Ubisoft Barcelona staff initiated partial strikes on June 30, 2026, protesting the proposed elimination of 51 positions representing roughly 28 percent of the studio's workforce.

The action, coordinated by La Confederación General del Trabajo, schedules work stoppages on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons through July 17, accompanied by demands for a binding studio mandate to retain the affected roles, a minimum five-year ban on further collective dismissals, immediate rollout of previously agreed promotions, reinstatement of a 60 percent monthly work-from-home arrangement, and formal review of salary and benefits packages.

The restructuring redirects the studio exclusively to Rainbow Six projects as part of Ubisoft's broader cost-reduction measures, which include studio closures in Winnipeg and Belgrade and target approximately 380 total positions worldwide.

Company-wide efforts to achieve €200 million in savings have featured repeated rounds of cuts since prior years, with the Barcelona moves following an earlier January 2026 announcement of a "final" restructuring phase.