Ubisoft Red Storm Layoffs: 10 Projects Revealed Including Next Ghost Recon (Project OVR)

The disappointing news continues from Ubisoft. Last week, it was revealed that Ubisoft would be cutting over 100 employees from its legendary studio, Red Storm Entertainment. However, according to Insider Gaming, Red Storm had been working on ten upcoming projects before being restructured - and one title may shock you.

Red Storm Entertainment was the original Tom Clancy team behind the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon games before being acquired by Ubisoft in 2000. The studio continued to work on Tom Clancy novel adaptations, with Ubisoft carrying the Clancy name forward for the foreseeable future. Now, with the ongoing restructuring within Ubisoft, it appears the studio - though not completely closed - will become a full support team. This has largely been the team’s role for several years, with no new IPs launched since Ghost Recon: Future Soldier in 2012.

The last title Red Storm was developing before it was cancelled was The Division Heartland, a free-to-play spin-off within The Division series. With the cancellation of Heartland and no officially announced projects planned for the future, support work has been the studio’s primary focus for years. Below is a list of the ten projects the team had reportedly been working on:

• Rainbow Six Siege seasonal content
• The next mainline Ghost Recon game, currently known as Project OVR
• Brawlhalla
• Beyond Good & Evil 2
• A smaller-scale Rainbow Six game called Slice & Dice
• Splinter Cell
• Audio support for The Division 2
• Conceptual work for The Division 3
• Support for Watch Dogs: Director’s Cut
• Another unannounced project currently in the conception stage

While the studio may not be shutting down entirely, it is sad to see yet another legendary studio reduced amid the struggles of a suffering industry.

Did you notice that one title revealed back in 2008 continues to receive support despite still lacking a release date? After nearly two decades of development, Beyond Good & Evil 2 remains in production following years of development hell. Why has the game suffered so many setbacks yet continues to be supported after all this time? We have a few theories.

Let us know what you think about Red Storm Entertainment’s latest developments in the comments.