{"id":2232897,"date":"2026-01-13T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2232897"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:15:04","slug":"ubisoft-layoffs-impact-massive-entertainment-and-ubisoft-stockholm-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ubisoft-layoffs-impact-massive-entertainment-and-ubisoft-stockholm-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Layoffs Impact Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A new report confirms that Ubisoft is undergoing an organizational restructure that may affect up to 55 roles.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-layoffs-at-massive-entertainment-and-ubisoft-stockholm\">Layoffs at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot: Massive Entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The unfortunate news about the latest restructuring at Ubisoft comes from IGN, who received a statement from Ubisoft about the plans and details about the long-term roadmap for the impacted studios. <\/p>\n<p>According to Ubisoft:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today, we informed all employees in our Swedish studios (Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm) about a proposed organizational restructure that may affect approximately 55 roles across Malm\u00f6 and Stockholm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This restructuring is a follow-up to an effort to eliminate positions and reduce overhead across Ubisoft in 2025 with a voluntary reduction program. The press release goes on to explain: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis restructure follows the completion of the Voluntary Leave Program launched during the fall of 2025, a finalized long-term roadmap, and a completed staffing and appointment process, which together have provided clearer visibility into the structure and capacity required to support the two studios\u2019 work and sustainably over time\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed restructuring will begin with a focus on individual agreements and impacted employees are being informed directly and supported with care and respect inline with local regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-next-at-ubisoft\">What is next at Ubisoft?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"1585183751892-Division-1\" class=\"wp-image-1412296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.vice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/1585183751892-Division-1.jpeg?resize=480,270 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The statement went on further to discuss how this restructuring would impact ongoing projects at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe long-term direction for the studios remains unchanged, and we will continue to serve as the global home and lead for to\u202f<em>The Division<\/em>\u202ffranchise, move forward with\u202fan unannounced innovative tech project\u202fwith a refined team setup, and play a central role in the development of\u202fSnowdrop\u202fand\u202fUbisoft Connect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Work on The<em> Division 3<\/em> appears to still be moving forward and, if yesterday\u2019s leaks prove to be true, there may also be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/new-ads-seem-to-confirm-the-division-definitive-edition\/\">a Definitive Edition of <em>The Division<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>arriving this year to celebrate the game\u2019s 10 year anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft has been trying to refocus on its big three pillars of <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em>, Tom Clancy projects, and Star Wars in recent years as it undergoes significant structural and strategic changes. These likely layoffs follow a year full of closed projects, significant reductions in the Toronto and Montreal offices, and rumors of acquisition or takeover.<\/p>\n<p>Although total layoff numbers across the industry are estimated to have been down in 2025 compared to 2023 and 2024, there\u2019s no denying that these restructurings are still impacting many developers and other employees across market.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\t\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\t\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\t\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\t\tfbq('init', '782589578427709');\n\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vice.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report confirms that Ubisoft is undergoing an organizational restructure that may affect up to 55 roles. Layoffs at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft Stockholm Screenshot: Massive Entertainment The unfortunate news about the latest restructuring at Ubisoft comes from IGN, who received a statement from Ubisoft about the plans and details about the long-term roadmap [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2232898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[305380,431990,381122,352081,24755,422328],"class_list":["post-2232897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-layoffs","tag-massive-entertainment","tag-the-division","tag-ubisoft","tag-video-games","tag-waypoint"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ubisoft-Layoffs-Impact-Massive-Entertainment-and-Ubisoft-Stockholm-Employees.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2232899,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232897\/revisions\/2232899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}