- Ubisoft laid off 105 employees at its Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm Entertainment
- The company also stopped studio game development.
- A Ubisoft source said the job cuts were part of the company’s ongoing cost-cutting efforts.
Ubisoft has reportedly shut down game development at its Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm Entertainment, and laid off more than 100 staff members.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, a source familiar with the matter informed the outlet that Ubisoft has cut a total of 105 jobs at the North Carolina studio and decided to cease game development.
The studio is said to remain open, but remaining employees will primarily work on Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine, which was used for The Division series, Avatar: Pandora’s BordersAnd Star Wars Outlaws, as well as IT and customer relations.
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Red Storm was founded in 1996 and has a history of working on games in the Tom Clancy franchise, including Tom Clancy’s Ghost Reconnaissance series, many of the originals Rainbow six titles, XDefiantAnd Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR.
Most recently he worked on the cancellation Splinter Cell VR game and The heart of the divisionwhich was also canceled in 2024.
A Ubisoft source said the layoffs at Red Storm are part of the company’s ongoing cost-cutting efforts and that those affected will be offered support, including severance packages.
This is the third round of layoffs to hit Red Storm in three years. 45 employees lost their jobs at Ubisoft San Francisco and Red Storm in August 2024, followed by 19 employees in July 2025.
These latest layoffs follow 71 job cuts at Ubisoft Halifax, the company’s mobile games studio, as well as 60 jobs at fellow European developer RedLynx in October 2025.
Earlier this year, Ubisoft cut 55 jobs across its The Division studio, Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm.
It also laid off 40 employees at Ubisoft Toronto in February, the studio responsible for Watch dogs, Far cry 6and the Splinter Cell remake. This follows the cancellation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake and five other unknown games, plus the delay of seven more.
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