Ubisoft lays off 105 people at Red Storm, the studio co-founded 30 years ago by Tom Clancy, converts it to a support role

Ubisoft has ended game development at the famed Red Storm studio as part of its global cost-cutting efforts, a move that will see 105 employees put out of work. Red Storm itself will remain open: A VGC report says it will operate going forward as an IT and Snowdrop engine support studio.

Red Storm was founded in 1996 by Tom Clancy (yes, that Tom Clancy), Doug Littlejohns, and software company Virtus Corporation, following the release of the sub sim Tom Clancy's SSN in 1996. The studio stuck...