobody is expecting that one!

  • TagemandBagem #50 4 years ago

    "Jade Raymond is 33. "

    lol, classic.

    I still prefer that girl who did the PR shots for the early PS3 controller (?) Might have been the console.

  • kangarootoo #51 4 years ago

    "Pah, what impact do (or should) producers have on games anyway?"

    A good producer enables everyone else to do their job properly, so the title gets finished on time and to budget, with quality maintained because losses are minimised. They are crucial to any project of significant scope.

    I am 33 (as we are all bonding so well).

  • mkreku #52 4 years ago

    I like Jade.

    I am 34.

  • Triggerhappytel #53 4 years ago

    "the attention she received from the media is due to the anticipation, buzz and quality of the game."

    Oh, someone tell this guy to fuck off. So, for their next new massively-hyped IP, hows about they roll out an obese, sweaty, hairy man [who worked on the game] instead, to prove a point?

    This is a complete non-news story. "I can tell you Jade's working on a game, but I can't tell you what game that might be!" Fucking useful.

  • patchbox360 #54 4 years ago

    'No article about Jade Raymond is complete without a photo!'

    amen brother

  • spud71 #55 4 years ago

    Here you go everybody!

    [link url=http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060328/jade_raymo nd.gif
    ]http://ww w.gamasutra.com/features/200603...[/link]

  • captainrentboy #56 4 years ago

    I'm 25 and ugly as fuck.
    Thanks for listening.

  • Skywise #57 4 years ago

    but is she single? :-)

  • dirtysteve #58 4 years ago

    maybe she's off working on actually putting a proper ending on AC. Hmmm, could be a new strategy, buy the game, then get the ending six months later with xbox live points.

    don't get me started on the tedious vainglorious and compulsory credit roll at the end.

  • konnsky #59 4 years ago

    i'm just gonna say one thing:

    TITS OR GTFO!

  • peppergomez #60 4 years ago

    posing nekkid in playboy like stevie case, hopefully

  • Amicus #61 4 years ago

    Haven't got round to playing this one yet but just this moment borrowed it off a mate. Expect a 'Reader Review' in the coming days that was penned with one hand, the other furiously wanking over Jade's, er, game.