Ubisoft is the newest firm to put off staff, with the French writer’s Montreal studio (Assassin’s Creed) reportedly hit the toughest, chopping 98 jobs. In complete although, Ubisoft is axing 124 jobs as a part of a world firm restructure.
Some of the positions impacted embody administration and IT jobs, together with Ubisoft’s IT and SFX groups. It’s doing this to streamline operations and improve the corporate’s total collective effectivity. Notably, manufacturing groups will not be impacted by this restructure:
“These aren’t selections taken frivolously and we’re offering complete assist for our colleagues who will likely be leaving Ubisoft throughout this transition. We additionally wish to share our utmost gratitude and respect for his or her many contributions to the corporate. This restructuring doesn’t have an effect on our manufacturing groups.”
Apart from Assassin’s Creed, the Canada-based studio Ubisoft Montreal has beforehand labored on collection like Far Cry, and is Ubisoft’s greatest workforce and can also be one of many greatest studios on this planet. Unfortunately, this is not the primary time there have been layoffs at Ubisoft this yr, and it is also needed to cope with some delays and cancellations of sure initiatives.
