{"id":487676,"date":"2026-02-20T13:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487676\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T13:03:07","slug":"ubisoft-toronto-hit-by-layoffs-40-staff-impacted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487676\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Toronto hit by layoffs, 40 staff impacted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft Toronto has reduced its workforce by 40 roles as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/ubisoft-reveals-new-creative-house-structure-cancels-games-and-announces-final-round-of-cost-cutting-and-studio-closures-to-drive-200m-savings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Ubisoft&#8217;s global cost-saving initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Development on the Splinter Cell remake will continue, as will co-development projects including contributions to Rainbow Six.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This decision was not taken lightly and does not in any way reflect the talent, dedication, or contributions of the individuals affected,&#8221; Ubisoft said in a statement provided to GamesIndustry.biz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our priority now is to support them through this transition with comprehensive severance packages and robust career placement assistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The layoffs were first reported by Canadian outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/mobilesyrup.com\/2026\/02\/19\/ubisoft-toronto-layoffs-splinter-cell-remake-development\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> MobileSyrup<\/a>, which shared an internal email stating that Ubisoft Toronto will remain &#8220;a key contributor to several co-development mandates and service teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft Toronto is the latest studio impacted by the organisation&#8217;s restructuring program announced last month.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its final round of cost-cutting measures, Ubisoft closed several studios, including Ubisoft Stockholm and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/ubisoft-shuttering-freshly-unionised-halifax-studio-71-jobs-affected\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Ubisoft Halifax<\/a>. The company also cancelled the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and three new IPs.<\/p>\n<p>A week later, the company initiated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/ubisoft-launches-voluntary-redundancy-process-to-cut-200-jobs-from-paris-head-office\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a voluntary redundancy program at Ubisoft International in Paris<\/a>, proposing to reduce its workforce by 200 roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Toronto has reduced its workforce by 40 roles as part of Ubisoft&#8217;s global cost-saving initiative. Development on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-487676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}