Ubisoft cancels 6 games, slashes guidance in restructuring
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Ubisoft has confirmed in an interview the first details of its new Creative House structure, the cancellation of six games and the delay of seven more, and a "final" round of cuts to deliver €200 million in savings, including the closure of several studios.
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Ubisoft was working on a new Splinter Cell game that was going to embrace games-as-a-service before it shifted to become XDefiant, a game that the publisher shut down not long after release. This is ...
A former employee says the game developer unexpectedly dropped union challenges weeks before it shuttered the office.
Huffman says he was disappointed by Ubisoft’s response to their concerns, describing it as “very corporate.” While the video game giant cites financial reasons as the cause of the studio’s closure, Huffman says unions in the gaming industry can be misconceived as “anti-business” by corporations.
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Video game developer Ubisoft closes Halifax office, says decision not linked to union
HALIFAX — Video game maker Ubisoft Entertainment has closed its production studio in Halifax, eliminating 71 jobs three weeks after most staff members voted to unionize.
Ubisoft is reportedly planning to release The Division Definitive Edition, according to an ad for the unannounced re-release spotted in Japan.