Ubisoft leads the first layoffs of 2026.

[ThunderBoy]

Shutting down Halifax Studios, Ubisoft leads the first layoffs of 2026

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008928410072916164

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Let's see, which games did that specific studio make.

Mobile games...

Yup, lol lmao.

 

[moonbits]

Let's see, which games did that specific studio make.

Mobile games...

Yup, lol lmao.

are you implying they deserve it?

 

[gastd]

Oh man, when I think about this company my eyes close!

 

[BrawlMan]

Fuck Ubisoft, and I hope those laid off employees find a much better place.

 

[dkpopman]

Lotta high profile game companies getting away with union busting the past year or so. It's very rarely discussed, from what I've seen

 

[Anoobis]

It's not a surprise, there will be more coming. That studio was on the chopping block, whether they unionized or not. Halifax wasn't just making mobile games, they were making Assassin's Creeds' mobile spinoffs. AC, along with Far Cry and Rainbow 6, the money-making properties, are all going to Vantage Studios to be managed by Tencent. Ubisoft is only retaining IPs they and Tencent consider to be of lesser value.

Red Storm and Ubisoft Quebec, the teams handling Rainbow 6 and Far Cry, are probably next.

 

[Trillid Tetraoxide]

Fuck UbiSlop

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

Let's see, which games did that specific studio make.

Mobile games...

Yup, lol lmao.

kind of weird. Normally, the mobile game division of any given company is one of the more profitable sectors of it due to the way that business model works.

TBH I'm not really all that familiar with many of the mobile games that ubisoft published, probably for good reasons lmao

 

[Ikagura]

Ughbisoft