Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment, the developer of The Division sequence, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is providing some staff buyouts because it makes an attempt to “realign” its groups, the corporate mentioned in a publish on X. The transfer is designed to “strengthen our roadmap,” Massive wrote, because it focuses on The Division sequence together with its Snowdrop engine and Ubisoft Connect. Ubisoft notably did not point out Star Wars and Avatar in that assertion, an omission which will successfully spell the demise of these franchises.
Massive framed the layoffs as a “voluntary profession transition program… supported by a complete bundle that features monetary and profession help.” Workers on the Massive studio in Malm, Sweden can volunteer till December 13 for the bundle, which primarily targets folks between tasks ready for brand spanking new assignments, based on the French information web site Le Figaro.
Another Ubisoft studio, Helsinki-based RedLynx, additionally introduced that it was restructuring “as a part of Ubisoft’s international efforts to simplify, scale back prices and guarantee a stronger prioritization and effectivity.” If applied, the proposal would lead to a most of 60 staff being let go, RedLynx mentioned.
Following the underperformance of key titles like Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Ubisoft has shuttered places of work and laid off staff at places of work in San Francisco, London and Leamington. Last 12 months, the corporate’s headcount dropped from 20,279 to 18,666 on the finish of September. Earlier this month, Ubisoft partnered with Tencent to launch Vantage Studios, which now homes the corporate’s tentpole franchises: Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six.
