company video game Ubisoft Entertainment, responsible for symbolic epics Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry, It will close its sales offices in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Scandinavian countries, The French company announced this Monday in a statement to ‘Bloomberg News’.
Setting will lead layoffs of 60 employees and in the frame restructuring plan for departments Europe and canada. Ubisoft has more than 20,000 employees worldwideaccording to their website.
Scored a multi-national goal poor performance on latest video game versionsto which a weak sales campaign is added. This was reflected in the latest results presentation, which the company cited as “major challenges” stemming from the macroeconomic environment. As a result, it announced a bi-annual plan to reduce costs to 200 million Euros, which would affect the workforce and mean the sale of non-critical assets.
Moreover, In early January, Ubisoft canceled three unannounced games and delayed Skull and Bones again.. On the other hand, the other four cancellations of games in development were announced in July of last year.