Overview
- The company says the decision was part of a two‑year restructuring to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, and that it respects employees’ right to unionize.
- CWA Canada, which represents the newly certified unit, is demanding documentation and says it will pursue legal recourse to ensure workers’ rights are protected.
- Assassin’s Creed Rebellion live operations will cease following steady revenue declines, according to reporting from GamesIndustry.biz and VGC.
- Ubisoft says 71 positions are affected and that impacted employees will receive severance packages and career assistance.
- Halifax specialized in mobile projects like Assassin’s Creed Rebellion and Rainbow Six Mobile, and its closure follows wider Ubisoft cutbacks and the creation of Tencent‑backed Vantage Studios to oversee major franchises.