Ubisoft Halts Development at Red Storm Entertainment, Studio of the Rainbow Six Series

Red Storm Entertainment, the studio founded by Tom Clancy in 1996 and known for pioneering military-themed games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, has become the latest casualty of the ongoing restructuring at Ubisoft. Ubisoft acquired Red Storm in 2000, following the success of the original Rainbow Six in 1998 and Ghost Recon in 2000. Red Storm's most recent major release was Ghost Recon: Future Soldier in 2012. Since then, the studio's focus shifted to providing IT and Snowdrop engine support for Ubisoft. Although they released Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR in 2023, several projects have been canceled, including a VR Tom Clancy game in 2022 and The Division Heartland, a free-to-play spin-off, in 2024. Following Ubisoft's January 2024 cancellation of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and the closure of Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Halifax, the company announced it would lay off 105 developers at Red Storm. This move effectively ends development activities at the studio, with a smaller team remaining for technical support.

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Video Games Chronicle (VGC) anticipated the cuts at Red Storm. As of this writing, Ubisoft has not released an official statement. Sources also report layoffs at Ubisoft Abu Dhabi, RedLynx, and Massive Entertainment, alongside plans to eliminate 200 roles at Ubisoft's Paris headquarters. While Red Storm is best known for titles like Rainbow Six, its recent work included virtual reality games, most notably Assassin's Creed Nexus VR for Meta Quest headsets. The 2012 release of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier suggests that AAA development had not been a priority for Red Storm for some time.

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