{"id":135571,"date":"2026-01-08T02:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195977"},"modified":"2026-01-08T02:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T02:55:00","slug":"ubisoft-starts-the-new-year-with-a-studio-closure-71-jobs-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/ubisoft-starts-the-new-year-with-a-studio-closure-71-jobs-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Starts The New Year With A Studio Closure, 71 Jobs Affected"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ubisoft has started its new year with the closure of its Canada-based studio Ubisoft Halifax. According to a company spokesperson, more than 70 positions are impacted as part of cost-cutting and restructuring measures.<\/p>\n

Staff were informed about the closure on Wednesday. Here’s the official comment (via VGC):<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the past 24 months, Ubisoft has undertaken company-wide actions to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. As part of this, Ubisoft has made the difficult decision to close its Halifax studio.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201c71 positions will be affected. We are committed to supporting all impacted team members during this transition with resources, including comprehensive severance packages and additional career assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The studio was mostly focused on mobile development, but also assisted other Ubisoft teams and had worked on major Ubisoft IP including Rainbow Six<\/a> and Assassin’s Creed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This closure has taken place a month after about 60 workers at Ubisoft Halifax formed a union, signing up to the “Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada”. Ubisoft says the decision to close the studio was made “well before” this, and respects rights of employees to unionise.<\/p>\n

The union has also issued a response saying it will “pursue every legal recourse” to defend union members impacted by the closure.<\/p>\n

In the past year, Ubisoft opened a new subsidiary backed by Tencent to focus on Assassin’s Creed and other IP. It’s been celebrating the 30th anniversary of Rayman<\/strong><\/a>, and also launched Assassin’s Creed Shadows<\/a> on Switch 2 in December last year. Although this version didn’t get off to the best start, updates have now been rolled out to resolve crashes and stability issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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