Ubisoft is engaging in yet another round of layoffs, this time targeting The Division developer Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm, which will lose around 55 employees between them.
As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, the layoffs at Massive are technically different from those announced in October last year, which took the form of a voluntary redundancy program employees could engage with if they wanted to.
This time, however, the layoffs aren't voluntary, and they're split between Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm, which is working on Ubisoft's Scalar cloud platform. It's not clear exactly which departments will be most affected by this latest round of staff cuts.
According to GI.biz, the aforementioned voluntary redundancy program "had some takeup", but Ubisoft deemed "additional steps" were necessary in order to further cut costs.
An internal email sent by Ubisoft to staffers apparently states that the layoffs are nothing to do with staff performance and that the direction of both studios remains the same.
Just in case you need a reminder, Massive Entertainment is the studio behind 2024's Star Wars Outlaws, and it's also the developer responsible for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and the Division franchise. A third installment of said franchise is currently in the works....
