France's largest video game maker Ubisoft will close its Leamington site in Britain and restructure operations at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Reflections, impacting 185 employees,

Ubisoft draws further consequences from the deep crisis: a studio in England is closed and jobs are cut in Germany.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

French game publisher Ubisoft whose share price is down more than 40% over the last 12 months has announced reductions to its employee strength across several key studios. Analysts have indicated that the founding Guillemot family and shareholder Tencent Holdings are believed to be considering taking Ubisoft private.

Ubisoft has announced significant cutbacks, including the closure of its Leamington studio in the UK and layoffs affecting employees across multiple locations. The latest restructuring move will impact around 185 staff as the company continues to grapple with financial challenges and underperforming game titles.

Ubisoft, the French video game giant, has announced a restructuring that will include closing the studio in Leamington, Ontario, and implementing changes in Düsseldorf, Germany, and Stockholm, Sweden.