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CTOnews.com, March 7 (Xinhua)-- according to NME, Ubisoft has confirmed that it is undergoing a "strategic restructuring of its subsidiaries in Europe" following rumors that the company will close some of its European branches.

Ubisoft is a well-known game developer and publisher in France, with famous game series such as "Assassin Creed", "watchdog", "Glory War Soul" and so on. According to CTOnews.com, the company has a number of subsidiaries and studios around the world, including Yubi Benelu Studio (Ubisoft Benelux) in the Netherlands.

According to a post on the Resetera forum, employees of Ubisoft's Benelux studio received an email on March 3, 2023, which read as follows:

"We all know that the market is constantly changing and as an organization we need to keep up with it. At present, Ubisoft faces several challenges caused by external factors, such as declining sales of physical games and growth in digital sales, marketing centralization by digitizing all of our communication channels, moving from large retail distributions to free, mobile and seasonal games, and fewer large physical shows. In order to meet the challenges ahead, Ubisoft management decided to close some subsidiaries in Europe. Unfortunately, Ubisoft Benelu Studios is one of the entities affected by the expected closure, and most of its employees will leave on April 1, 2023. As a result of the closure, Ubisoft BV will completely outsource the current physical game distribution in Benelux to a distributor to be announced later. "

A spokesman for Ubisoft responded: "Ubisoft's distribution organization is strategically restructuring its European subsidiary. This is an ongoing process and we have no more details to share at this stage." This neither confirmed nor denied whether Ubisoft's Benelux studio or other European subsidiaries would be closed.

Ubisoft CEO has recently been criticized for underperforming the game and passing the buck to its employees. Ubisoft is not in a good position at the moment. "Blue Sea and Black Sail" has been postponed again, and several projects are reported to have been cancelled. However, it is not all bad news. Ubisoft will still have unannounced "large-scale high-quality" games in the coming year.

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