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Ubisoft shutters its Halifax studio just weeks after it unionized.

Ubisoft claims the closure was part of “company-wide actions to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs,” VGC reports, and wasn’t related to the studio’s employees’ recent vote to unionize.

The CWA Canada media union says it will “pursue every legal recourse” for the affected employees.

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