Tom Clancy, Star Trek: Bridge Crew Studio Ubisoft Red Storm Lays Off 19, Citing 'Global Cost-saving Efforts'

Nineteen employees person been laid disconnected from Star Trek: Bridge Crew and Tom Clancy workplace Ubisoft Red Storm, IGN has learned.

Ubisoft confirmed the layoffs to IGN successful a connection arsenic follows:

Today, Ubisoft made the determination to destruct 19 roles astatine Red Storm Entertainment. This measurement is portion of our ongoing, targeted restructuring and planetary cost-saving efforts, and reflects the needs connected the studio’s projects. While this was not an casual decision, it was a indispensable 1 fixed our operational priorities. We stay committed to supporting those affected with broad severance packages, extended health-care benefits, and vocation modulation assistance. We profoundly admit their hard enactment and the interaction they’ve had connected Ubisoft.

Ubisoft PR besides confirmed that nary different Ubisoft locations were impacted by today's layoffs. However, the institution did not respond to IGN's petition for accusation connected however galore employees stay astatine Red Storm oregon the presumption of the company's existent projects.

Ubisoft Red Storm was primitively Red Storm Entertainment, founded by writer Tom Clancy specifically to marque games based connected his novels, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. The workplace was acquired by Ubisoft successful 2000, going connected to make hits specified arsenic the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon bid and assisting connected different fashionable Tom Clancy games specified arsenic The Division. In much caller years, it has taken a backseat relation arsenic much of a VR and enactment workplace opening with Werewolves Within successful 2016. and continuing much precocious with Star Trek: Bridge Crew and Assassin's Creed Nexus VR.

Red Storm besides worked connected a canceled Splinter Cell VR game, and the also-canceled The Division Heartland. Most recently, Red Storm assisted connected XDefiant, which conscionable unopen down wholly past period aft an announcement past year. At the time, Ubisoft unopen down the San Francisco and Osaka studios down the game, with immoderate layoffs occuring astatine Red Storm arsenic well. It is unclear what task Red Storm is presently moving on.

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