Ubisoft Insists MIA Splinter Cell Remake Still in Development Despite Fresh Layoffs

Ubisoft has said its long-awaited Splinter Cell remake remains successful improvement contempt layoffs astatine the workplace moving connected the project.

40 jobs volition beryllium mislaid astatine Ubisoft Toronto, the institution has present announced, arsenic portion of the ongoing propulsion to chopped costs that has seen thousands of employees depart implicit the past fewer years. In a connection sent to IGN, Ubisoft said that enactment connected Splinter Cell was unaffected by the redundancies.

The institution announced plans to remake the archetypal Splinter Cell utilizing The Division's snazzy Snowdrop motor backmost successful December 2021, though small has been heard of it since.

"Following the recent announcement of the final signifier of Ubisoft's planetary cost-savings program and the discontinuation of projects, Ubisoft Toronto volition beryllium reducing its workforce by 40 roles," a Ubisoft spokesperson said.

"This determination was not taken lightly and does not successful immoderate mode bespeak the talent, dedication, oregon contributions of the individuals affected. Our precedence present is to support them through this modulation with broad severance packages and robust vocation placement assistance. 

"The Toronto workplace continues improvement connected the Splinter Cell crippled and serves arsenic a co-development spouse connected Rainbow Six, on with supporting further co-development projects."

The proposition present is that Toronto was moving connected 1 of the six games that Ubisoft canned past month, including its Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. At the time, the institution besides confirmed the afloat closures of Ubisoft Stockholm and Ubisoft Halifax, and "restructurings" of unit astatine Ubisoft offices successful Abu Dhabi, Trials workplace RedLynx and astatine Massive, location to The Division. A week later, Ubisoft past announced plans to suffer up to 200 jobs astatine its office successful Paris — a determination that has since been the taxable of worker protests.

As for the Splinter Cell remake, the task remains firmly nether wraps without immoderate benignant of merchandise window. Still, immoderate affirmative quality emerged precocious past twelvemonth — erstwhile the remake's archetypal manager David Grivel announced helium had returned to recommence his relation aft leaving Ubisoft successful 2022. Here's hoping much emerges from the shadows soon.

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