After a hiatus, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the U.S. By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer. In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 9 in their "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time".
Amid a falling reputation and stock price, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has reportedly moved to assemble a “Transformation Committee” whose main goal it will be to both “guide the evolution” of the Assassin’s Creed studio and help them find a “new lease on life”.