--- title: Ubisoft Barcelona May Lay Off Staff Despite Black Flag... description: Ubisoft Barcelona employees are facing layoffs despite the commercial success of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, which sold 2 million copies and set a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ubisoft-barcelona-may-lay-off-staff-despite-black-flag-resynced-hit-kvfwmkihk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ubisoft Barcelona May Lay Off Staff Despite Black Flag Resynced Hit | daily.dev og:description: Ubisoft Barcelona employees are facing layoffs despite the commercial success of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, which sold 2 million copies and set a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ubisoft-barcelona-may-lay-off-staff-despite-black-flag-resynced-hit-kvfwmkihk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KVFWmkihk.png og:image:alt: Ubisoft Barcelona May Lay Off Staff Despite Black Flag Resynced Hit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ubisoft Barcelona May Lay Off Staff Despite Black Flag Resynced Hit **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ubisoft Barcelona employees are facing layoffs despite the commercial success of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, which sold 2 million copies and set a franchise record on Steam. Around 51 employees (28% of the studio's workforce) were informed of a collective redundancy plan two weeks before the game's launch. Workers, represented by the CSVI union, have gone on strike during ongoing negotiations. Ubisoft states no final decision has been made and that the consultation process is still ongoing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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