Ubisoft makes another difficult decision. This time the teams pay the high price again. Will the publisher be able to correct the shot?
Even heavy goods vehicles in the video game industry can be driven into the tightness. We recently saw it with the kiss case that is forced to restructure. Today is Ubisoft That seems to be at the foot of the wall. The publisher developer therefore makes a strong decision again. The year 2025 does not start very happy for the teams.
Ubisoft must say goodbye to you
After the acquisition by Activision by Microsoft, a new soap opera started. This time it concerns the compromise that the Guillemot family is looking for at the head of Ubisoft with the Chinese giant Tencent. The French company does not seem to be ready to give up. At the moment no question of buyout, but of close cooperation. However, this prevents non -broken pots.
The news fell yesterday by our colleagues in Eurogamer: UBI undertook to close his English Leamington studio. The studio of the old freestyle game was Bought in 2017 Under the impulse of Yves Guillemot, the CEO. From the development of the DJ Hero license on behalf of Activision, the teams then worked on several big games from the French publisher such as Far Cry 5 or Avatar Frontiers of Pandora.
Ubi Leamington was a small team of 50 people. Almost all of them will suffer a discharge. Only a few will see that the space is preserved in order to continue their activities in teleworking a funny decision if you know that the demands of the latest strikes in 2024 partly affected the preservation of remote work.
The giant begins in a more global way a restriction of its workforce in Europe. The studios of DüsseldorfPresent Stockholm Et reflections (Also in the United Kingdom) will also be affected by this decision. A total of 185 jobs are deleted. Our colleagues from GAMEINDRAUDY.BIZ heard a representative of the publisher:
As part of our continuous efforts to prioritize and reduce projects that ensure the long -term stability of Ubisoft, we have announced the targeted restructuring of Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft reflections as well as the final closure of the website d 'Ubisoft Leamington.
Ubisoft spokesman for Gameindery.biz
Therefore, the next few years could be decisive for UBI. Industry players will examine the exit from the exitAssassin's Creed Shadows Next March. The publisher will certainly focus on safe deductibles. After the average results of Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar, AC then seems to be the potential salvation board.
Source: Eurogamer Et Gameindry.biz.
