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[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 225 points 3 weeks ago

yeah, that'll make him show up to the office!

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 51 points 3 weeks ago

It's big brain moves like this that'll surely return the like ... 20x? ... value they've lost over the last few years.

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

I’m sure the publicity of it I’ll land this guy a higher paying job anyways

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I get the impression Ubisoft wants to lay off as many people as possible anyway. They don‘t care who so as long as they can meet some quota. I’m guessing they‘re trying to push operating costs down while they‘re looking for buyers of their IPs.

[-] Strider@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The beatings will continue until morale improves!

[-] rozodru@piefed.social 157 points 3 weeks ago

I have to wonder what the end goal here is for Ubisoft. you got people leaving in droves, people leaving and forming their own studios and producing games that are quite literally games of the year, and they're axing people left right and center.

And lets not kid ourselves this company is essentially the cockroach of gaming, how it's still alive in 2026 is in it's own right quite the achievement. I can't even recall the last good Ubisoft game I played.

[-] Akh@lemmy.world 81 points 3 weeks ago

Management have over inflated egos. They think, oh, fuck John, John’s division only did $25m. They only see bottom lines. But they fail to realize they killed off John’s ideas that would have brought in $500m. So John leaves, gets to develop his own ideas, then shocked peakachu face.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 3 weeks ago

The goal of companies mandating RTO is attrition. They want people to quit without firing or laying them off.

Their goal is to hire younger, hungrier (both literally and figuratively) coders who are cheaper and less experienced and will use "AI" to clean up their code.

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[-] red_tomato@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

I believe they want to divert all their resources into one huge Fortnite like success story. Something that can bring them a reliable recurring revenue stream.

[-] Breezy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

All they have to do is make the best game of the year. Yet they have a severe case of skill issue

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 114 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

bad-companies.md:

Ubisoft

2026:

  • fires team lead after return-to-office critique
  • closes Halifax studio 1 month after Union formed

2025:

  • full-in on gen-AI after shares plummeting
  • NOYB sues because of covert user tracking
  • Ubisoft wants to monitor your RAM (🏴‍☠️)
  • EULA demands deleting delisted games

2024:

  • deletes inactive customer accounts with purchased games
  • "Gamers need to get comfortable not owning games"
  • adds Denuvo after reviews were made

2023:

  • ads in games
  • started that list here

To be fair, they also want to be bought up (rebranding), after multiple buy-outs and mass-layoffs.

[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 39 points 2 weeks ago

For things before 2023, there was sexual harassment (multiple) bullying and hostile workplace and their excitement over NFT. They had a boys club and made it a really toxic atmosphere, where the CCO literally said "Women don't sell".

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like this file would be valuable for every company we might purchase from, and also nearly impossible to maintain.

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[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 87 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Okay. I'm keeping my commitment, but I'm going to need help.

Everytime Ubisoft makes the news for being idiots, I buy another Indie game.

I'm going to need your recommendations for great indie games.

Because Ubisoft has recently gotten me through my wishlist.

Edit: Quick update - Ubisoft is hell bent on seeing me help fund every indie game dev. Haha.

Anyway, I am making good use of all of your recommendations! Thank you!

[-] federated_toast@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
  • Cassette Beasts

  • Pseudoregalia

  • Return of the Obra Dinn

  • Chants of Sennar

  • Gloomwood

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[-] avav2y1rs@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pulled from my Top Playtime on Steam (so you know you'll get your money's worth if you like them!)

  • Factorio (Even though the DLC is pricey, it at least doubles the playtime. Though, like RW below, it takes a lot of content/concepts from fan-made mods.)
  • RimWorld (Though I dislike how many DLCs they're pumping out and how much is basically taken from mods.)
  • Terraria
  • Mount & Blade (Warband 1 & 2 are prime)
  • Kerbal Space Program (NOT the sequel)
  • TerraTech (The original is a better experience)
  • Both the Pathfinder games
  • Grim Dawn
  • The Riftbreaker
  • UnderRail
  • Mindustry (Open source/free, but deserves the support from buying it on Steam.)
  • No Man's Sky (They've gone above and beyond in shaping up since the clusterf release.)
  • The Long Dark
  • Rise to Ruins
  • Space Pirates and Zombies (1 and 2 are both great, in their own ways.)
  • Caves of Qud
  • Tales of Maj'Eyal
  • STALKER (I've heard bad things about #2, but the rest are great, high replayability with Anomaly.)
  • Astroneer
  • War for the Overworld
  • Autonauts (and Autonauts vs Piratebots!)
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[-] Schal330@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Monster Train 2 if you like card games. It's got a load of content and replay and they recently released a patch today to add more!

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[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 8 points 3 weeks ago

The Last Caretaker and StarRupture are pretty fun if you like the factory survival type game. TLC is something really special IMO. The boat aspect is just so much fun.

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[-] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 84 points 2 weeks ago

I am so thankful that the executives took a productivity and happiness survey when we went full time remote.

Any time a new manager brings up maybe we should return to the office, our offcial remote manual begins with data: we are far more productive remote working. There is the data, the proof.

The second part about being overall happier reminds us that we didn't really like being in the office either.

We also have two more metrics: amount of time saved by a company in commute reduction, and the increase in safety.

But the first two are the most important.

[-] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, it's not hard to understand why their stock is down 95% over the last 5 years...

[-] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 58 points 2 weeks ago

RTOs are most often a "one free layoff"-card that businesses play, so firing someone for criticizing it is very much in line with the underlying intent of the policy.

[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Goldholz 15 points 2 weeks ago

Always.

But we need to get this huge problem away that always a power hungry dictator gets to power and then it turns into just any dictatorship!!! And not socialism!

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[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Cooperatives and unions are the future!

[-] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is there a company that's trying to destroy itself as much as Ubisoft? The CEO and board that's running this company are genuinely some of the dumbest motherfuckers in the world. These idiots are still dedicating significant resources to make NFT games, they're still trying to insist that microtransactions are fun, they refuse to do anything to make their games more enjoyable to players, and they're trying everything in their power to squeeze out their talent. At this point, Ubisoft deserves to collapse.

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[-] Zacpod@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago

I stopped buying Unisoft games decades ago. Because they suck. The owners suck. The management sucks. The corporate culture sucks. I feel bad for the coders working for them.

Stop. Buying. Ubisoft. Games.

[-] funksoulkitchen@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago

I tried to uninstall a game but was blocked because I didn't remember my ubisoft launcher password. Wtf, its my PC get the fuck out

[-] LunaChocken@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago

Probably wanna check

BulkCrapUninstaller for windows. https://www.bcuninstaller.com/

It's pretty good.

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 weeks ago

Or just drop Winblows and finally move to freedom by installing a good Linux distro.

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[-] Armand1@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago

Is this sort of thing not protected by labour laws?

[-] xyro@morbier.foo 21 points 3 weeks ago
[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 14 points 3 weeks ago

Not anywhere in America.

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure France is one of those places where it is indeed.

[-] Decq@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure Montreal is one of those places not in France indeed.

[-] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, my bad. Didn't realize this is Ubisoft Montreal specifically.

[-] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 28 points 3 weeks ago

I think people at Ubisoft should just quit and start their own competing game studio.

If this type of leading results to profits then almost any does.

[-] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 22 points 3 weeks ago

What a shitty company, glad I've been boycotting the hell out of them!

[-] arararagi@ani.social 21 points 2 weeks ago

He didn't even insult them, how is this legal?

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago
[-] nialv7@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

TIL ubisoft is a french company. didn't know an european company can be this anti-worker.

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[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago

If this is NOT another reason to study and read socialist theory, then I DON'T know what is. Seriously! https://redsails.org/

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[-] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Time to organize

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

So Ubisoft, that failed hard on their own launcher. Made several mistakes when it comes to the games they've released, made the wrong kind of news with "The Crew 2", cancelled a bunch of games (but don't worry, Beyond Good and Evil 2 is definitely coming out........), goes and fired a lead designer.

Let me break out my magnifying glass to check on their stocks. Oh, they made a slight "comeback" from earlier this week, they're up to 92 cents a share.

Mgmt at that place is making bold decisions for a company; when if their stock gains a penny, it's worth celebrating.

[-] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So what happens if everyone shares the video? Are they gonna just fire everyone? I'm sure that'll do great for your stock price eh executives?

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