Ubisoft Layoffs Spark Debate Over Embargoed News
TL;DR
Ubisoft is restructuring, closing Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and cutting about 380 jobs at the Barcelona studio after consultations. News of the layoffs was shared with an embargo, a timing usually reserved for product announcements, prompting criticism of journalists’ role and the ethics of embargoes in reporting layoffs and workplace upheaval.
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