"It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant" - U...

What’s Happening

Here’s the thing: Ubisoft s bloodbath of game cancellations and restructuring yesterday has attracted the expected fiery response from unionised workers, with the French game industry union Solidaires Informatique calling a half-day strike today.

Cost-cutting and potential layoffs aside, the strikers are protesting against Ubisoft s decision to mandate a full return to office, with workers given an annual allowance of work from home days instead - something a publisher executive has justified as a mo Home News It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant - Ubisoft workers strike against disastrous cutbacks Publisher’s RTO announcement decried as effort to destroy our working conditions Image credit: Ubisoft News by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell News Editor Jan. 22, 2026 Ubisoft s bloodbath of game cancellations and restructuring yesterday has attracted the expected fiery response from unionised workers, with the French game industry union Solidaires Informatique calling a half-day strike today . (plot twist fr)

Ubisoft management s latest bout of corpobutchery has seen them bin off six games, including the Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time remake, delay seven others, and confirm the closure of Ubisoft Stockholm.

The Details

More layoffs will follow, though Ubisoft have yet to any precise numbers. It s all part of the company s Age of Sigmar-esque transformation into a collection of Creative Houses with heavy investment from Tencent , dedicated to a smaller number of hopefully better-selling games in particular, open world and live service projects, with generative AI dutifully touted as a means of boosting production.

As part of this transition, Ubisoft just shuttered Ubisoft Halifax (a few weeks after the studio voted to unionise no connection, they insist) and just dropped layoffs at Tom Clancy s The Division developers Massive . In a statement, Solidaires Informatique describe today s strike as “an initial response to the absurdity of management decisions , with more action probably to follow.

Why This Matters

“It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant and destroy our working conditions, they write, addressing Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

The gaming community has been watching developments like this closely.

The Bottom Line

This story is still developing, and we’ll keep you updated as more info drops.

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