Ubisoft has been facing serious difficulties for months, although it first seemed that the problems were limited to smaller teams within the company. However, recent reports suggest that the situation may be much more serious than expected, and even major projects could be affected. A recent report from Insider-Gaming by Tom Henderson shows that the company might have additional problems. In its report, Henderson claims that several Ubisoft teams and some of the company’s biggest upcoming games are being impacted by ongoing financial issues.
Henderson mentions that after speaking with former and current Ubisoft staff, the company conducts these layoffs without any evaluation of how it could affect future projects. One of those projects said to be in major trouble is the next Ghost Recon game, reportedly codenamed OVR. According to Henderson, Ubisoft considers this new first-person title the most important release of the next fiscal year, even more important than Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. Despite this, the report says the game has already faced descoping, meaning content has been reduced to cut costs.
The situation is made more serious by claims about staffing decisions. Henderson says Ubisoft asked recently laid-off employees from Red Storm Entertainment to return to work. He says that such conduct, if confirmed, would be questionable. According to the report, Ubisoft removed access to offices immediately after the layoffs, but later asked employees to return under the WARN Act, which requires workers to remain employed until at least the end of May 2026.
Other projects are also said to be struggling, including the Splinter Cell Remake and the rumored Watch Dogs Legion Director’s Cut. In both cases, there are said to be issues with cost management and development. The updated version of Watch Dogs Legion may have also required some work from the same employees who had been laid off from Red Storm Entertainment. If these reports are accurate, it would mean that no project at Ubisoft is completely safe from the company’s current problems.
