Warner Bros. Montréal developers report layoffs

Several developers from Warner Bros. Montréal have announced on LinkedIn that they have been laid off, with most finishing on Friday, 13th March. No formal confirmation from the company has been issued yet. The reports come amid ongoing struggles in Warner Bros.' games division.

Developers across various disciplines at Warner Bros. Montréal have taken to LinkedIn to state they are seeking new work after being let go. They indicate their employment ended on Friday, 13th March, though Warner Bros. Games has not yet formally confirmed the layoffs. Eurogamer has reached out to the company for comment but received no response at the time of reporting. These developments align with remarks from Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, who noted that Paramount's outbid for control of Warner Bros.—including its games division over Netflix—would be dependent on a lot of cost-cutting. Warner Bros. has faced challenges in gaming for some time. Its 2025 Q1 earnings report showed a 48 percent drop in games revenue, attributed to no new releases. This follows several setbacks: cancellation of a Hogwarts Legacy expansion, layoffs at Rocksteady after Suicide Squad's poor performance, cancellation of Monolith Productions' Wonder Woman game, and the shutdown of Multiversus. The company's most recent earnings report described 2025 as a significant year and mentioned rebuilding its video game pipeline after acquisition by Paramount Skydance. However, the broader Studios segment, including gaming, experienced a 14 percent year-on-year revenue decline.

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Warner Bros. Games has announced plans to return to its biggest franchises in 2027 and 2028, following a period of resets and challenges. The publisher's leader highlighted upcoming releases after recent flops and studio changes. This comes amid speculation about sequels to popular titles like Hogwarts Legacy.

Ubisoft has proposed cutting around 55 jobs at its Swedish studios, Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm, as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. This follows voluntary buyouts offered last year and comes amid broader cost-cutting measures at the company. The changes aim to align staffing with long-term project needs without affecting individual performance.

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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.

Tencent has shut down its TiMi Montreal studio less than five years after its founding, without the team releasing any games. The closure marks another retreat by Chinese publishers from investments in North American development. Employees expressed heartbreak over the end of the promising venture.

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Electronic Arts has laid off an unspecified number of developers across its Battlefield studios—including DICE, Criterion, Ripple Effect, and Motive—despite Battlefield 6's strong 2025 sales. The move, announced March 9, 2026, realigns teams around community priorities following developers' February comments on post-launch player decline. Affected studios will continue live-service updates.

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Ubisoft's recent company-wide reset has led to the cancellation of six games, studio closures, and a proposed 200 voluntary redundancies in France, prompting unions to vote for strikes. The move includes the scrapping of the long-delayed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake and a price increase for the Just Dance+ service. Shares fell 34 percent, marking the company's lowest value in 15 years.

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