Ubisoft Plans To Shut One other Studio And Lay Off Up To 122 Staff

Ubisoft is planning much more layoffs within the newest of a string of job cuts this yr. It plans to close down its RedLynx studio and scale back its Germany-based workforce by about 100 staff, whereas Ubisoft Singapore is shedding round a fifth of its 350 or so staff.

“Today, we knowledgeable our groups of a proposal to shut RedLynx in Finland, topic to the native change negotiation course of, which might have an effect on as much as 52 positions,” Ubisoft instructed GamesIndustry.biz. “At Ubisoft Singapore, 70 positions have been impacted to align the studio with upcoming manufacturing wants. The studio stays an necessary a part of Ubisoft’s international manufacturing group. We deeply worth the contributions of each groups and acknowledge the influence this may occasionally have on our colleagues. We are dedicated to supporting our groups all through this course of and conducting it with care and respect.”

Both RedLynx and Ubisoft Singapore have been offering help to different Ubisoft studios in latest instances. They have been positioned within the Creative Network division as a part of a restructuring the corporate introduced final yr.

Ubisoft snapped up RedLynx, the creator of the Trials sequence, in 2011. The firm laid off dozens of the studio’s workers a yr in the past. The final recreation of its personal that RedLynx developed was a ornament and puzzle title for cellular units known as Gwen’s Getaway. The recreation had a smooth launch in 2023 however Ubisoft canned it simply over a yr later.

Ubisoft Singapore initially opened as a help studio in 2008. Its work on naval fight in Assassin’s Creed video games led it to creating the Skull and Bones. That recreation lastly arrived in early 2024 after many delays and, regardless of its protracted improvement, it hardly set the globe alight.

Separately, Stephen Totilo’s GameFile reviews that Ubisoft plans to reduce its workforce in Germany by about 100. The firm at present has over 600 staff unfold throughout three studios within the nation. Mostly targeted on supporting the event of bigger video games, the German studios have additionally led improvement on latest The Settlers and Anno video games, with its Mainz studio accountable Anno 117: Pax Romana in 2025. According to Totilo, the corporate shall be providing voluntary buyouts to workers, and hopes to keep away from having to instantly lay anybody off.

A price-cutting drive has resulted in Ubisoft cancelling at least half a dozen games and shuttering a number of different studios this yr, equivalent to these in Winnipeg and Belgrade. It additionally closed Ubisoft Halifax simply two weeks after staff there unionized. The firm has laid off staff elsewhere this yr, together with at Star Wars Outlaws developer Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft Stockholm and its Paris headquarters.

Update, October 14, 7PM ET: This story was up to date to incorporate particulars from GameFile on deliberate cuts to Ubisoft’s German workforce.