--- title: Ubisoft reportedly cancels life-simulator project Alterra description: Ubisoft has reportedly cancelled its life simulator project codenamed Alterra, an Animal Crossing-inspired voxel creation game that had been in development at... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ubisoft-reportedly-cancels-life-simulator-project-alterra-5dcld9see twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ubisoft reportedly cancels life-simulator project Alterra | daily.dev og:description: Ubisoft has reportedly cancelled its life simulator project codenamed Alterra, an Animal Crossing-inspired voxel creation game that had been in development at... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ubisoft-reportedly-cancels-life-simulator-project-alterra-5dcld9see og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5Dcld9See.png og:image:alt: Ubisoft reportedly cancels life-simulator project Alterra 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 reportedly cancels life-simulator project Alterra **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ubisoft has reportedly cancelled its life simulator project codenamed Alterra, an Animal Crossing-inspired voxel creation game that had been in development at Ubisoft Montréal for about 18 months. Staff were notified on April 22 and are being reassigned to other projects with no layoffs. The cancellation is part of Ubisoft's broader portfolio management strategy, which has also seen three other games cancelled earlier this year, studio closures, and layoffs at Red Storm Entertainment as the company pursues €200 million in cost savings. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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