Following the launch of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, layoffs have begun at Ubisoft Barcelona affecting 51 employees.<\/p>\n
“After seven years at Ubisoft Barcelona, this is not how I imagined it would end,” wrote QA\/QC lead Isabel Codina Garc\u00eda on LinkedIn<\/a> (thanks Kotaku<\/a>). “But I am genuinely grateful for the people I have met and everything I have learned along the way.”<\/p>\n These cuts were first announced with the closures of the Winnipeg and Belgrade studios<\/a>, as part of Ubisoft’s restructuring process<\/a> introduced earlier this year.<\/p>\n Following the announcement, staff went on strike<\/a>, organised by the Spanish union La Confederaci\u00f3n General del Trabajo.<\/p>\n They called for negotiations on a new studio mandate to retain affected employees and requested job protection to prevent further layoffs for at least five years.<\/p>\n Garc\u00eda noted that “there will not be further mandates for the Barcelona studio, despite the team proposing new AC projects.”<\/p>\n As previously reported, the studio will now focus exclusively on the Rainbow Six franchise.<\/p>\n Black Flag Resynced is now one of the highest-rated games of the year, earning a Metacritic<\/a> score of 84 at the time of writing. This is the franchise’s best-reviewed title since 2013’s original Black Flag.<\/p>\n Ubisoft previously stated that this restructuring would be the final round of cost-cutting and studio closures, aiming to save \u20ac200 million.<\/p>\n The company closed its Stockholm and Halifax studios and cancelled three new IPs as well as the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake.<\/p>\n It also introduced its Creative House structure, comprising five divisions, each overseeing multiple studios focused on Ubisoft’s gaming brands and IP.<\/p>\n