That sucks, those big companies really don't want people to unionize... Just like Amazon did with their warehouses in Québec. We should really stick together and unionize everything we can, the government apparently doesn't care enough about us.

71 people lose their jobs just to send a message

I've been avoiding ubi for a decade or longer because they suck in many other ways, but here's another reason to not give them a single penny.

Absolute scumbags.

Need more to unionise at the same time.

Jail.

Ubisoft is actually the worst possible video game corporation.

They almost never make a game that's worthy of anyone's time, their business practices are scummy, they kill off their games and tell people to get used to not owning them, treat their workers like shit and their stock price is in the gutter so not even the wallstreet ghouls benefit from how awful they are.

It's incredible.

Here if over 50% want to form a union its illegal to stop it. I wonder if the USA has that?

What are the chances that it was shut down because of the unionization, vs just bad timing?

It's unrelated though, trust me bro it just is. 🙄

I don't like Assassin's Creed or Tom Clancy's games enough anyway: Ubisoft now blocked on my Steam list.

Haven't touched anything Ubisoft for a very long time. It appears I still don't have to.

Ubisoft hate Linux so I hope they go away and make way for something better.

they same ubisoft, that used a show on apple tv+(mythic quest) to make good propaganda about the company to paint a positive light.

Original: The layoffs across the video game industry are getting started early in 2026. Ubisoft has announced the closure of Ubisoft Halifax.

The closure will see 71 people lose their jobs.

The news of the studio’s shutdown comes just days after it was announced that 61 of the studio’s employees joined the Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada, Local 30111. The certification for the union came on December 18, 2025, and was branded as the Ubisoft Workers of Canada, Halifax.

In a statement, Ubisoft says that decision comes after two years of “company-wide actions to streamline operations”.

“Over the past 24 months, Ubisoft has undertaken company-wide actions to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs,” the company said. “As part of this, Ubisoft has made the difficult decision to close its Halifax studio. 71 positions will be affected.

“We are committed to supporting all impacted team members during this transition with resources, including comprehensive severance packages and additional career assistance.”

The decision, Ubisoft claims, was made “well before” the staff unionized. Ubisoft added that it respected its employees right to join a union. Insider Gaming has reached out for a statement from members of the Union. Should that be received, it will be added to this story.

Prior to its closure, Ubisoft Halifax was working on mobile games for Rainbow Six and Assassin’s Creed.

“In Canada, it is unlawful for a business to close because its workers decide to unionize,” the statement reads. “While we are not saying that this is what happened here, we will be demanding information from Ubisoft about the reason for the sudden decision to close.”

“Over the past 24 months, Ubisoft has undertaken company-wide actions to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs,” the company said. “As part of this, Ubisoft has made the difficult decision to close its Halifax studio. 71 positions will be affected.

Shady assholes would use that excuse to happen to close a branch that unionized... we know why...