Ubisoft Barcelona faces layoffs amid Black Flag remake launch
Don't buy the remake to Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. The game just came out and how does the team get rewarded? With layoffs. Why should we reward Ubisoft with our hard earned money?? Boycott this shit! insider-gaming.com/assassins-cr...
Ten | TheLetterTen | "Hold On" Podcast79If you still think it's okay to buy games after a big corpo fires their employees right after launching a game, YOU are part of the problem.
Lade Hireold, in hiatus until construction is done53Also DOOM Dark Ages' DLC released yesterday and ID Software got hit by 136 layoffs (they were only 200) AAA corpos are killing everything
Hiraku ||🜬 ⚣ || 🐇♍♋♒ || 🇹🇼🇲🇲🇨🇳27I concluded Ubisoft was trash when they were actually willing to let the original creator of the story go. This just reinforced that belief I had.
carolinawolfsky.bsky.social14🖕🖕 CORPORATIONS, CEOS, AND SHAREHOLDER!!
Taering12I mean, it did get leaked days before release; another W for pirates, I suppose.
Julio12I'm not paying for a game I beat 10 times. I will not be playing this game even for free because it's from Ubisoft.
Gordo!29does any other industry do this kind of shit as often as the games industry?
Forest5Fuck these studios and their treating hard working devs and code monkeys like disposable garbage. It’s past time there were unions for these guys and long term contacts.
Iryna5I don’t get this company.. they release something great like this and then go and shoot them selves in the foot.
KARL FRANZ, PRINCE AND EMPEROR ⬛ ⬜ 🟪2The original is the best AC game just play it
WrestleChaps is for Everyone* 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ *Except Dickheads2The employees never saw it coming, even though their first task was often to unload computers from a rental truck.
Naming all the game studios behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remastered like I'm Yakko in front of a map
Got everything done that I need to get done so now I can spend the rest of the day like this. Game of choice: AC: Black Flag Resynced 🏴☠️.
Aye5Thought you were wearing long trousers for a panicky second
Sammy 🏳️🌈3I did not see the controller for a second there and I thought you photoshopped out part of your shoulder and arm lmao
𒌐🌈ざぼうさん🌈𒌐3This is going to make me consider this game more and more
Pete2Very good look on you 🥵
Just another hoyw2Lucky you! Just heading home now. Loooooong day.
itskevin7.bsky.social2Enjoy that deserved rest! Looking great btw! 😮💨
Ubisoft Barcelona lays off 51 employees on 'Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced' launch day. insider-gaming.com/assassins-cr...
Dayo112Uno acaba admirando los esfuerzos de Ubisoft por recordarnos periódicamente que son una compañía de mierda y sin valores.
Jón Kristinsson16This is just fucked up. I don't know what to say anymore.. 😓
☀️ Fran J. Ruiz ⌨7Hey, remember when some folks were pretending to be sad about a Guillemot the other day?
George Glass6Increíble. En el puto día de salida.
Zellia6Love this new strategy of 'we're launching our game! btw everyone who made it is jobless now lol'
Winston6La bonne blague. Merci Yves. N'achetez pas le jeu.
SRay 6Pensando pensamientos de mejorarle la iluminación a la empresa con una buena lumbre
Gavin6Fuck Ubisoft for this, just the worst thing about the game industry is the hire and fire model so the execs can give themselves massive bonuses
Rodrigo Sanches6E dá vontade de comprar esse jogo depois disso?
Justin J. Conidaris3"Successful launch! Now let's fire people so we don't have to pay them as much." The AAA industry needs to crash and burn.
I've been playing Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced and here's my in-depth views and thoughts on the game from my many hours played including pros and cons! - you're welsh
Nerevarine Cali2awesome and sorry to hear that
Gabi2At least you aren't Irish :3
Majima Drinking a Forty in the Death Basket1Video games are meant to be an escape smfh
Abigail A. Martens 🇮🇪/🇩🇪1why i prefered rouge. cause. you are irish
The Wayne Gretzky of Vasectomies1On the other hand, Matt Ryan's voice is. Hoo. It's good.
Zaggy Norse1And what are the cons
Ubisoft devs who worked on Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced in Barcelona celebrate the game's launch today by bracing for layoffs. "After 7 years at Ubi... https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-devs-celebrate-black-flag-remake-launch-with-layoffs-this-is-not-how-i-imagined-it-would-end-2000714209
Shayna Moon (she/they)336I saw a post where someone made the connection that a company laying you off right after your product comes out is pretty much stealing your wages from you and, yeah. They’re double dipping, getting all the profit and not having to pay for the team that generated it.
Nathan Grayson258hardly the worst part of this, but an utterly needless shovelful of salt in the wound
janekiller pain187at what point do game devs just start holding nearly-completed games hostage because they've been shown that as soon as they release a wildly successful game they'll all be fired
RTL335At this point, releasing a game is the leading cause of job termination for people who make video games, followed closely by "work on video games"
Aranock, 4 of Ravens27You can literally make a successful game and get laid off anyway. The games industry hates workers.
Sputnik3420make a bad game? layoffs make a good game? layoffs make an award winning game? layoffs
Pokey9Meant it the other day that you should make connections with indies looking for publishers this upcoming gamescom if you still want to leap into the games industry. Anyone I know of in a secure enough spot right now is through self-sustainment or mutually beneficial support.
Biological Riley7It’s disgusting that this happens so regularly in the industry. People working 7 years on a game only to have anxiety over job security the day of release (when sales success or failure still needs to be accounted for) is a disgrace
Hershel6they released an unfaithful remake that cut whole sections/scenes in the game that were pretty well enjoyed back in the day, with 80 dollars worth of day one dlc NOT part of the deluxe edition, and followed it up by firing a bunch of folks. stop giving ubisoft your money. this shit is evil
Pim’s Crypt!4This song but this time exclusively about the video game industry. youtu.be/68juSuQRtMY?...
Black Flag Resynced is pretty great my reservations about the changes to the original combat gameplay notwithstanding. The parkour is unequivocally leagues better now with the addition of the side eject.
#StupidSuez20It is a bit absurd that AC1 had some of the best parkour of all time and they are finally learning this
Reconstructionist4oh how does the combat feel? i am tempted to download it and try this weekend
Victor Von Doomscroll2Is it worth trying if I thought shadows was decent but a bit bulky
Hantonio Gramsci1I am so glad to hear this. It was my absolute favorite and I can't wait to play again. Sing me all the sea chanties.
Andreas Lindh1First 2 rows I was reading it like you were talking about the band...
I purchased my copy of Black Flag Resynced digitally, specifically to damage the future of gaming. Thank you everyone.
Lephys of the Punforge 🕹️2Should've bought 10 copies, then. Pssh...
Upperthighs1Thanks. I joined you just last night in doing the same.
CyNetrunner1With a game called "BLACK FLAG," you didn't digitally pirate it? I'm so disappointed smh.
The slushmeister1Mr. Oats I'm afraid the council is going to have to hunt you down for sport.
