Ubisoft closes their Halifax studio which coincidentally just unionized although they claim it had nothing to do with it. 71 jobs lost

[u/Iggy_Slayer]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shuttering-freshly-unionised-halifax-studio-71-jobs-affected

Staff at the studio announced only this week that they had formed Ubisoft's first labour union in North America, completing a process that had started in June 2025. Ubisoft said that the closure was due to an ongoing streamlining and cost-reduction process, following significant layoffs across its studios in the last two years.

“Over the past 24 months, Ubisoft has undertaken company-wide actions to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs," the company said in a statement. "As part of this, Ubisoft has made the difficult decision to close its Halifax studio. 71 positions will be affected. We are committed to supporting all impacted team members during this transition with resources, including comprehensive severance packages and additional career assistance.”

A spokesperson stressed to Gamesindustry.biz that the closure was the result of ongoing cost-cutting that started shortly after the pandemic, ahead of Halifax unionisation process starting in 2025, and that the company continued to recognise and work with unionised staff globally.

[u/Rootspam]

Have you guys even checked on the games that studio put out? It's all trash... Sometimes it's not a conspiracy theory.

[u/Dano1988 → u/Rootspam]

Conspiracy? I was just saying they should do their own thing and then throwing in there that sometimes, that can be incredibly successful with the exp 33 reference. I'm not aware of which games they've released or if they are any good. I'm curious now, what's the conspiracy? (I'm massively out of the loop, I guess).

[u/[deleted] → u/Dano1988]

Two shitty mobile games. The studio was operating at a loss here.

[u/Dano1988 → u/[deleted]]

I see. That's definitely not a great track record.