45 employees were laid off by Ubisoft on Friday. As spotted by Dead Game's Ethan Gach, the cuts hit the developer's global publishing teams to "enhance our collective efficiency.""These are not decisions taken lightly," wrote Ubisoft, "and we are providing comprehensive support for our impacted colleagues."For Ubisoft, this marks the French studio's first round of layoffs for 2024. In 2023, it made reductions across its customer service and community teams, and cuts were also made at Ubisoft Montreal and Quebec specifically.These layoffs closed a week of reductions at GameStop, Gearbox, and Nintendo of America.