Ubisoft lays off nearly 200 employees and closes Leamington studio that created DJ Hero
Ubisoft is completely closing its Leamington UK studio, which employed 50 people. The company will also make cuts at three more studios.
Ubisoft is completely closing its Leamington UK studio, which employed 50 people. The company will also make cuts at three more studios.
“As part of our ongoing efforts to prioritize projects and reduce costs that ensure the long-term stability of Ubisoft, we have announced the targeted restructuring of Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Reflections, as well as the final closure of Ubisoft Leamington,” Ubisoft said in a statement to Eurogamer.
In total, the company will lay off 185 employees.
Ubisoft bought the Leamington studio from Activision in 2017. It was previously known as FreeStyleGames, and the team created Guitar Hero Live and the DJ Hero series. Since joining Ubisoft, the studio has helped develop games like Tom Clancy's The Division, Star Wars Outlaws, Skull and Bones, and Far Cry 5, Engadget reports .
Ubisoft has been in turmoil lately, as the company has been dealing with the fallout from several failed games, such as Star Wars Outlaws, which failed to meet sales targets. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown also failed to meet Ubisoft's expectations, and the company has moved many of the game's developers to other teams.
Ubisoft is also closing its first major game with Ukrainian localization, XDefiant , as part of this decision, the publisher is closing three studios and laying off 277 employees.
As Eurogamer notes, the number of Ubisoft employees has decreased from 20,279 to 18,666 people.
There's a lot at stake in the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows . There's a chance that Shadows could be a success for the company, but it's a tall order for one game to fix Ubisoft's shaky position.
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