Ubisoft has confirmed in an interview the first details of its new Creative House structure, the cancellation of six games and the delay of seven more, and a "final" round of cuts to deliver €200 million in savings, including the closure of several studios.

In December 2025, the developers at Ubisoft Halifax--the studio behind the mobile game Assassin's Creed Rebellion --successfully voted to unionize and join the Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada. Now, less than a month later, Ubisoft is shutting down Ubisoft Halifax and laying off 70 people.

The Division 3 has been in development for a while, and the latest news out of Ubisoft isn't promising for the game's future.

71 employees impacted.

The Sands of Time Remake is one of six projects that have been cancelled in the overhaul, along with seven more that are delayed.

Ubisoft Halifax's demise prompts the CWA to get involved

Ubisoft is undergoing a total organizational reset to fix what it calls a persistently more selective gaming market. The French giant announced today it is cutting costs by $500 million euro, cancelling several projects,

Ubisoft's latest cost-cutting measure has tanked morale at the publisher to a point where development talent is now shaming upper management.

Weeks after it formed a union, Ubisoft's Halifax studio has been shut down by the publisher as it moves to "streamline operations."

Ubisoft has confirmed Beyond Good and Evil 2 remains a priority for the studio and "fits with [its] strategy of focusing on Open World Adventures".