Ubisoft Reported to Close Redlynx, Cut Staff at Ubisoft Singapore

Ubisoft is laying off staff at Ubisoft Singapore — the studio behind the upcoming Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced — while simultaneously shutting down Redlynx, the Finnish studio behind the Trials franchise, according to a Rock Paper Shotgun report. The report cites sources familiar with the company's plans, though Ubisoft has not publicly confirmed headcount figures for either action.

For the developers affected, the timing matters as much as the scale. Ubisoft Singapore is an active production studio with a shipped remaster project in its portfolio, which typically means the layoffs there are project-cycle cuts rather than a full closure. Redlynx, by contrast, is a complete studio shutdown — a materially different event for the people involved.

What does the difference mean for affected staff?

A layoff at a continuing studio and a studio closure produce different market situations, even when the press coverage blends them into one story.

• Ubisoft Singapore layoffs: the studio remains open and still houses the team attached to Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. Laid-off staff can credibly present recent, shipped-product experience on their CVs, and the studio's continued existence means internal transfers may be an option for some roles.
• Redlynx closure: the entire studio reportedly winds down. Every employee enters the market at once, which concentrates competition locally but also signals a coherent, full-team talent pool to recruiters — something hiring studios sometimes move on quickly.

Redlynx built its reputation on the Trials physics-platforming series, a franchise with a dedicated audience and a distinctive engineering skill set around real-time physics and track design. Developers with that background tend to be portable across racing, simulation and vehicle-game projects.

Why this fits the wider pattern

Studio consolidations at large publishers rarely target one location in isolation. When a company the size of Ubisoft trims headcount at a major production hub and closes a smaller subsidiary in the same reporting cycle, it usually signals a portfolio-level cost review rather than performance issues at either studio.

Rock Paper Shotgun attributes the news to sources describing the plans, and the report notes that official confirmation and exact numbers had not been published at the time of writing. Treat the headcount as unconfirmed until Ubisoft issues a statement or a regulatory filing quantifies the cuts.

For practitioners, the actionable point is straightforward: if you work at a mid-sized studio under a large publisher, watch the publisher's portfolio announcements, not just your own studio's project pipeline. Closures often follow franchise-level decisions made several reporting tiers above the affected team.

Expect confirmation, revised headcounts or a rebuttal from Ubisoft to follow in the coming news cycle, and expect the Redlynx talent pool — physics-focused engineers and designers — to be absorbed by other studios in the region fairly quickly if the closure holds.