Ubisoft announces the closure of one of its studios and downsizing at other locations as layoffs continue to plague the gaming industry.

Ubisoft Leamington was previously known as FreeStyleGames – the studio behind the DJ Hero series – before it was acquired by Ubisoft from Activision in 2017. It has since worked mainly as a support studio on games such as Far Cry 5, Avatar, and Star Wars Outlaws.

After a year plagued by layoffs at studios big and small, Ubisoft has today confirmed that its 'restructuring' efforts are continuing into 2025, with a further 185 employees laid off across the company's European studios.

To put the size of Ubisoft into perspective (and trot out our favourite comparison), Sony's PlayStation Studios, responsible for the kinds of lifelong fandoms that result in websites like Push Square, currently employs around 4,000 staff across its first-party family of developers, and even that might be too many.

Assassin's Creed publishers Ubisoft are making another round of layoffs as part of wider efforts to persuade their

Ubisoft is set to close its UK studio based in Leamington, as it sheds 185 jobs across the business. A small number of Leamington staff will be retained under remote contracts. Additionally, Ubisoft offices in Düsseldorf (formerly Blue Byte), Stockholm and the Newcastle-based Ubisoft Reflections will be downsized.

Ubisoft has laid off yet more employees and has closed down another of its studios, this time the branch in Leamington Spa in the UK.

Ubisoft has once again postponed the highly anticipated DLC for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, and the dedicated player base is restless. The prolonged delay comes in the wake of the developer’s struggle with restructuring and layoffs across the studio.

Following a string of misfires, Ubisoft is shutting down a support studio and downsizing elsewhere, with the company firing around 185 workers in its latest cost-cutting measure. Ubisoft Leamington, situated in the English town of Royal Leamington Spa,