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Ubisoft recently hit with 300+ layoffs, new Ghost Recon project meets short on goals.

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Ubisoft decreased headcount by 300 on Jun 1st '26.

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Ubisoft recently hit with 300+ layoffs, new Ghost Recon project meets short on goals. 2026 has stood to be a pivotal time for publisher Ubisoft. Alongside restructuring its overseeing leadership last year, Assassin's Creed - the firm's biggest IP - has also faced its own shakeup in management as well. As a result, the firm has made some drastic changes to ongoing ambitions at Ubisoft. Such as the cancelation for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake that happened in January. Additionally, full studios were met with its own changes too. Around the same time, Ubisoft Halifax was met with completely shuttering. The timing was very peculiar following talks of unionization at the Canadian division. Not only that, Ubisoft Toronto was hit with its own wave of layoffs which did leave some worried about the development on the Splinter Cell Remake. From InsiderGaming this month, it was reported that more layoffs at Ubisoft have taken place. The mass firings is understood to have affected roughly 380 employees. This decision was also met with the closure of two Ubisoft studios: Ubisoft Winnipeg & Ubisoft Belgrade. It was also disclosed Ubisoft Barcelona fired 51 employees; Ubisoft San Francisco hit with an undisclosed number of layoffs; Rainbow Six Siege reported 120 departing employees. You can read the internal memo below: Over the past months. Ubisoft has been evolving its...

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Event
Layoff

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Jobs cut
300
Stories
4
Takes effect
Jun 1, 2026

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Numbers

Jobs cut (reported)
300
Stories about this event
4
Headcount named
300

Details

Ticker
EPA:UBI

Extraction

Confidence
60%
Detected
Jun 19, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
decreases_headcount_by

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