😱 “FIRE YOURSELVES!”

Ubisoft just DROPPED the most INSANE layoff memo EVER – begging devs at Star Wars Outlaws studio to “voluntarily” quit with a fancy “career transition” package! 💥 “Take your next step on your own terms”… aka GTFO politely!

After Avatar & Outlaws FLOPPED hard, stock tanking, and billions bleeding – is this the death spiral for Assassin’s Creed giants? Fans raging: “Corporate suicide!” You won’t believe the tone-deaf statement that broke the internet…

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In a move that’s sparked outrage and mockery across the gaming world, Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment – the studio behind flops Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – has launched a “voluntary career transition program,” essentially asking developers to fire themselves with a severance sweetener, as the French giant grapples with plunging sales, stock crashes, and a brutal 2025 cost-cutting crusade.

The October 22 announcement, posted on X by @UbiMassive, framed the downsizing as “ongoing evolution”: “To support this transition responsibly, we introduced a voluntary career transition program, giving eligible team members the opportunity to take their next career step on their own terms, supported by a comprehensive package that includes financial and career assistance.” Critics blasted it as the “worst layoff announcement ever,” with one X user calling it “corporate speak from 1984’s Newspeak.”

Eligible employees – mainly those on permanent contracts awaiting reassignment – have until December 15 to “volunteer,” per French outlet Le Figaro. The program targets realignment toward The Division franchise and tech like Snowdrop engine, ditching broader projects post-Outlaws’ “softer than expected” sales.

This isn’t isolated: Ubisoft slashed 185 jobs in January 2025, closing Leamington studio; shuttered XDefiant in June, axing nearly 300; and hit RedLynx with up to 60 cuts. Total layoffs since November 2023? Over 676, with more looming.

Financials paint disaster: Fiscal 2024-2025 net bookings dropped 20.5% to €1.85 billion; €159 million loss; shares plunged 18% post-May earnings, down 60% yearly. CEO Yves Guillemot delayed titles for “additional time,” eyeing breakeven in 2025-2026, but analysts warn of bankruptcy risks without hits like Assassin’s Creed Shadows (March 20).

Backlash exploded: Reddit threads mocked “voluntary layoffs” as standard but “tone-deaf”; X memes roasted “fire yourselves.” “Better than forced,” some said, citing severance and job help – but in a industry with 23% unemployment for vets, “foolish” to take unless exiting gaming.

Ubisoft’s woes trace to 2024 flops, delays (Shadows), cancellations (XDefiant), Tencent stakes in subsidiaries. Cost plan: €200 million savings via restructurings, ahead of schedule.

Defenses: Voluntary first avoids unions; focuses on core (Division). Guillemot: “Significant content” ahead.

Roots: Founded 1986, Guillemot brothers built empire on Assassin’s Creed (200M+ sales). Peaks: Valhalla billions. Now: AI pushes, crunch scandals, “fratboy” cleanup.

Analysts predict privatization, dismantling if Shadows flops. Stock dips, boycotts: “Ubisoft suicide.” Will Tencent swallow? Guillemot fight? Or more “transitions”?

As devs “step on own terms,” gaming weeps: Another giant crumbles under greed.