Online games news Tedious Retro Gamer, 13-01-2026
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When you thought that the moment Ubisoft’s shares reached the rock bottom was bad, or the moment they had to sell all of their most valuable assets to the new investors was bad, no one could predict they can sink any lower, right? Well, there was some development in that matter...
Of course, you heard already about the massive breach in Rainbow Six Siege, which gave the hackers chance not only to give users a lot of rare items to play with, but also the internal currency was flowing out like there is no tomorrow.
Of course, Ubisoft was quick to reverse the transactions and restore the order... for a few days, until another breach happened. But still, that was not the worst thing that happened to them in the early 2026. In Ubisoft Halifax studio in their North America branch, 71 employees have unionized. It was one of the first examples of such action taken by the staff of AAA publishers.
Of course, it did not last long, Ubisoft have shut down the whole Halifax studio as part of the effort to "streamline" their operations. Hence, my appeal to Ubisoft employees - could you unionize some more? This way, Ubisoft will have to shut down all of their studios, and we would finally get rid of that cancer...
13-01-2026
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