Laid off from Ubisoft.
Ubisoft's restructuring discontinued seven projects, delayed six, closed studios on two continents, and cut roughly 1,200 jobs in a fiscal year, after a loss north of a billion euros. The US filings are small; the contraction isn't.
At a glance
What's known about Ubisoft severance and layoffs
- About 1,200 roles · Fiscal 2025-26 reduction, global
- 16,590 · Headcount, end of March 2026
- Seven · Projects discontinued, fiscal 2025-26
- Six · Projects delayed, fiscal 2025-26
- CA 93, NC 17 · US filings in our tracker, 2026
- 105 jobs, game development ended · Red Storm in Cary, March 2026
- Up to 200 positions · Paris headquarters, proposed voluntary exits
Recent Ubisoft layoffs
Ubisoft's June 2026 round reached San Francisco and Cary
Ubisoft closed its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios on June 10, 2026, proposed 51 layoffs at Barcelona and hit San Francisco, with an internal message reported at up to 380 people affected. Game Developer put 93 roles in the San Francisco branch in the same round. Our tracker holds two filings dated that day, 93 jobs in California and 17 in Cary, North Carolina.
Previous rounds
Ubisoft layoff history
Ubisoft is shrinking toward a smaller company, and the American offices are a small part of what's going. The group posted an IFRS operating loss of 1,322.3 million euros for fiscal 2025-26 and an attributable net loss of 1,475.2 million euros, and headcount finished March 2026 at 16,590, down about 1,200 across the year. A portfolio review discontinued seven projects and delayed six. If you worked at Ubisoft in California or North Carolina, that's the backdrop behind your paperwork, and almost none of it changes what your own agreement says.
The US record in our tracker is short. It holds 3 all-time filings matching this company, and 2 filings covering 110 jobs since the start of 2025, 93 jobs in California and 17 in Cary, North Carolina, both dated June 10, 2026. That same day Ubisoft closed its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and announced layoffs at Barcelona and San Francisco, with an internal message reported at up to 380 people affected. Game Developer separately reported 93 roles in the San Francisco branch in that round. Our California row names no city, so the filing and the report stay separate figures here.
Cary took its own hit earlier. In March 2026 Ubisoft cut 105 jobs at Red Storm Entertainment and ended active game development there, leaving the studio running as support for global IT and the Snowdrop engine, and Game Developer reported those 105 people would receive severance and career transition assistance. Before that, in December 2024, Ubisoft canceled XDefiant and closed its San Francisco and Osaka production studios, with 143 people departing in San Francisco out of 277 overall. Both US sites have now been cut more than once.
The parent is French, and where you sat decided what your exit looked like. At its France headquarters Ubisoft opened a Rupture Conventionnelle Collective in January 2026 covering up to 200 positions, a collective voluntary termination that needs employees to choose it, agreement with employee representatives, and validation by French authorities before anything is final, and the company said it applies only to Ubisoft International staff on French contracts. In Halifax it closed a studio of 71 positions weeks after 74 percent of staff voted to unionize, promising "comprehensive severance packages and additional career assistance". In Barcelona, 51 workers facing proposed layoffs struck through mid-July and demanded five years of protection against future collective dismissals. That French plan isn't a US severance term, and nothing in the record extends it to California or North Carolina staff.
For the US rounds there are no terms on record. Ubisoft describes severance and career assistance as offered and attaches no figures to either, and there's no US annual report to check against it, since its EDGAR index holds American Depositary Receipt registrations and a 2008 prospectus rather than periodic financial reports, and the group reports in France. Yves Guillemot told Variety the focus was disciplined workforce management, prioritizing voluntary departures while controlling recruitment, which describes an intent and not your package. Read your agreement for the deadline it gives you and for what it asks you to release, and if you were in the California or North Carolina cuts, the filings behind them carry the notice dates.
Reporting on previous Ubisoft layoff rounds
2026, the June round · Winnipeg and Belgrade closed, 51 layoffs proposed at Barcelona, San Francisco hit, up to 380 people affected in an internal message, with 93 roles reported in the San Francisco branch and filings of 93 in California and 17 in Cary
2026, Red Storm in March · 105 jobs cut at the Cary studio and active game development ended, with the studio kept on for global IT and Snowdrop engine support
Severance and career transition assistance were reported for the 105 people affected. No terms on record.
2026, the January reset · Halifax closed with 71 positions weeks after a union vote, Stockholm closed and projects canceled in the January 21 plan, and up to 200 voluntary exits proposed at the France headquarters
Ubisoft promised comprehensive severance packages and additional career assistance in Halifax. Terms not published.
2024, XDefiant and the San Francisco closure · XDefiant canceled and the San Francisco and Osaka production studios closed, with 143 people departing in San Francisco and 277 in total
How Ubisoft's layoffs compare to other companies
Ubisoft is cutting from the distressed end of the games industry, closing studios in the same fiscal year it posted an IFRS operating loss of 1,322.3 million euros and took 1.16 billion euros of cash from the Tencent transaction. Those figures don't establish the terms of any individual US offer, and no US package figures are on record, but the runway behind any offer to stay is worth weighing.
What to do after being laid off from Ubisoft
- File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Ubisoft's biggest hubs: California, North Carolina, Texas. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
- Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Ubisoft's hub states run: California, North Carolina, Texas, and every other state is here.
- Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
- Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
- Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.
Ubisoft layoff and severance questions
What severance does Ubisoft pay US employees?
For the US rounds there are no terms on record. Ubisoft describes severance and career assistance as offered, and Game Developer reported the 105 people cut at Red Storm in March 2026 would receive severance and career transition assistance, but no figure has been attached to a US package. Nothing on record establishes a standard US package here, so read your own agreement for its stated terms and its release language before you sign. An agreement isn't always the only source of what you're owed, so take a real question about your rights to an employment lawyer in your state.
Is Ubisoft going to survive its restructuring?
Nobody can answer that honestly. What's on record is an IFRS operating loss of 1,322.3 million euros in fiscal 2025-26, 1.16 billion euros of cash from the Tencent transaction, and a target of a 1.25 billion euro fixed cost base by March 2028. Yves Guillemot called it a two-year transformation that comes with difficult decisions and a disappointing short-term financial performance. Weigh that against an offer to stay rather than against a forecast.
My Ubisoft project was canceled. How do I show the work?
Ubisoft's fiscal 2025-26 review discontinued seven projects and delayed six, and Red Storm's canceled work included a Splinter Cell VR game and The Division Heartland, so an unshipped title on a resume is ordinary here. Gather what your agreement allows while you still have access, your role and scope, the team you sat on, and the colleagues who'll speak to the work. Where an NDA blocks the materials, references and a clear account of what you owned carry it.
How many Ubisoft layoffs show up in WARN filings?
Our tracker holds 3 all-time filings matching this company, and 2 filings covering 110 jobs since the start of 2025. Both 2026 filings are dated June 10, 2026, one in California for 93 jobs and one in Cary, North Carolina for 17. Filing thresholds mean smaller and rolling reductions don't always produce a notice, so the tracker records what was filed rather than everyone the company let go.
Was Red Storm Entertainment shut down?
Not shut down, but changed. In March 2026 Ubisoft cut 105 jobs at the Cary studio and ended active game development there, and the studio stayed open as support for global IT and the Snowdrop engine. Our tracker then holds a further 17 Cary jobs filed on June 10, 2026. Red Storm's last shipped title was Assassin's Creed Nexus VR.
Where do I file for unemployment after being laid off from Ubisoft?
In the state where you worked, not where the company is headquartered. Ubisoft's biggest U.S. hubs are California, North Carolina, Texas. Severance usually doesn't block you from filing, and benefits run from your filing date, so file the same week.
Is it OK to file for unemployment after a layoff at Ubisoft?
Yes. Unemployment insurance is funded by payroll taxes employers pay on wages, the claim never appears on credit reports or background checks, and future employers cannot see it. If the hesitation itself is the obstacle, whether filing is OK has its own article.
What happens to my health insurance after a layoff at Ubisoft?
Your plan sets the end date rather than the law, so the separation packet is where that date actually lives, and it is often the last day of the month rather than your last day of work. After coverage ends, COBRA lets you keep the identical plan by paying the whole premium yourself, up to 102 percent of what the plan really costs, which lands as several times the payroll deduction you were used to. You get 60 days to elect, counted from the later of coverage ending or the election notice arriving, and electing reaches the coverage back to the day the old plan stopped so no gap exists. How continuation coverage works walks the timing, and whether to take it rather than a marketplace plan is a separate decision.
Should I sign the severance agreement right away?
First pin down how much review time you actually have. If you're 40 or older, federal law gives you 21 days to consider an agreement that waives age claims, 45 in a group layoff, and a waiver signed under a shorter deadline can be invalid. If you're under 40, no federal window applies and the deadline in your packet may be real, so confirm it in writing and ask for more time if you need it. Use whatever window you have to read the release terms, especially non-disparagement and no-lawsuit clauses, and don't stall past a real deadline, because offers can be withdrawn.
Can I collect unemployment if I got severance from Ubisoft?
Usually yes, though some states delay benefits until severance pay periods end, and lump sums are treated differently than salary continuation. Check your state's rules on our state benefit pages, and file immediately either way so your claim date is locked in.