Ubisoft Layoffs Hit San Francisco and Purple Storm Leisure

Ubisoft has confirmed one other spherical of layoffs which have hit its San Francisco and Cary studios, the latter being higher generally known as Purple Storm Leisure. That is the second spherical of layoffs to hit the writer this yr, though these are the primary to have an effect on these two studios particularly.

Ubisoft lays off 45 employees between the 2 studios

Ubisoft Leisure has laid off 45 employees between Ubisoft San Francisco and Purple Storm Leisure immediately, August 16. The breakdown between the 2 studios is unconfirmed, though social media posts appear to recommend the bulk have befallen Purple Storm.

In an announcement to Bloomberg, Ubisoft mentioned the “tough but mandatory choice was made to align these studios’ organizations with their future enterprise and growth aims.” The layoffs are efficient instantly and have left these affected scrambling to search out new employment regardless of Ubisoft providing severance packages and profession help.

Ubisoft San Francisco is the studio behind free-to-play multiplayer enviornment shooter XDefiant in addition to the Rocksmith franchise. In the meantime, Purple Storm Leisure is the studio behind free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland, though this recreation was canceled earlier this yr. Beforehand it had labored on the Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six franchises. LinkedIn posts present layoffs have affected a various vary of roles together with Artistic Director Keith Evans, a spread of recreation designers, and advertising and marketing.

That is the second spherical of job cuts to hit Ubisoft this yr after 45 members of employees have been laid off from its World Publishing central and APAC (Asia-Pacific) constructions. Final yr, layoffs hit customer support roles at its North Carolina and Newcastle (UK) studios, its group and social media groups, Ubisoft Montreal, and particular results studio Hybride. In addition they closed Ubisoft London utterly.

Throughout its full-year monetary ends in Might, Ubisoft revealed it had lowered its employees complete headcount by 1700 roles since 2022. About 1,000 of these have been employees cuts.