At the beginning of the year, there were numerous reports of layoffs in the video game industry. Large corporations such as Sony, Electronic Arts or Microsoft were noticed negatively in this context. All in all, Microsoft, for example, had laid off around 1,900 people.
Later, the closure of Studios like Tango Gameworksknown for hits like Hi-Fi Rush. Last fall, Epic Games was in the spotlight with around 800 job cuts. Ubisoft can now join this list of companies.
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Now 33 people have been laid off at Ubisoft Toronto. The studio was founded in 2010 and has worked on games such as Far Cry 5, Watch Dogs and For Honor in the past. In the statement, the layoffs are justified with a “targeted realignment” in connection with the company's own ambitious goals.
What is Ubisoft Toronto working on?
The decision will not affect current projects. For example, the Toronto team is currently working on the comeback of Splinter Cell. PC Gamer also stresses that the remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has been in the works since at least the beginning of June. In line with the news of the past few months, the announcement may well be met with a touch of cynicism.
“Of course, the releases are not about games and people, it is about a number on some side steadily increasing so that investors are satisfied“, was the comment from PC Gamer, for example. We have also discussed in the past that the industry has gotten itself into this situation in recent years.
Source: PC Gamers