Ubisoft is enacting another voluntary redundancy program, but rather than one of the publisher's many studio locations, it's the Paris head office where roles are at risk this time around.
As spotted by Gamesindustry.biz, Ubisoft looks to be cutting around 200 staff roles from its Paris location, which constitutes around 18% of the studio's overall staff. That's not an insubstantial cut at all.
At the moment, the redundancy program is strictly voluntary, but Ubisoft has previous form with following up a voluntary redundancy initiative by laying off staff who didn't take said redundancy, so there's every chance that'll happen again if not enough Paris staff are enticed.
News of Ubisoft's latest voluntary redundancy program comes after the company announced a major restructuring effort last week, with the long-awaited Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake being shut down as part of that effort.
The game was canned along with several other projects in Ubisoft's pipeline, all as part of an attempt to streamline the studio's output and focus on profitability.
Ubisoft's decision was met with outrage by French union Solidaires Informatique, along with a call for Ubisoft employees to strike.
That call was repeated today after the voluntary...
