The corporate has proposed the closure of RedLynx and culled dozens of jobs at Cranium and Bones developer Ubisoft Singapore.
Ubisoft is planning much more layoffs within the newest of a string of job cuts this yr. It plans to close down its RedLynx studio, whereas Ubisoft Singapore is shedding round a fifth of its 350 or so staff.
“At present, we knowledgeable our groups of a proposal to shut RedLynx in Finland, topic to the native change negotiation course of, which might have an effect on as much as 52 positions,” Ubisoft informed GamesIndustry.biz. “At Ubisoft Singapore, 70 positions have been impacted to align the studio with upcoming manufacturing wants. The studio stays an necessary a part of Ubisoft’s international manufacturing group. We deeply worth the contributions of each groups and acknowledge the influence this may occasionally have on our colleagues. We’re dedicated to supporting our groups all through this course of and conducting it with care and respect.”
Each RedLynx and Ubisoft Singapore have been offering assist to different Ubisoft studios in latest occasions. They have been positioned within the Artistic Community division as a part of a restructuring the corporate introduced final yr.
Ubisoft snapped up RedLynx, the creator of the Trials collection, in 2011. The corporate laid off dozens of the studio’s workers a yr in the past. The final sport of its personal that RedLynx developed was a ornament and puzzle title for cellular units referred to as Gwen’s Getaway. The sport had a tender launch in 2023 however Ubisoft canned it simply over a yr later.
Ubisoft Singapore initially opened as a assist studio in 2008. Its work on naval fight in Murderer’s Creed video games led it to creating the Cranium and Bones. That sport lastly arrived in early 2024 after many delays and, regardless of its protracted improvement, it hardly set the world alight.
A value-cutting drive has resulted in Ubisoft cancelling at least half a dozen games and shuttering a number of different studios this yr, comparable to these in Winnipeg and Belgrade. It additionally closed Ubisoft Halifax simply two weeks after staff there unionized. The corporate has laid off staff elsewhere this yr, together with at Star Wars Outlaws developer Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft Stockholm and its Paris headquarters.