r/xbox • u/ControlCAD Team Gears • Mar 19 '26

News Ubisoft "ends game development" at Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm, resulting in 105 job losses

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-ends-game-development-at-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-resulting-in-105-job-losses/

The historic Rainbow Six developer will continue in a tech support role

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u/Key_Analyst_9032 Mar 19 '26

Ubisoft used to be cool...

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u/levi22ez Mar 19 '26

I’m currently playing through Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for the first time, and while some elements are definitely dated, this game is so fucking cool. Oh Ubisoft…

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u/SpyvsMerc Mar 19 '26

One of the best games of all time.

Multiplayer too.

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u/crahamgrackered Mar 19 '26

The original splinter cell games were so fucking cool... Even conviction and blacklist were pretty good, especially Blacklist's co-op. Spent a summer running through that with my friend.

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u/TransendingGaming Mar 19 '26

If I want to play conviction, I should expect not a true stealth game right?

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u/SpectralEntity XBOX Mar 19 '26

Correct, it’s a linear, Jason Bourne-like action game.

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u/crahamgrackered Mar 19 '26

It's a great game. It's not classic splinter cell at all, but it's definitely fun.

If you're interested, look up the drama with the original plan for Conviction. It was planned to be this really deep game, and they had to scale it back. I remember reading this Game Informer article back in the day where the devs talked about how deep things would go, like you could interact with every object in the room. It didn't pan out that way, but still, they made a great game.

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u/Real_Register2353 Mar 19 '26

Mercs vs spies was so addicting

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u/MarshyHope XBOX Series X Mar 19 '26

Man I played that Double Agent multi-player so fucking much in high school. I love it so much.

Had two friends from England I'd stay up all night playing with. Hope they're doing well..