Ubisoft reportedly ends game development at Red Storm Entertainment

Since January, Ubisoft has been making cuts across the board and cancelling projects. The latest casualty is the publisher's Red Storm Entertainment studio, which is now reportedly laying off all of its game development talent.

According to VGC, Ubisoft has let go of its 105 developers at Red Storm Entertainment. The studio, which had previously been responsible for Tom Clancy titles like Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, will be transformed into a ‘global IT hub' for Ubisoft, offering support duties for systems and the proprietary Snowdrop Engine.

Red Storm Entertainment is based in North Carolina, USA, and has been in operation since 1996. Ubisoft acquired the studio in 2000 and for a time, this was the primary studio for Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon titles. In more recent years, the studio has primarily developed experimental games, like Star Trek: Bridge Crew and Assassin's Creed Nexus VR.

While Red Storm is not shutting down, it will no longer be one of Ubisoft's primary game development studios. The move will reduce the headcount at the studio by around 105 employees as part of Ubisoft's continued cost-cutting initative.

KitGuru Says: It is always a shame to see a long-standing legacy studio go through something like this.

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