It's January 13 and Ubisoft simply introduced its second spherical of layoffs for 2026, at Large Leisure and Ubisoft Stockholm

A “voluntary profession transition program” at Ubisoft‘s Large studio introduced in October 2025 apparently wasn’t sufficient to get the job achieved, and so now Ubisoft goes again to the old style means of doing issues by merely laying folks off.

“Earlier right this moment, we knowledgeable all staff in our Swedish studios (Large Leisure and Ubisoft Stockholm) a few proposed organizational restructure which will have an effect on roughly 55 roles throughout Malmö and Stockholm,” Ubisoft instructed IGN.

“This restructure follows the completion of the Voluntary Go away Program launched throughout the fall of 2025, a finalized long-term roadmap, and a accomplished staffing and appointment course of, which collectively have supplied clearer visibility into the construction and capability required to assist the 2 studios’ work and sustainably over time.”

Large Leisure, primarily based in Malmö, Sweden, is the developer of The Division video games in addition to Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, whereas Ubisoft Stockholm is at present engaged on an unannounced new sport. Ubisoft mentioned the “long-term path” for each studios won’t be impacted by the layoffs.

That is really the second spherical of layoffs at Ubisoft this yr, which is a wild factor to say on January 13: The cuts come only a week after the closure of Ubisoft Halifax, a choice that occurred simply two weeks after the studio voted in favor of forming a union. Ubisoft mentioned the unionization vote was not an element within the choice to shut the studio, however was merely the results of ongoing “company-wide actions to streamline operations, enhance effectivity, and cut back prices.”

Ubisoft has unquestionably had a tough go of it lately, and whereas Murderer’s Creed Shadows was successful, placing out one hit sport is a great distance from demonstrating the consistency and reliability wanted to maintain customers and shareholders blissful. Larger structural modifications are approaching that entrance: Ubisoft introduced a partnership with Tencent in 2025 to launch a brand new firm known as Vanguard Studios that can take over improvement of its Murderer’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six video games.

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