{"id":1835295,"date":"2026-03-19T16:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1835295"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:16:40","slug":"ubisoft-reportedly-shrinks-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-entertainment-laying-off-105-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1835295","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft reportedly shrinks Tom Clancy studio Red Storm Entertainment, laying off 105 staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Ubisoft reportedly shrinks Tom Clancy studio Red Storm Entertainment, laying off 105 staff<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">The studio will shift to a tech support role.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/61166bd10d253c389c2e3020-1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Division Heartland.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"61166bd10d253c389c2e3020-1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-19T16:16:40+00:00\">March 19, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-reportedly-shrinks-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-entertainment-laying-off-105-staff?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          8 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5ad8dd6c-6901-4195-9c48-b2f2e447b8b5\" data-name=\"Assassinu0027s Creed Nexus VR\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Nexus VR\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Nexus VR\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0027s Creed Nexus VR\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0027s Creed Nexus VR\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Assassin's Creed Nexus VR\" title=\"Follow Assassin's Creed Nexus VR\"><br \/>\n  Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus VR<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Red Storm Entertainment &#8211; the storied game development studio behind the Ghost Recon game series &#8211; has reportedly been shifted to a tech support role by Ubisoft. As a result, 105 developers have lost their jobs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/ubisoft-ends-game-development-at-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-resulting-in-105-job-losses\/\">According to VGC<\/a>, the news was broken internally at Ubisoft and will see Red Storm Entertainment continue as as a global IT and Snowdrop support studio. As such, all game developers have been made redundant.\n<\/p>\n<p>The North-Carolinian studio was founded in 1996, and first adapted the Tom Clancy novels into a number of military games including Tom Clancy&#8217;s Politika and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-rainbow-six\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Rainbow Six<\/a>. Its last published game was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-nexus-vr\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus VR<\/a>, released in 2023. Since then it had also worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-the-division-heartland\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division: Heartland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced\">which was cancelled in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Acquired by Ubisoft in 2000 &#8211; the studio continued its work creating adaptations and expansions on the Tom Clancy franchise &#8211; including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/r-ghostrecon-x\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/r-graw-x360\">Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter<\/a>. It also assisted in the development of several Far Cry games during its run.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, in recent years, the IP has been primarily handled by a number of Ubisoft studios such as Ubisoft Montreal and Massive Entertainment. As such, recent releases by Red Storm Entertainment had been focused on VR, including the aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-nexus-vr-is-simply-stunning-on-quest-3\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus VR<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-announces-multiplayer-vr-game-werewolves-within\">Werewolves Within<\/a> and the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GFKJMr_Iqmo\">Star Trek Bridge Crew<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These cuts come as major cancellations and layoffs are being made at Ubisoft. This includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-troubled-prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-remake-is-dead-as-publisher-kills-multiple-projects-closes-studios-and-orders-staff-back-to-the-office\">Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake<\/a> which was cancelled earlier this year. The company also closed development offices including Ubisoft Halifax and Ubisoft Stockholm. It also restructured its offices in Abu Dhabi, the Redlynx studio, and Massive Entertainment resulting in job losses.<\/p>\n<p>The reasoning behind this &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/staticctf.ubisoft.com\/8aefmxkxpxwl\/59b4Z0RNls45UDTVV6gBNR\/801a91a599b337779106af51cf08e539\/Ubisoft_Jan_PR_draft_vF.pdf\">major organisational, operational and portfolio reset<\/a>&#8221; is to respond to a &#8220;persistently more selective AAA market and an increasingly competitive shooter landscape&#8221;. Many of its biggest IPs have been moved under new creative houses.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Red Storm Entertainment &#8211; the storied game development studio behind the Ghost Recon game series &#8211; has reportedly been shifted to a tech support role by Ubisoft. As a result, 105 developers have lost their jobs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/ubisoft-ends-game-development-at-tom-clancy-studio-red-storm-resulting-in-105-job-losses\/\">According to VGC<\/a>, the news was broken internally at Ubisoft and will see Red Storm Entertainment continue as as a global IT and Snowdrop support studio. As such, all game developers have been made redundant.\n<\/p>\n<p>The North-Carolinian studio was founded in 1996, and first adapted the Tom Clancy novels into a number of military games including Tom Clancy&#8217;s Politika and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-rainbow-six\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Rainbow Six<\/a>. Its last published game was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-nexus-vr\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus VR<\/a>, released in 2023. Since then it had also worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-the-division-heartland\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s The Division: Heartland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-free-to-play-shooter-the-division-heartland-cancelled-three-years-after-being-announced\">which was cancelled in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Acquired by Ubisoft in 2000 &#8211; the studio continued its work creating adaptations and expansions on the Tom Clancy franchise &#8211; including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/r-ghostrecon-x\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/r-graw-x360\">Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter<\/a>. It also assisted in the development of several Far Cry games during its run.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, in recent years, the IP has been primarily handled by a number of Ubisoft studios such as Ubisoft Montreal and Massive Entertainment. As such, recent releases by Red Storm Entertainment had been focused on VR, including the aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-nexus-vr-is-simply-stunning-on-quest-3\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Nexus VR<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-announces-multiplayer-vr-game-werewolves-within\">Werewolves Within<\/a> and the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GFKJMr_Iqmo\">Star Trek Bridge Crew<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These cuts come as major cancellations and layoffs are being made at Ubisoft. This includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisofts-troubled-prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-remake-is-dead-as-publisher-kills-multiple-projects-closes-studios-and-orders-staff-back-to-the-office\">Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake<\/a> which was cancelled earlier this year. The company also closed development offices including Ubisoft Halifax and Ubisoft Stockholm. It also restructured its offices in Abu Dhabi, the Redlynx studio, and Massive Entertainment resulting in job losses.<\/p>\n<p>The reasoning behind this &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/staticctf.ubisoft.com\/8aefmxkxpxwl\/59b4Z0RNls45UDTVV6gBNR\/801a91a599b337779106af51cf08e539\/Ubisoft_Jan_PR_draft_vF.pdf\">major organisational, operational and portfolio reset<\/a>&#8221; is to respond to a &#8220;persistently more selective AAA market and an increasingly competitive shooter landscape&#8221;. Many of its biggest IPs have been moved under new creative houses.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Ubisoft reportedly shrinks Tom Clancy studio Red Storm Entertainment, laying off 105 staff The studio will shift to a tech support role. 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