UPDATE Ubisoft reached out to state that there are no " production layoffs " in the Montréal office. ORIGINAL STORY French website Les Echos has revealed that Ubisoft is enacting another round of layoffs and studio closures. …
… Related Story Nacon Connect 2026 Pushes Forward With Big Reveals and Updates as Insolvency Threatens Studios Behind the Games The move to shutter Big Bad Wolf also comes along with reports of layoffs at Kylotonn , which, along with Cyanide and the now-shuttered Spiders, is also one of the studios t… …
… CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson confirmed there will be no layoffs, office closures, or restructuring as part of the transition; he also underlined that EVE Online delivered record revenue in November 2025 , its second-highest revenue quarter in history in Q4, and closed the year with over $70 million … …
… The disappointing early access launch of Greedfall 2 , reports of internal issues at the studio which also resulted in developers at Spiders going on strike , and layoffs that hit the studio in 2024. …
… Costikyan is definitely right about the massive number of layoffs and regular studio closures that have occurred in the last few years, between the consequences of consolidations, the struggles of AAA game development, and the so-called " extinction level event " caused by the Embracer Group 's $2 … …
There's been a lot of " doom talk " in the gaming industry following studio closures , regular layoffs at big and small companies alike , and rising game development times and budgets. …
… This is why Sharma's next goal after cutting the Game Pass Ultimate price and relaunching the exclusivity program is to " reset " Xbox, including an upcoming round of layoffs rumored to be up to a thousand and possibly even a studio closure, with Double Fine and Compulsion Games believed to be pote… …
… Whereas Xbox CEO Phil Spencer respected Bethesda's wishes, the new Xbox leadership under CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball has made it crystal clear they will reduce funding for minor projects possibly leading to layoffs and at least one studio closure soon to funnel more inve… …
… There are good periods and difficult ones, and the wave of layoffs, studio closures, and cancelled projects we've witnessed is largely connected to the post-pandemic correction. …
… How do you feel about the substantial challenges the global industry is facing right now, which manifest in layoffs, studio closures, etc.? …