[1] Houde, after obtaining a Brevet de technicien supérieur at the Lycée Jean-Mermoz [fr] in Montpellier, first met Ancel (at the time still a high school student) in 1987 at Informatique 2000, a local technology store.

[1] Houde later went on to serve his military service, while Ancel was hired by French video game company Ubisoft (then named Ubi Soft) to work at its Montreuil-based studio as a developer.

[1][2] Ubi Pictures briefly operated out of the apartment of Ancel's sister before moving to its first proper offices, located on Rue de l'Ancien Courrier in the centre of Montpellier, in 1995.

[1][6] By 2007, Ubisoft Montpellier's staff count had risen to 80 people, led by Xavier Poix as producer and Ancel as creative director.

[11] After a two-year construction phase, the 4,500 m2 (48,000 sq ft) building (known as "Le Monolithe") was inaugurated on 17 September 2019; Ubisoft Montpellier had 350 employees then and planned to reach 500 within three years.

[14] Ancel left Ubisoft Montpellier, as well as Wild Sheep Studio and the video game industry in general, in September 2020 to work with a wildlife sanctuary.

Ancel had been under investigation of toxic behaviour, which was reported by fifteen employees, since August 2020 but disputed these claims as "fake news" and denounced the link between them and his departure.

[21] Rémy insisted that the caricatures were intended to be humorous and were not publicised, and opted to challenge the firing; a French labour court was scheduled to make a decision on the matter on 26 July 2013.