Ubisoft guts OG Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon studio, laying off 105 developers as Red Storm transitions from game development to tech support [Yahoo! Finance]
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Credit: Ubisoft/MobyGames Multiple outlets are reporting that Ubisoft has ended game development at Red Storm Entertainment, the studio that created the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon series. The reports suggest that over 105 developers are being laid off as a result of the decision. IGN GamesIndustry.biz , and VGC are all separately reporting essentially the same details: Red Storm Entertainment is transitioning away from game development, with a permanent downsizing cutting 105 jobs. Red Storm will now function as a support studio, offering IT assistance and development support on the Snowdrop engine, which has powered many of Ubisoft's games since it debuted in 2016 with The Division. This is part of the "major reset" Ubisoft announced earlier in the year , which is seeing the company reorganize itself into five major "creative houses" that will handle core development on key franchises. Under the new Ubisoft, studios like the now-gutted Red Storm exist outside of those five ke
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