The restructuring of Ubisoft Barcelona contemplates that the development team will start working solely and exclusively on the Rainbow Six franchise. Previously, this summer studio had collaborated on other sagas from the French publisher, including The Division and Assassin’s Creed. The number of dismissed employees is officially unknown, but according to La Vanguardia the reorganization will affect 51 workers. This move has no impact on Ubisoft Barcelona Mobile, which will continue to operate as before.
Regarding Ubisoft Winnipeg, it is a studio founded in 2018 that had around 100 employees and its work focused on the development of technology for Ubisoft engines, including Anvil and Snowdrop. He also worked on Rainbow Six Mobile and efiant. Possibly its task has been absorbed by Red Storm, a studio founded by writer Tom Clancy that last March stopped developing games to focus on Snowdrop. For its part, Ubisoft Belgrade opened its doors in 2016 and since then has served as a support studio on titles such as Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced and Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
The closures and restructuring that Ubisoft confirmed today are part of a cost savings plan that does not seem to have an end. Last January the company announced the cancellation of six games, including the remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and the dismissal of 200 employees from its headquarters in Paris. It also revealed a new operating model based on five creative houses, one of which is Vantage Studios, which encompasses Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six. At the helm of Vantage Studios we have Charlie Guillemot, the son of Yves Guillemot, co-founder and CEO of Ubisoft, and veteran Christophe Derenes.
This year Ubisoft has also closed its studio in Halifax and made layoffs at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Reflections that have affected 185 employees. Throughout 2025, Ubisoft reduced its workforce by 1,500 employees. The company’s objective is to reduce its fixed costs by 500 million euros.