Ubisoft has introduced that it plans to close down Trials developer RedLynx as a part of its ongoing restructuring efforts, in addition to scale back the workforce of its Cranium and Bones studio, Ubisoft Singapore, by shedding 72 folks. The closure of the Finland-based RedLynx is in a proposal stage, and Ubisoft says that as a result of the studio is not presently engaged on a brand new challenge, it makes extra financial sense to shut it down and retrench its 52 staff as an alternative.
Underneath Finnish legislation (by way of Kotaku), Ubisoft is legally required to seek the advice of and negotiate with staff earlier than it makes main modifications to the studio, which is why Ubisoft hasn’t formally introduced but that it will shut down RedLynx–although it is seemingly solely a matter of time. The studio was first fashioned in 2000, and it is best identified for its sequence of challenging–but extremely enjoyable–Trials video games, 2.5D motorbike platforming video games that require gamers to grasp their automobile, gravity, and overcome a sequence of more and more harmful impediment programs. Ubisoft acquired the studio in 2011, and RedLynx’s Trials HD shortly grew to become a breakout hit on the Xbox Arcade market.
A number of video games within the Trails franchise have been launched through the years, with the final one being Trials Rising in 2019. Since then, RedLynx assisted Large Leisure with the Google Stadia port of The Division 2 and the Swap 2 port of Star Wars Outlaws, and it additionally produced the 2023 cellular recreation Gwen’s Getaway. Final yr, RedLynx misplaced 60 employees members throughout a restructuring wave at Ubisoft and it was introduced that it will pivot to creating cellular video games.
In the meantime, Ubisoft Singapore is projected to be dropping as a lot as 20% of its workforce. Established in 2008, it assisted on growth of a number of Murderer’s Creed video games and it was the lead developer on Cranium and Bones, Ubisoft’s naval warfare recreation set within the golden age of piracy. “At Ubisoft Singapore, 70 positions have been impacted to align the studio with upcoming manufacturing wants,” Ubisoft stated in a press release to GamesIndustry.Biz. “The studio stays an necessary a part of Ubisoft’s world manufacturing group. We deeply worth the contributions of each groups and acknowledge the influence this will have on our colleagues. We’re dedicated to supporting our groups all through this course of and conducting it with care and respect.”
There have been a number of extra large modifications at Ubisoft just lately, together with the announcement that Rainbow Six Cell will shut down in January 2027. As a part of its Artistic Homes restructuring, Artistic Home 2 has been confusingly rebranded to Large Leisure, whereas Large Leisure, the studio, will live on inside it. Ubisoft studios throughout Montréal, Paris, Sweden, and Toronto fall underneath this Artistic Home, which is targeted on nearly all of Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy-branded video games.