Ubisoft employees are planning a strike in response to recent cost-cutting efforts affecting the company's Barcelona branch, having announced as much in late June 2026. The protest is set to take place across several days, though it is structured to avoid completely halting the Ubisoft subsidiary's operations.
Ubisoft's latest restructuring has already affected multiple teams across its global network. Earlier in June, the company confirmed additional downsizing, including closures of Ubisoft Belgrade and Winnipeg, as well as a significant restructuring of its Barcelona branch. The Spanish studio is now being refocused around the Rainbow Six franchise instead of its previous range of support work.
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Faced with the recent cuts, Ubisoft Barcelona employees now intend to strike on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons between June 30 and July 16, totaling six partial work stoppages over three weeks. The strike is a direct response to the early June 2026 restructuring that resulted in 51 Ubisoft Barcelona employees losing their jobs. That is roughly the equivalent of 28% of the studio's pre-downsizing workforce. The newly announced strike is a union affair, and...
