I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case, and I dislike Ubisoft as much as the next guy, but I wouldn't take this person's word for it on something like this. Looking at the author's Youtube channel, as well as "FandomPulse"'s twitter feed, they're both generally conspiratorial and very into culture war nonsense. If I'm going to believe someone's anonymous inside source, the reporting needs to be coming from someone with an actual reputation with a decent following.
Oh, wow, yes - he’s a GamerGate supporter and appears to have a massive chip on his shoulder about the mainstream industry. I’d really want a more reputable source for this.