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    Wochen nach der Gewerkschaftsgründung zieht Ubisoft dem Halifax-Studio den Stecker

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    1. wirdnichts on

      >“I’m hoping that it’s not related to the fact that they were just unionized, that it’s something, you know, very technical and simple like a project ending and they just don’t have any work for them.”

      Oh sweetheart

    2. Ven18 on

      Obviously a shit move by a terrible company punishing people for unionizing but on the other hand they are now free from working for Ubisoft and if previously history is precedent they will go to make much better games elsewhere.
      Also as much as this is clearly anti union retaliation Ubi is also bleeding money at the moment cause most every game they make sucks and costs a half billion to make. If it comes out that they are going bankrupt by the end of year I would not be surprised.

    5. Drabenb on

      Everybody has a choice. They don’t really enjoy the consequences most times.

    6. MoeBarz on

      I mean, it’s not like I haven’t already been avoiding Ubisoft games like they were a plague

    7. thismadhatter on

      Timing is terrible but Ubisoft is a sinking ship and thats very well known.

    8. GodzillaUK on

      Sexual abuse cover-ups and union busting. good ol‘ Ubisoft doing what they do best. Being fucking awful.

    9. lurkering101 on

      Not a great move to make your office the top billing of a dying company.

    11. AlphaMetroid on

      The recent cyber attack couldn’t have happened to a more deserving company

    12. fat_pokemon on

      As much as people gripe about ‚union busting‘ the truth of the matter seems a bit more nuanced.

      Halifax studios, originally Longtail Studios (who co-developed rocksmith 2014) was tasked to produce mobile games, and their output, from what i can find information about, was 2 of them.

      Rainbow Six Mobile – Mobile port of Rainbow Six Siege. Was in beta since 2023 (and only 4 countries at that). Was only officially released in Latin America. Full release was suppose to be next month).

      Assassin’s Creed Rebellion – ‚cute‘ looking assassins creed that reviewed rather averagely, coupled with shitty transactions to speed up progression. Weirdly, another studio is also taking credit for this. Behaviour Interactive…the makers of dead by daylight. This seems really confusing. Did they make this game or is this this a case of multiple developers?

      Regardless. Halifax Studios’s output isn’t exactly what you would call great. Sounds cold, but if i was a game publisher executive, i too would put suspect on the studio who’s output in the last ten years is a bit suspect. Hell, there were reports that they were slowly reducing staff over the last few years regardless so…..

      I suspect that the people didn’t like the constantly firings and wanted their jobs protected and those who unionized were hoping that halifax’s anti-union laws will protect them.

    13. Hayes4prez on

      Sounds like Ubisoft’s business plan wasn’t properly designed to pay workers adequately.

    14. todang on

      Yep. As an amazon driver its funny when people say „well if you dont wanna be mistreated unionize!“

      And i point to endless examples of organized wal marts being shutdown overnight. Amazon warehouses in Canada closing completely after unionizing.

      Its a very cute backwards concept people have that we just need to stand up for our rights. We cannot stand while our legs are being broken. Need govt help.

    16. Morlu on

      Ubisoft has dropped like 5 failures in a row. Probably more to do with financial decisions than the unionization.

    18. vanishing_grad on

      This is nitpicky but journalists of all people should know about dangling participles. The headline as written suggests that the first clause refers to the entire company of Ubisoft unionizing, but it should be something like „Weeks after the studio unionized, Ubisoft pulls the plug“. Not confusing in this case but risky to have errors like this because the reference can be unclear

    19. DreamKillaNormnBates on

      I remember when I was a kid and StarCraft came out. I reached out to some of the guys that worked on the game to figure out what I needed to do in school to work at blizzard. Guy just told me point blank: “I worked over 100 hours a week and half my coworkers got fired. This job sucks and the pay sucks.”

      Turns out that’s just every white collar job. lol.

    20. enek101 on

      Im not a union supporter, I worked in one for 10 years as a construction worker and it basically just robed me the entire time i was there. Not to mention in observation the only people a union protects are the people who don’t want to do their job.

      That being said seeing company’s eliminate jobs to stop union growth is kinda dumb. and a shady move at best . Ubi is a pretty crappy company, we all know that. so take this with what you may

      However id like to point out if a company treats its employees well enough and gives them a liveable wage with benefits that are decent you typically never have to worry about it

    21. FingerLickingticklin on

      Absurdly evil but no has shame or empathy anymore so this is all we are left with a sad chase for external growth and always at the heart of it more money, selfishness is the root of all evil

    22. SameType9265 on

      People are blaming Ubisoft here but the real problem is the government not giving proper workers rights

    23. xJayce77 on

      And a trash company continues to show its trash.

      Ubisoft has been struggling so much over the last few years. They struggle to release quality games, games launches are garbage. I haven’t touched a single one of their games in the last two years.

      And now shuttering a studio because it unionizes is completely asinine. They receive soooo much in tax credits from government (in Quebec at least), not sure how this is even justifiable.

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