Ubisoft Announces a New Studio As Part of An Expansion to Its Canadian Branch

Ubisoft announced a new stu­dio in Sague­nay as part of their plans to expand in Que­bec, cre­at­ing 1,000 jobs by 2027.

Cre­ation of 1000 news jobs in Que­bec, 675 of which are in Mon­tre­al and in anoth­er stu­dio in Que­bec. #UbisoftMTL #Ubisoft­Sague­nay pic.twitter.com/1cBDa5iKrp

— Ubisoft Mon­tréal (@UbisoftMTL) Sep­tem­ber 5, 2017

The Sague­nay office could grow to 125 employ­ees with­in five years and jobs for the new stu­dio are already post­ed on Ubisoft­’s web­site. Ubisoft Sague­nay will be specif­i­cal­ly work­ing on “the devel­op­ment of con­nect­ed expe­ri­ences that allow mil­lions of play­ers to meet and inter­act on online game platforms.”

#Ubisoft is open­ing a new stu­dio in Sague­nay! 135 M$ invest­ment + 125 jobs with­in 5 years. #Ubisoft­Sague­nay pic.twitter.com/IJyyLod9k3

— Ubisoft Mon­tréal (@UbisoftMTL) Sep­tem­ber 5, 2017

CEO of Ubisoft Mon­tre­al, Que­bec, and Toron­to Stu­dios, Yan­nis Mal­lat, stat­ed ““We are entrust­ing Ubisoft Sague­nay with a man­date that is res­olute­ly focused on the future.” Ubisoft Sague­nay stu­dio is expect­ed to open on Jan­u­ary 31st, 2018.

Open­ing of #Ubisoft­Sague­nay planned for Jan­u­ary 31, 2018. pic.twitter.com/LwOXa0DQS8

— Ubisoft Mon­tréal (@UbisoftMTL) Sep­tem­ber 5, 2017

Ubisoft Mon­tre­al and Que­bec are known for great games like Far Cry 4, Far Cry Pri­mal, Watch Dogs 2, and the Assas­s­in’s Creed series. In addi­tion to new jobs from the new stu­dio, Ubisoft antic­i­pates Que­bec will get 200 new jobs and Mon­tre­al 675. Ubisoft Sague­nay is the 4th stu­dio in Cana­da, although Ubisoft did announce a 5th stu­dio today, but gave no details.