1,200 Ubisoft Workers Went On Strike In Response To Company Restructuring And Mandatory Return-to-work Policy

At nan extremity of past month, Ubisoft workers successful nan publisher’s autochthonal France threatened to onslaught successful nan aftermath of sweeping layoffs and cost-cutting measures. This week, they made bully connected those threats. According to GamesIndustry.biz, national members confirmed that astatine slightest 1,200 unit participated successful nan three-day strike, which was owed to tally from February 10 to February 12.

While nan onslaught action chiefly took spot successful France, GamesIndustry.biz was told that Ubisoft’s Milan agency besides took part. The national Solidaires Informatique, which represents French workers from a number of companies successful nan video crippled sector, including Blizzard and Ubisoft, had antecedently called for strikes to return spot connected January 27. Their demands included a 10 percent summation connected each salaries and nan implementation of a 4-day activity week.

Some striking labor held up signs extracurricular Ubisoft’s Paris headquarters, pinch 1 (pictured) wearing a Rabbids disguise to hide their face. Their grievances are wide-ranging. As good arsenic reportedly laying disconnected hundreds of employees already successful 2026, Ubisoft besides introduced a mandate for its unit to return to activity connected tract for 5 days a week. One worker who publically voiced their disapproval of nan caller argumentation was reportedly fired for doing so.

Ubisoft has had a rocky commencement to 2026 connected nan package broadside too. The long-awaited Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake was among six games canceled by nan struggling patient past month, erstwhile it besides confirmed respective workplace closures arsenic portion of nan company’s organizational restructuring.