the company of video game Ubisoft Entertainmentresponsible for sagas as emblematic as assassin’s creed either Far Cry, will close its sales offices in Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the Scandinavian countries, the French company announced Monday in a statement to ‘Bloomberg News’. The adjustment will lead to dismissal of 60 employees and is framed in reorganization plan for its divisions in Europe and Canada. Ubisoft has more than 20,000 employees worldwide, according to its website.
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The multinational has recorded a poor performance in its latest video game releases, to which a weak sales campaign has been added. This has been reflected in its latest results presentation and that the company has attributed to “big challenges” resulting from the macroeconomic environment.
As a result, it already announced then a biannual plan to reduce costs for 200 million euros that would affect the workforce and would imply the sale of non-critical assets. Also, in early January, Ubisoft canceled three titles that had not yet been announced and again delayed the Skull and Bones game. On the other hand, already in July of last year other four game cancellations in development.