It looks like Ubisoft is moving west in Canada to Toronto. They had quite a press conference in Toronto, where they announced a few things. Even the premiere of Ontario attended the press conference and made a speech.
Here are some quick facts on Ubisoft and Canadian gamers:
- It has taken over two years to get Ubisoft into Ontario.
- Toronto is going be modeled after Ubisoft Montreal.
- Seventy Five percent of Canadians play games.
- Forty percent of those are women.
- Average Canadian gamer is forty years old.
- 800 new jobs in Ontario over next ten years, according to the premiere, good jobs.
- The government is giving them over 235 million dollars in aid to build the studio.
You can see a video Ubisoft prepared for the announcement below, with an email address dropped at the end of it for job applicants:
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Comments
Fed up with #D in Toronto Written by Guest on 2009-07-06 14:39:48Hopefully they actually hire talent in Toronto, and not just bank the money and take on juniors and interns like Starz did. All we need is another greedy Starz, or Nelvana in town only concerned with the bottom line and not helping an industry thrive.
The Gaming Industry is Different Written by Guest on 2009-07-07 12:54:48They will definitely hire talent, because producing a game takes a ton of work. The problem is the types of games, more baby games and "core titles."
