Summary

  • Ubisoft is laying off 185 employees across its studios.
  • It is also closing one of its studios, Ubisoft Leamington.
  • Ubisoft says that this is part of its ongoing efforts to "prioritize projects and reduce costs" in order to achieve "long-term stability" for the company.

Ubisoft is laying off 18ಌ5 workers across multiple studios. This inc﷽ludes the complete closure of Ubisoft Leamington, a support studio that was previously known as FreeStyleGames, the developers of DJ Hero.

Ubisoft confirmed these layoffs in an email with . It comes as the company appears to be facing issues, a🃏s Tencent and the Guillemot reportedly negotiate a buyout, and multiple games underperform critically and commercially.

Ubisoft Announces Mass Layoffs

This comes during an ongoing power struggle within Ubisoft

Yasuke and Nobunaga prepare to storm a fort in Assassin's Creed Shadows.

"As part of our ongoing efforts to prioritize projects and reduce costs that ensure long-term stability at Ubisoft, we have announced targeted restructurings at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft✱ Stockholm and Ubisoft Reflections and the permanent closure of Ubisoft Leamington site," reads a statement from Ubisoft.

"Unfortunately, this should impact 185 employees overall. We are deeply grateful for their contributions and are c𒉰ommitted to supporting them through this transition."

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It's likely that much will be decided after the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows. Ubisoft is sorely in need of a hit, after Skull and Bones' lengthy developm🎃ent result🐓ed in a flop, and Star Wars Outlaws failed to meet 🌺sales ⛦expectations.

Following the critical reception of Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin'꧑s Creed Shadows was hit with a huge delay in September of💧 last year, and then 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:another earlier this month. This new release date is approaching, with the game now set to launch on March 20. The game's director recently said that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:this delay was use✱💛d to polish the parkour - a very important feature to get right.

Ubisoft
Date Founded
𝓡 March 28﷽, 1986
CEO
🍸 Yves Guillemot
Subsidiaries
🐻 Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft San Francisco
Headquarters
Saint Mandé, France 🦂