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Ubisoft closing Halifax studio days after workers voted to unionize
Ubisoft’s Halifax studio closure impacts 71 jobs amid a multi-year restructuring and cost-cutting effort, following union certification by nearly 74% of employees last December.
- On Jan. 7, 2026, Ubisoft announced it closed its Halifax development studio, affecting 71 positions at the Nova Scotia site.
- Explaining the shutdown, Ubisoft pointed to a 24-month effort to streamline operations and cut costs amid declining revenues from Assassin's Creed: Rebellion.
- Studio members and union organizers said the Halifax team completed certification on Dec. 18 with 74% support and joined the Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada while working on Rainbow Six Mobile and Assassin's Creed Rebellion.
- Ubisoft said it will provide severance, career assistance, and eight weeks of pay while CWA Canada and union leaders seek explanations, with Carmel Smyth stating, `We will be looking for Ubisoft to show us that this had nothing to do with the employees joining a union`.
- Industry context shows Ubisoft has closed studios before, shedding more than 3,000 employees, while CWA Canada said the Halifax closure raises legal questions in Canada over unionizing.
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The video game manufacturer Ubisoft Entertainment closed its production studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia, removing 71 jobs, three weeks after most staff voted in favour of unionization.
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