Ubisoft 185 employees dismissing: Another studio is closed

Ubisoft closes its Ubisoft Leamington studio in the UK as part of the cost reduction strategy. Moreover, Stockholm, Düsseldorf (Germany) and Newcastle'daki teams will shrink a total of 185 employees will separate ways. The company, this decision ...
 Ubisoft 185 employees dismissing: Another studio is closed
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Ubisoft closes its Ubisoft Leamington studio in the UK as part of the cost reduction strategy. Moreover, Stockholm, Düsseldorf (Germany) and Newcastle’daki teams will shrink a total of 185 employees will separate ways. The company says that it has taken this decision to adapt to future business and development goals.

Ubisoft 185 employees dismissing: Another studio is closed

For the kidnappers, Ubisoft is in strategic moves in order to eliminate financial problems and the lack of a big hit game, as well as layoffs. As for Ubisoft Leamington, which was purchased from Activision in 2017, he was known for his studio Guitar Hero Live and DJ Hero series. After joining Ubisoft, Tom Clancy’s The Division games provided projects such as Star Wars Outlaws, Skull and Bones and Far Cry 5.

Recently, Ubisoft has been below expectations in important projects such as Star Wars Outlaws and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Therefore, these challenging decisions of the studio are not limited to layoffs. For this reason, it aims to reach players and strengthen its position in the sector with new projects such as Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

There will be those who remember, on the agenda that Ubisoft will be sold to Tencent for a while. Therefore, it is not surprising that it continues its efforts to reduce costs. Ubisoft’s statement is as follows:

“Within the scope of our efforts to prioritize projects and reduce costs in order to ensure long -term stability, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Reflections and targeted restructuring, as well as the permanent closure of the Ubisoft Leamington studio. We commit to support them in the process “

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