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Ubisoft is laying off more workers and offering voluntary buyouts

Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment, the developer of The Division series, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is offering some employees volunteer buyouts as it attempts to "realign" its teams, the company said in a post on X. The move is designed to "strengthen our roadmap," Massive wrote, as it focuses on The Division series along with its Snowdrop engine and Ubisoft Connect. Ubisoft notably didn't mention Star Wars and Avatar in that statement, an omission that may effectively spell the demise of those franchises. <br /> Massive framed the layoffs as a "voluntary career transition program... supported by a comprehensive package that includes financial and career assistance." Workers at the Massive studio in Malm, Sweden can volu [...]

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Ubisoft shuts down a support studio and lays off 185 workers

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Google lays off hundreds of people from inside its Platform and Devices division

As it said it would do earlier this year, Google has laid off hundreds of employees from its Platforms and Devices division, The Information reported. That part of the company, which employs over 25,0 [...]

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French Ubisoft workers vote to strike

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Match Score: 143.63

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Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized

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Match Score: 141.21

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Ubisoft made a prototype game with voice-controlled AI teammates

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Google will let platforms and devices employees leave voluntarily prior to layoffs

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Match Score: 128.48

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Ubisoft fires employee who publicly criticized its RTO plan

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Match Score: 114.39