Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Team Already Facing Layoffs at Ubisoft
The Spanish union called for strikes over the planned termination of 51 employees as nearly a third of the Barcelona office is set to be gone.
- Assassin Creed Black Flag Resynced released on Steam today with strong early sales, yet nearly a third of the Ubisoft Barcelona office faces 51 planned layoffs by month's end.
- Two weeks before launch, management informed the Assassin Creed team of an ERE collective redundancy plan after the studio was not assigned to a new project following completion of the remaster.
- The Spanish union Confederaci General Trabajo called for strikes over the terminations, while QA lead Isabel Codina Garc wrote on LinkedIn that after 7 years at Ubisoft Barcelona, "this is not how I imagined it would end."
- Insider Gaming reported the launch celebration was downgraded to a smaller catered gathering, while Paris studio programmer Mataoui Chakib Souleyman stated the Barcelona team's work was essential to the game's release.
- These cuts follow Ubisoft Winnipeg's closure and global publishing layoffs initiated in June, as the French publisher restructures amid weak sales and delays on major releases.
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