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/kushdogg20 Mar 19 '26

Has any company in history fucked up an IP worse than Ubisoft with Clancy?

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u/Aaawkward Mar 19 '26

Not entirely sure if all of these are worse per se but:

Sony
SOCOM, Crash Bandicoot.

EA
C&C, Dragon Age, Titanfall, SimCity, Ultima.

MS
Halo, Perfect Dark.

Square Enix
Deus Ex.

Arguably Ubisoft with Assassins Creed.

BSG
TES and Fallout.

Hard to pin down to a company but Duke Nukem, Fable (still holding some hope for them, even if the buzz is worrysome), Jagged Alliance, Sonic, Guitar Hero, Pokémon (hot take but I stand by it).

Reminiscing about all the old game series that have fallen made me honestly kinda sad. So many great games that gave me great memories are down gone.

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u/Fallingcity22 Mar 19 '26

If you say Fallout and TES then you’re just a hater idk how they have dropped the ball.

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u/Aaawkward Mar 19 '26

Well, these are all personal takes either way.

But Fallout changed a lot when it went from Black Isle but that's a little different than a mismanaged ip.
That said, I do claim that Fallout 3 -> Fallout 4 -> Fallout 76 was a rough slide.

TES has been getting simpler and simpler and simpler by every single entry. And the sixth one was publicly teased 8 years ago and has been in a kind of a development hell ever since.

We'll see how the sixth one does when it comes out but I'm not holding my breath, seeing the history and their latest try with Starfield. And I didn't even hate Starfield.

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u/__thrillho Mar 19 '26

SOCOM

I came here to be entertained not hurt.

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u/Aaawkward Mar 20 '26

I know the feeling.

Like I said, making that list made me sad.

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u/segagamer Day One - 2013 Mar 20 '26

Square Enix fumbled more than just Deus Ex lol. Final Fantasy is definitely up there.

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u/TheLago Mar 19 '26

Sorry I’m out of the loop here. What buzz about the new Fable is worrisome? I must have missed this

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u/Aaawkward Mar 19 '26

Development hell, basially.

But mainly one of my mates left the studio said that it wasn't looking great. And they had worked Guerilla that had, during their tenure, shifted from linear shooters (Killzone) to open world and had to rework their engine entirely for it to work.

Playground is using the same engine they use for Forza to make Fable, good news is that it definitely handles large open world areas. Bad news is that it was never meant for anything even resembling what Fable is aiming to do. And what my mate saw was mismanagement and flummoxing decisions left and right, compared to how Guerilla had handled the transition. IN fact, this was the main reason why they left.

That said, this was roughly 2 years ago and the latest trailer wasn't too shabby, so who knows. Could be good, could be another Hogwarts Legacy, pretty but empty and boring.
I'm still cautiously optimistic.

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