Ubisoft Closes Studios in Winnipeg and Belgrade, Lays Off Staff in Barcelona and San Francisco

Ubisoft confirmed on June 10, 2026 that it is closing its studios in Winnipeg, Canada (approximately 65 employees) and Belgrade, Serbia (approximately 100 employees), while also proposing layoffs at its Barcelona studio (51 employees) and making additional cuts at its San Francisco office, where between 50 and 100 further roles are believed to be at risk. In total, up to 380 positions may be eliminated, pending consultation. Ubisoft Barcelona will be restructured to focus exclusively on the Rainbow Six franchise, and 12 percent of the existing Rainbow Six: Siege development team is being reassigned to other projects. The Winnipeg studio had primarily supported Ubisoft's proprietary Anvil and Snowdrop game engines, while Belgrade, founded in 2016, contributed to titles including Ghost Recon Wildlands, The Crew 2, and Skull & Bones. The publisher framed the moves as part of a drive to cut fixed costs by €500 million — from €1.75 billion in March 2023 to €1.25 billion by March 2028 — and to align resources with new strategic priorities following a sweeping reorganization into five creative houses. This is the third round of layoffs at Ubisoft in 2026 alone, following studio closures in Stockholm and Halifax in January, 200 job cuts at its Paris headquarters in February, and the effective shutdown of game development at Red Storm Entertainment in March. Ubisoft's Montreal studio, its largest, was confirmed to be unaffected by the latest round of cuts.