Ubisoft announced today that it will be eliminating 19 jobs within its studio Red Storm Entertainment, according to a report by IGN.
In a statement, Ubisoft said, “Ubisoft made the decision to eliminate 19 roles at Red Storm Entertainment. This step is part of our ongoing, targeted restructuring and global cost-saving efforts, and reflects the needs on the studio’s projects. While this was not an easy decision, it was a necessary one given our operational priorities. We remain committed to supporting those affected with comprehensive severance packages, extended health-care benefits, and career transition assistance. We deeply appreciate their hard work and the impact they’ve had on Ubisoft.”
Red Storm Entertainment was co-founded in 1996 by author Tom Clancy, and since then has been responsible for most games in the Tom Clancy franchise, though it has notably not fully developed a Tom Clancy game since 2012; the closest it got was Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, which was cancelled in 2024. Its previous project, an untitled Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell VR game, was also cancelled in 2022.
This round of layoffs comes not long after the studio was last hit in August 2024. In an eerily similar statement at the time, Ubisoft said that the 2024 layoffs were a “difficult yet necessary decision made to align these studios’ organizations with their future business and development objectives.”
According to Ubisoft, no other game studio has been affected as part of this layoff, so Massive Entertainment, which is leading the development for Tom Clancy’s The Division 3, appears safe. They did not confirm whether any of Red Storm Entertainment’s current projects have been affected, or what those projects may be.
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