Black Flag Resynced Devs Celebrating Launch With Layoffs

Key Points:

• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced launched today on Steam, achieving one of the best franchise launches, but Ubisoft Barcelona’s development team faces layoffs at the end of July due to lack of new project assignments.
• Ubisoft Barcelona’s QA lead, Isabel Codina García, expressed gratitude for her experience despite the layoffs, which are part of broader Ubisoft restructuring amid delays and weak sales of recent titles.
• The layoffs coincide with the closure of Ubisoft Winnipeg and global publishing division cuts initiated in June, affecting multiple Ubisoft studios worldwide.
• Spanish union La Confederación General del Trabajo has called for strikes to protest the termination of 51 employees at Ubisoft Barcelona, demanding better job protections and improved workplace conditions.
• Ubisoft Barcelona’s entire Assassin’s Creed team was informed of the collective redundancy plan just two weeks before the game’s launch, with no future projects assigned despite proposals for new AC titles.