The French company Ubisoft, which has studios around the world, continued its layoffs yesterday. In particular, people have lost their jobs in Canadian subsidiaries, where the company is trying to reorganize its teams. Now layoffs have affected general and administrative functions.
Ubisoft fired 124 people. 98 of them were required to work in Canada, representing approximately 2% of the Canadian workforce. The company has cut headcount at its Hybride studio (VFX division in Montreal) and its global IT team. These changes are not intended to affect the development of new games..
Ubisoft says it is trying to streamline its operations and improve collective efficiency. At the same time, it provides full support to all stakeholders.
Ubisoft has experienced several rounds of layoffs this year. Among other things, it closed its mobile studio in London, fired customer service staff and canceled some games. At the same time, he carried out a large-scale reconstruction of his distribution network in Europe: in order to save money, he closed a branch in Poland and agreed on the distribution of physical games with the Polish Cenega, which took over the publishing of games in Europe. Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Ubisoft itself handles PR.
This year Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Team: Motofest And Just Dance 2024. He put the problem aside again Skull and Bones And xDefiantwe are still waiting for the first reliable information about Beyond Good and Evil 2.
Ubisoft is planning, among other things, for next year Assassin’s Creed Red And Star Wars Outlaws.
This year will be remembered not only for great games, but also big wave of layoffs. This affected, for example, Microsoft (10,000 people laid off), Epic Games (16% of employees laid off), Naughty Dog, Team17, Telltale Games, Media Molecule or Bungie.
Source :Indian TV
