… A total of 45 employees were let go across Ubisoft's San Francisco studio and Red Storm Entertainment, which is based in Cary, North Carolina, in August 2024 . Ubisoft San Francisco housed the team behind the publisher's online shooter, XDefiant. GamesIndustry.biz has contacted Ubisoft for comment.
… Ubisoft had previously made layoffs at Red Storm in July 2025 and August 2024 . Red Storm formed part of Ubisoft's "Creative Network", a cluster of studios outside its five Creative Houses . …
… The Barcelona studio – which is separate to Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile, based in the same city – was most recently credited on Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. Ubisoft has been making swingeing cuts for five years. …
… Ubisoft also announced a final round of cost-cutting and studio closures to achieve €200 million in savings, including the closure of Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Halifax. …
… He previously worked at Ubisoft Montréal, also in a producer role. This marks the second round of layoffs at Eidos-Montréal in recent months. The studio implemented cuts in December , and employees reported that most projects had been cancelled. …
… As part of Ubisoft's €200 million global savings plan, the publisher announced game development would cease at Red Storm in March , with the loss of 105 jobs. The firm also made layoffs at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm in January . …
… New studios such as BitPart, Lingotion, Meaning Machine, Raw Power Labs, and Studio Atelico are exploring how to craft new gameplay experiences using ethically developed and fine-tuned generative models that are typically running on-device, rather than in the cloud. …