Ubisoft is shutting down multiple studios, hundreds of jobs at risk

Ubisoft is closing its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and heavily restructuring others, with up to around 380 roles expected to be cut worldwide as the publisher pushes through another cost‑saving “reset.”

The details:

• As reported by Insider Gaming, Ubisoft has internally confirmed that it is closing both Ubisoft Winnipeg in Canada and Ubisoft Belgrade in Serbia, while Ubisoft Barcelona will be restructured to focus almost exclusively on Rainbow Six projects, with 51 staff (about 28% of its workforce) reportedly at risk.
• Additional layoffs are hitting Ubisoft’s Global Publishing division and US offices, including San Francisco, as part of a wider restructuring that could impact roughly 380 employees.
• This is the latest step in a multi‑year cost‑cutting drive that has already seen hundreds of job losses, multiple studio closures (including Halifax and Stockholm), a stricter return‑to‑office mandate, and the cancellation of at least six games, including the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake.