Ubisoft Is Laying Off More Workers And Offering Voluntary Buyouts

Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment, nan developer of The Division series, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is offering immoderate labor unpaid buyouts arsenic it attempts to "realign" its teams, nan institution said successful a station connected X. The move is designed to "strengthen our roadmap," Massive wrote, arsenic it focuses connected The Division bid on pinch its Snowdrop motor and Ubisoft Connect. Ubisoft notably didn't mention Star Wars and Avatar successful that statement, an omission that whitethorn efficaciously spell nan demise of those franchises.

Massive framed nan layoffs arsenic a "voluntary profession modulation program... supported by a broad package that includes financial and profession assistance." Workers astatine nan Massive workplace successful Malm, Sweden tin unpaid until December 13 for nan package, which chiefly targets group betwixt projects waiting for caller assignments, according to nan French news tract Le Figaro.

Another Ubisoft studio, Helsinki-based RedLynx, besides announced that it was restructuring "as portion of Ubisoft's world efforts to simplify, trim costs and guarantee a stronger prioritization and efficiency." If implemented, nan connection would consequence successful a maximum of 60 workers being fto go, RedLynx said.

Following nan underperformance of cardinal titles for illustration Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Ubisoft has shuttered offices and laid disconnected workers astatine offices successful San Francisco, London and Leamington. Last year, nan company's headcount dropped from 20,279 to 18,666 astatine nan extremity of September. Earlier this month, Ubisoft collaborated pinch Tencent to motorboat Vantage Studios, which now houses nan company's tentpole franchises: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six.