The company closes a study in the United Kingdom and cuts personal in Germany and Sweden

The movements in Ubisoft follow. The video game company based in Saint-Mandé has announced The dismissal of 185 employees. Part of the affected team was part of a study in the United Kingdom that will close its doors in the middle of an important restructuring.

Ubisoft Leamington will completely cease its activities, while Ubisoft Düsseldorf (Germany), Ubisoft Stockholm (Sweden) and Ubisoft Reflections (United Kingdom) will receive a scissor to reduce costs, although they will continue to work with less personnel and resources.

Times of change and survival

The giant founded by the Guillemot brothers Buy Freestylegames from Activision in 2017. The operation included the transfer of the team that had developed products such as ‘Guitar Hero Live’. He was renamed as Ubisoft Leamington and got involved in several projects.

The company used this study as support for the development of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division‘,’Star Wars Outlaws‘,’Skull and bones‘ and ‘Far Cry 5‘. After almost a decade, Ubisoft has decided to dispense with this part of its structure to “guarantee long -term stability.”

It is no secret that Ubisoft is not at its best. At the end of last year He announced that he would close ‘Xdefiant’, his ‘call of duty’ free. That decision, which will materialize this year, is accompanied by the closure of studies in San Francisco and Osaka.

If we analyze the rest of the catalog, the panorama is not much more promising. Star Wars: Outlawswhich was outlined as one of the great bets of the year for the French company, ended up registering Christmas sales below expectations.

With this scenario, the looks are set in ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘Like the great hope to Revert the course in 2025. The problem is that the launch of this title has been delayed twiceand should be available from March 20 of this year.

The first month of the year closes for Ubisoft with new drastic measures, all the chips placed in its next large title and increasingly strong rumors on a possible sale. The future of the company is still uncertain, and it remains to be seen if it will straighten the course.

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