After shutting down its Halifax studio and letting 71 people go, Ubisoft has moved to another round of layoffs. This time, 55 roles are being cut across Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm.
Ubisoft is now cutting 55 positions at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm. The news was reported by GamesIndustry. This marks the company’s second cost-reduction step this month. Earlier – as already noted – the French publisher led by Yves Guillemot went as far as closing an entire studio. According to the site, employees were informed through an internal email. The message said the decision was not tied to developer performance at either location, but to a review of Ubisoft’s future plans that concluded layoffs were necessary.
The email also claimed the studios’ long-term direction is not changing, since Massive is still working on multiple The Division projects. Those cited included The Division 3, The Division 2: Survivors, and The Division: Resurgence. It also mentioned that a fourth project could be in the pipeline – alongside further additions to The Division 2 – in the shape of The Division: Definitive Edition, though it remains unclear what the project would actually involve (we covered that in an earlier article).
Even so, the layoffs affect both Massive and the Stockholm studio, despite reports that the same email referenced an unannounced, innovative technology effort expected to play a central role in the ongoing evolution of the Snowdrop Engine. Snowdrop is the in-house engine built by Massive Entertainment, and it has powered recent releases such as Star Wars Outlaws, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and The Division 2.
Last year, Ubisoft opened the year by laying off 185 people and shutting down its Leamington studio. That was followed by staff reductions at Massive Entertainment and at Ubisoft RedLynx Studio. 2026 has started in a similar way: just 13 days into the year, a total of 126 layoffs had already been reported. Meanwhile, the company recently reached an agreement with Tencent to establish a new venture called Vantage Studios. This new entity will become the home for some of Ubisoft’s biggest IP, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six.
Source: WCCFTech, Gamesindustry
