Ubisoft delays Skull And Bones, cancels more games, and announces new cuts:
was one of the reasons the company is now forecasting major losses for the year. Despite a big marketing budget and critical acclaim, the game didn’t meet sales expectations coming out of the holiday. Neither did, the company’s only other major release last fall, a time of year that would normally have boasted another giant. It’s also written off around $537 million of R&D costs associated with upcoming and cancelled games.
Three current and former Ubisoft developers, who wished to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak about company plans, recently toldthat they are already seeing cuts by way of fewer backfills for recently departed colleagues and fewer contracts getting renewed for those working on a temporary basis. They also said there were layoffs across some of Ubisoft’s U.S. locations last fall, including its San Francisco office.
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