Ubisoft has revealed plans to cut 55 jobs at its Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm studios as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. The move follows a voluntary leave program launched in fall 2025 and aims to align staffing with long-term project needs. Despite the cuts, development on key titles like The Division 3 continues uninterrupted.
Ubisoft's restructuring continues to impact its workforce, with the French publisher announcing redundancies affecting 55 employees at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm. According to a statement provided to IGN, the layoffs stem from a completed Voluntary Leave Program initiated in October 2025, alongside a finalized long-term roadmap and staffing review. "This restructure follows the completion of the Voluntary Leave Program launched during the fall of 2025, a finalized long-term roadmap, and a completed staffing and appointment process, which together have provided clearer visibility into the structure and capacity required to support the two studios’ work and sustainably over time," Ubisoft explained.
Massive Entertainment, acquired by Ubisoft in 2008, is known for developing The Division 2, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and Star Wars Outlaws. The studio will maintain its focus on updates for The Division 2, including the survival extraction mode The Division 2: Survivors, as well as work on The Division 3. Ubisoft emphasized that impacted employees will be informed directly and supported in line with local regulations, starting with individual agreements.
This announcement comes amid broader cost-cutting measures, including a major investment from Tencent in October 2025. The Chinese conglomerate committed over $1 billion to Ubisoft's new subsidiary, Vantage Studios, which will handle core franchises such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six Siege. Just last week, Ubisoft closed its Halifax studio, resulting in 71 job losses shortly after it unionized; the company denied any connection between the two events.
The layoffs align with a company-wide trend, following aggressive restructuring at RedLynx before the end of 2025. As Ubisoft eyes a 2026 lineup featuring remakes of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, alongside re-releases, the publisher faces scrutiny over its treatment of staff amid financial pressures.
