After final week’s information that Ubisoft would cut up its growth groups into 5 “inventive homes” overseeing particular tasks, the corporate has introduced a proposal to chop as much as 200 jobs in its worldwide places of work, notably in Paris, France.
In keeping with an electronic mail despatched to employees on January 26 and reported on by VGC, Ubisoft has entered negotiations with French unions for a Rupture Conventionnelle Collective (RCC). An RCC is a voluntary mutual termination settlement that offers French corporations the choice to chop their workforce so long as a collective settlement is reached with unions and validated by French authorities. Till then, no determination will probably be finalized, and the deal solely impacts the corporate’s Worldwide workers who maintain French contracts.
An Ubisoft spokesperson instructed VGC that, since this “mutual termination” solely impacts the corporate’s French headquarters, solely about 200 jobs might be eradicated.
“Consistent with final week’s bulletins on its new working mannequin and the acceleration of cost-reduction initiatives, Ubisoft Worldwide has initiated discussions concerning a possible [RCC], a collective, voluntary mutual termination settlement that would contain as much as 200 positions at its headquarters in France,” the spokesperson mentioned. “At this stage, this stays a proposal, and no determination will probably be remaining till a collective settlement is reached with worker representatives and validated by French authorities. The proposal applies solely to Ubisoft Worldwide workers below French contracts and has no affect on different French entities or Ubisoft groups worldwide.”
This growth comes nearly per week after Ubisoft fully restructured its firm. Citing disappointing sport gross sales, declining revenues, and a dip in its inventory worth, the corporate opted to separate its growth groups into 5 “inventive homes” that can deal with particular video games and franchises. Because of this, the corporate has canceled six video games and delayed seven tasks, with the intent to close down two Ubisoft studios. One of many video games confirmed to have been canceled following this main shakeup was The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, which Ubisoft mentioned in March 2025 would launch by March 2026. Regardless of this, the event staff mentioned the sequence will proceed.