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Ubisoft to close RedLynx, cut 122 jobs across studios
The gaming company is shutting its Finnish studio and cutting staff in Singapore and Germany as part of ongoing cost-cutting.
In brief
The gaming company is shutting its Finnish studio and cutting staff in Singapore and Germany as part of ongoing cost-cutting. Ubisoft is closing RedLynx studio in Finland and cutting around one hundred twenty two jobs across Singapore and Germany as part of a broader cost-cutting drive. Originally reported by Engadget.
Ubisoft shuts RedLynx, cuts jobs across studios
Ubisoft plans to close RedLynx in Finland, affecting up to fifty two positions. Ubisoft Singapore is cutting seventy positions. Germany-based workforce will shrink by about one hundred workers.
RedLynx's decline and recent history
Ubisoft acquired RedLynx, creator of the Trials series, in two thousand eleven.The studio laid off dozens of workers a year ago.
Singapore studio's role in Skull and Bones
Ubisoft Singapore opened as a support studio in two thousand eight.Its naval combat work on Assassin's Creed games led to developing Skull and Bones, which arrived in early two thousand twenty four after many delays.
Germany cuts and voluntary buyouts
Ubisoft has over six hundred employees across three German studios. The company plans to reduce its German workforce by about one hundred. It will offer voluntary buyouts to staff and hopes to avoid direct layoffs.
Part of broader cost-cutting wave
This follows Ubisoft cancelling at least half a dozen games and closing studios in Winnipeg and Belgrade this year.
What matters most
Ubisoft is closing RedLynx studio in Finland and cutting around one hundred twenty two jobs across Singapore and Germany as part of a broader cost-cutting drive.
