- Ubisoft lays off 105 employees at its Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm Entertainment
- The company also stopped developing games at the studio.
- A Ubisoft source said the job cuts were part of the company’s ongoing cost-cutting efforts.
Ubisoft has reportedly ended game development at its Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm Entertainment, and laid off more than 100 of its staff.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, a source familiar with the situation informed the outlet that Ubisoft cut a total of 105 jobs at the North Carolina studio and decided to stop developing games.
The studio is said to remain open, but the 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 is known for working on games in the Tom Clancy franchise, including Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series, several of the originals rainbow six securities, XChallengingand Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR.
More recently, it worked on the canceled. 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 efforts to cut costs 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 game studio, as well as 60 jobs at European developer RedLynx in October 2025.
Earlier this year, Ubisoft cut 55 jobs across its entire the division studio, Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm.
In February he also laid off 40 employees at Ubisoft Toronto, the studio responsible for Watch dogs, Very far away 6and the new version of Splinter Cell. This followed the cancellation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake and five more unknown games, plus the delay of seven more.
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