Ubisoft is reportedly experiencing a wave of internal turmoil, which is said to have gotten to a point of employees openly "shaming" upper management, according to an established company insider. The unrest is understood to steam from Ubisoft's ongoing restructuring efforts.
Over the past several years, Ubisoft has faced growing business challenges following the underperformance of several big-budget titles. Tencent, already a minority shareholder, alleviated some of the resulting financial pressures with a €1.2 billion (~$1.25 billion) lifeline given last October in exchange for a roughly 26% stake in a new Ubisoft subsidiary called Vantage Studios, which now oversees the company’s most valuable franchises: Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six, and Far Cry. Three months later, Ubisoft announced a broader restructuring, reorganizing its operations into five Creative Houses, with Vantage being the first. At the same time, the company announced doubling down on cost-cutting efforts and issued a return-to-office mandate, citing the need to better "support" the implementation of the new structure.
Former Assassin's Creed franchise boss is suing Ubisoft for a large sum of money over the circumstances surrounding his departure from the company.
The recent wave of changes is said to have agitated a significant number...
