Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was a big hit, and now it's time for big layoffs at the studio that made it

Three months after the very successful launch of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced , a game that sold two million copies in a single day ( three million copies in a week!) and surpassed "annual expectations" in just two weeks, Ubisoft has laid off 70 people from developer Ubisoft Singapore. "At Ubisoft Singapore, 70 positions have been impacted to align the studio with upcoming production needs. The studio remains an important part of Ubisoft’s global production organization." This would be reason number two on our list of 25 foolproof ways to get laid off in the videogame industry: Make a…