Ubisoft cuts 185 jobs in a bid to "prioritise projects and reduce costs"

Ubisoft is reducing the headcount across several European studios - and closing one down completely - resulting in 185 job losses.

Around 100 of those cuts will impact two UK studios - Leamington and Reflections - with the other redundancies taking place in Ubisoft Düsseldorf and Ubisoft Stockholm following "targeted restructuring" across the company in a bid to "prioritise projects and reduce costs."

"As part of our ongoing efforts to prioritise projects and reduce costs that ensure long-term stability at Ubisoft, we have announced targeted restructurings at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm, and Ubisoft Reflections and the permanent closure of Ubisoft Leamington site," a Ubisoft spokesperson told GamesIndustry.biz.

"Unfortunately, this should impact 185 employees overall. We are deeply grateful for their contributions and are committed to supporting them through this transition."

In a clarifying statement, Ubisoft confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that a "small number" of Leamington staff will move onto remote contracts.

The swath of job cuts from last year seems to be continuing in 2025. In January alone, we've reported on the closure of Freejam, Splash Damage and Jar of Sparks.

Swedish games firm Enad Global 7 (EG7) also recently initiated the "wind down" of Toadman Interactive, which resulted in 69 job losses and 38 layoffs at Piranha Games.

A previous version of this article reported all but a "small number" of Leamington's 50 employees will be laid off. This has since been amended to confirm 100 of the 185 job losses will occur across both Leamington and Reflections.