Ubisoft Barcelona has announced a redundancy programme and could lay off more than 50 staff members
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The video game industry is going through bad times, with layoffs of thousands of workers, studies that close and a pretty black future, but then we contrast it with reports like the record revenue in 2025 and then something happens. We can see that the sector is growing in terms of the number of games created, started projects, trained studies, earned revenue and number of players as potential customers. However, the AAA industry is the most aff…
"Tough times are running in the video game industry" is beginning to become too common in daily news, but the reality reflects it. Today an ERE has been announced at Ubisoft Barcelona that would affect 28% of its workforce, some 51 workers. A measure that may sound like part of a larger package in the restructuring that the company has been carrying out for months, but which the workers have not liked at all.
Ubisoft Barcelona has announced a redundancy programme and could lay off more than 50 staff members
"These are difficult times in the video games industry" is becoming all too common a lead-in to daily news reports, but the reality is indeed reflected in this statement. A redundancy plan has been announced today at Ubisoft Barcelona that would affect 28 per cent of its workforce, some 51 employees. This measure may sound like part of a wider restructuring package that the company has been implementing for months, but the workers have not taken…
Rainbow Six Siege developers go on strike through July to protest mass layoffs and RTO policies at Ubisoft Barcelona
Staff at Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege support studio Ubisoft Barcelona are going on strike across July in response to mass layoffs. They'll be downing tools every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from June 30th to July 17th, and are calling for protection against future "collective dismissals", together with the reinstatement of previously agreed promotion packages.
Ubisoft is still undergoing a profound transformation. In the course of further austerity measures, the publisher is now planning extensive job cuts at Ubisoft Barcelona.
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