Ubisoft closes Winnipeg and Belgrade studios in sweeping cost-cutting move

Ubisoft is shuttering its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and planning up to 380 layoffs as part of a broader restructuring that creates five creative houses and shifts the Barcelona operation to focus on Rainbow Six; Winnipeg and Belgrade were tied to the company’s engines and multiple titles, while the plan includes a five‑day on-site work mandate and follows prior global cuts and a Tencent investment, with unions having staged strikes earlier in the year.